I am always interested in talking politics and what if scenarios... most of my friends are not into this at all so now you have to put up with it

I am basically going to post some of my ideas that i have, and how i think it will help the people and the government. You can then debate them, play devil's advocate or post your own ideas or changes.

Lets keep this reasonable, and make sure you post WHY or HOW it will help.

My ideas...

1. Dissolve the party system. This will remove the focus from the parties which have a single platform and no one member of that party supports 100%. For example, you have Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island Senator who was a Republican but voted with the Democrats on almost every issue. So, people who voted straight ballet voted him in thinking he supported the Republican platform when in reality he supported the Democrats.

2. Term Limit for Congress. Like the President of the United States, Senators and Representatives should only be allowed to serve so many terms. (two terms like the president?) This would allow the elected to focus more on their beliefs and not so much on winning the next election. There is also a problem with career politicians, IMO.

3. Campaign Salary Cap. To create more equality between candidates there should be a maximum amount for campaign contributions. This includes donations, etc. This will prevent the already wealthy from having a more likely chance of winning an election.

4. Equal Air-Time. The government should reserve airtime from public television company's for the purpose of presidential and local elections. All candidates will receive equal air-time, which will allow candidates without big corporate connections and stock piles of cash a better chance to win.

5. Legalize Recreational Marijuana. This will drop the crime rate significantly as there are tons of arrest related to Marijuana. In turn, Marijuana can be government regulated for quality and taxed. The billions of dollars spent on drug enforcement can be diverted to educating the citizens about the risk of drugs and boosting the education programs.

6. Privately Run Schools. The government is apparently not capable of running or managing schools (this is on a state level). We should contract out
school management to third party companys. This will create competition between companys and competition always leads to better and cheaper products (in this case, the product being education). Essentially publics schools would become more and more like colleges, with the exception that the government still owns the publics school, but a 3rd party runs the schools.

Thats it for now, i might add more of my crazy ideas later. I thought most of these up on my own, but i doubt if no one else has come up with similar ideas.

Thanks!
Raelum
Raelum Reviewed by Raelum on . How would you change the government structure to make it better? I am always interested in talking politics and what if scenarios... most of my friends are not into this at all so now you have to put up with it :) I am basically going to post some of my ideas that i have, and how i think it will help the people and the government. You can then debate them, play devil's advocate or post your own ideas or changes. Lets keep this reasonable, and make sure you post WHY or HOW it will help. My ideas... 1. Dissolve the party system. This will remove Rating: 5