Single Post Display - The Market Ticker


RSS available Fact: There is no immunity or protection against The Law of Scoreboards. Did you know: What the media does NOT want you to read is at https://market-ticker.org/nad. You are not signed on; if you are a visitor please register for a free account!

The Market Ticker Single Post Display (Show in context)

User Info

The 28th Amendment; entered at 2022-07-11 17:15:28

Flappingeagle
Posts: 5831
Registered: 2011-04-14

Flappingeagle said:

Quote:

You need to add one more amendment, the one I mentioned a few tickers back. Every word, punctuation, change, etc, in every bill needs to be owned by at least one current representative and senator. No more slipping in benefits for whoever is paying you the most with no consequences other than your getting richer.

Tickerguy said:

Quote:

The thing about fixing the Senate is that the States will enforce that.

That's why the Founders didn't care about it, incidentally. The Senate's original design made the sort of horseshit that has been pulled since the 17th Amendment impossible since if it was attempted the Legislature of the States would recall their Senators and that threat alone was enough to stop the bullshit from ever being passed in the first place.

This may be the first time I have ever totally disagreed with you. There was plenty of graft from the beginning of the country (from the Whiskey Tax onward), not just after the Civil War and the progressive era.

If we seek to really reduce the shenanigans in DC, then we need to force all activity into the light as much as possible. What I propose would help to do that. Furthermore, restricting congress in this way would help both the state legislatures and the people hold our senators and congressmen more accountable for their actions because we would have greater knowledge of what those actions are.

Flap

2022-07-11 17:15:28