In any endeavor, when a fundamental paradigm is found to be wrong, the only reasonable course of action is to replace it. I therefore propose a federal budget largely built on a new paradigm of "Direct-Democracy Earmarks" — the people themselves directly selecting the departments and programs to be funded. Every adult citizen would independently allocate an equal share of total federal discretionary spending.
by Fred Drumlevitch
www.FredDrumlevitch.blogspot.com
October 3, 2011
Well, Mr. Drumlevitch, I can only applaud your enthusiastic calls for such 'direct' democracy even though the Constitution calls for a 'Representative Democracy' so your idea will take a major, major amendment to implement. And that is never going to happen.
Worse yet, it won't help. The 'bought' politicians will still have complete control with your system because, well, who chooses what the public gets to vote on? Someone has to present the proposals in the first place which means that the Congress will still have complete control over spending. Nowadays even our representatives only get to vote on bills that the 'leadership' support and put before them. 300 congressmen could support a spending bill, but if the Majority Leader & the Speaker don't put it to a vote, it isn't going to happen.
There is only one answer to your quest for more direct representation. Get The Money Out of Politics. It is the poison that enables a tiny fraction (the 1% most fortunate) of the population control our government.
Gary Waldman 10/7/2011
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