Hi,
I keep viewing sites on the internet that spread the news about what is going on around the world. I really like these sites, but few of them provide any real solutions to the problems that surround all of us.
It is my personal feeling that there is a solution to this and it is a very simple one. The leaders of the world and in particular the U.S. do not represent the people who elected them. Since these leaders are elected for a term, it is during this time that they are free to exercise their choices in a way that benefits them the most. As the results of not doing what they were elected to do (represent the people) really have little consequence to them.
For this reason, special interests groups put pressure on these duly elected people.
Without going into detail what I believe that pressure involves, we do see this happen every day in every facet of our government, and political spectrum.
The only way to compete with special interests is to either beat them at their game, or change the way the game is played. The current game involves a mystery of these special interests groups meeting in person with these leaders, after which decisions that seem to duly represent the special interests groups are chosen over those of the people.
It is of course illegal for the special interest groups to bribe, pay off or otherwise influence these individuals, and since we all trust our government and know these things would never be allowed to happen, we can only say that magical things happen during these meetings.
We know there is no way that our election process can be hacked or cheated, so we of course blindly believe when one is elected it was done so fairly and by law. Once these leaders are elected (mostly every four years), they are in for their term.
However, what if we created a new law that required all duly elected officials to represent their constituents? A petition signed by a % of the constituents requesting a vote of no confidence would require a local vote. If the majority of the constituents voted no confidence, the duly elected official would be removed from office. If the voters indicated no confidence, another election would occur shortly thereafter to elect a new official to finish out the term.
We would still have a set "term" before a new election occurred, but if the elected leader did not represent the wishes of these people, then they could be voted out of office and replaced by another who would then finish out that term.
We would not need to get congressional approval for such laws. We can pass the new law at the City, County, and State levels of government.
This would give the power back to the people.
Please feel free to post constructive comments about this idea if you feel so inclined. Since I know very little about how to create such a new law, how to get it passed locally (petition, then vote I think), I am hoping someone with more knowledge than me can comment on the process.
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