SIMPLE BUT NOT EASY

Are you as fedup with greedy, bickering, self-serving politicians as I am? More in a moment.

Why does every new politician elected seem to forget who they are and why they were elected? Why,do they turn into instant self-serving, greedy bureaucrats? You want proof? Look at the current $700Billion BAILOUT that became a $1Trillion BAILOUT because of political pork and greed. I have three simple solution that would start a fix to all of that. These are not easy solutions, but they are simple ones.

1) Term Limits.

2) Line Item Veto.

3) No Lobbyists.

Let's tackle these in reverse order.

NO LOBBYISTS: Outlaw them. No lobbyists. There is no reason to add on dollars to bills that benefit lobbyists and the politicians involved. A penalty of censure must be given to anyone associating with a known lobbyist, and impeachment if caught for a second time.

LINE ITEM VETO: President Bill Clinton fought hard for the line item veto, and it was law for a short time, but in 1998 the Supreme Court outlawed it as unconstitutional, stating that it gave too much power to the President not intended by the Constitution. Currently a bill is either signed by the President or vetoed. It is an all or none process. So a popular bill that will be signed into law has all kinds of "ear marks", adding billions of dollars, unintended in the original bill. Because of the 1998 Supreme Court ruling there must now be an amendment to the Constitution giving the President the power of line item veto.

TERM LIMITS: Currently you can be elected as many times as you can. Keep bring home the pork, and you get re-elected. It should be three terms and your done. This keeps Congress and the Senate fresh with new blood and new ideas.

Unfortunately the people that need to make and pass these measures are the very ones that are in power. Doesn't seem just does it?

As I said, it is simple, but not easy, for what it's worth.


"Justice is what power chooses to make it." Frederick Nietzche 1844-1900