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1. As many vote the party line, it could be confusing to voters if the party were not identified.Here’s my political contribution:
• What if we outlawed political parties and no candidate had a letter beside his or her name?
• What if we took all the money donated annually to politicians at every level of candidacy and instead donated all of it to cancer research?
Exactly my point with #1. Eliminate parties and voters actually have to weigh candidates individually, the way they should, rather than just blindly voting for someone because of his or her party affiliation.Party politics does no one any good. People feel immediate disdain for the candidate of the "other" party without even considering that person, in most cases. When in reality, most of us have some views that align with one party and some that align with another.1. As many vote the party line, it could be confusing to voters if the party were not identified.
2. That would be great, but doubt if it would work. I'd rather see us go to something like the English system where campaigning is limited to a short period running up to the election.
I respect what you are saying, but entities come and go, things evolve. Unless you're Amish, you no longer drive horse and buggies. If industries go belly up because they are unsafe to our welfare, so be it. If red toed frogs have to die to make way for meaningful improvements, so be it.
Has anyone ever wondered how on $200,000.00 a year. Senators leave being millionaires?Here's my suggestion.....now hold on....
First, term limits for all in Congress, 10 years
Second, pay them all equally $20 million per year, each and every one of them. Sound like a lot doesn't it? That's $12 billion a year, a drop in the bucket compared to what they spend every day. I reason that this will eliminate lobbyists and special interest groups, and congressmen and women will no longer need to buy votes, or rack in large nest eggs of money for themselves or their future elections.
Then maybe, just maybe, they can spend their 10 years actually being productive and fixing the country.
The Stormy effect. Or is it affect. Let's go with infect.
Here's my suggestion.....now hold on....
First, term limits for all in Congress, 10 years
Second, pay them all equally $20 million per year, each and every one of them. Sound like a lot doesn't it? That's $12 billion a year, a drop in the bucket compared to what they spend every day. I reason that this will eliminate lobbyists and special interest groups, and congressmen and women will no longer need to buy votes, or rack in large nest eggs of money for themselves or their future elections.
Then maybe, just maybe, they can spend their 10 years actually being productive and fixing the country.
I think raises are more necessary for state legislatures. Its insane how little politicians will sell out their constituents on that level because they're receiving stipend like payments. Think you only get 20k a year in VA as a legislator.
New Hampshire Legislature gets paid $200 every two years and is one of the least corrupt states in the nation. It isn't about the system, it is about the people. As America imports an increasingly third world demographic, it is inevitable that third world politics follow.
Which of these State legislatures are the most corrupt and is it because of 3rd world politics?
https://ballotpedia.org/Comparison_of_state_legislative_salaries
Please educate us on your definition of 3rd world politics.Who and How do you import a demographic?
What “system”does New Hampshire have which should be used by other state legislatures?
Sorry,but I’m uneducated about all that you have written.
The "system" New Hampshire has is drawing its legislature from a pool of people from New England. New Hampshire basically doesn't pay anything at all. Vermont and Maine both give salaries and per diems. Yet they all have equally uncorrupt legislatures. The salaries and per diems given in Maine and Vermont pale versus places like California and New York, yet they have far less corruption.
What I am telling you is the amount you pay your legislature is irrelevant. Decent people will produce decent legislatures no matter the salary structure or rules governing campaign finance. Bad people will produce bad legislatures no matter the salary structure or rules governing campaign finance.