I think that Congress can be saved, but if it will not act in the best interests of the country, we may have to revise the Constitution to eliminate the legislative branch. That will leave the Federal government with an executive branch and a judicial branch. Laws, treaties and confirmations would be subject to approval of the people by referendum. The Founding Fathers gave us a representative democracy partly because the technology was lacking then to permit a large-scale direct democracy. Now we have that technology in the internet. Direct democracy will require an informed electorate, willing and able to participate in government on a daily and weekly basis. It will require laws that are understandable by the average voter, and it will save money by eliminating a costly branch of government. Let’s insist that Congress clean up its act or we the voters will do it for them.
Filed under: Politics Tagged: Democracy, Direct democracy, Executive (government), Federal government of the United States, Judiciary, Legislature, Representative democracy
