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Votes on initiatives are not secret. Just as votes in the representative legislature are by roll call, so too are votes in the people's legislature. You cannot tamper with an open ballot.

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What I want in a constitutional amendment is that all of the people are to vote on all of the laws through a national internet hookup everybody can submit proposed laws, debate them with everybody else and settle this mess of a bought off "REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT".

A citizen controlled direct democracy has been an unqualified success in Switzerland and it offers an attractive solution to the special interest control of the political system in the United States.

For more information, read the free online book "The Swiss Preserve Solution" chapter on Switzerland at http://www.swissconfederationinstitute.org/swisspreserve23.htm

Ron lives at Wolf Laurel Resort in NC.

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To me the one huge glaring error in this idea is that the religious right wingers, including my own religion, already are one huge voting bloc of blind, knee jerk, lock step, 'stepford wives' robotic and extremely rabid voters. This proposal would put them in power forever. Does anyone really want the Pope of my church running America, I surely don't. But he owns the SCOTUS. Tom Monoghans(formerly of Dominos Pizza) Ave Maria law school graduates already dominate in one of the departments of the Bushie Neocon Rethugs government, I can't recall which one. And the Popes brethren Jerry Falwells law school grads
dominate the DOJ, which is run by another right wing Catholic, Gonzo, who is totally corrupt. These people have us by the throat and are waterboarding the 241 million Americans who are not the 59 million that put Bush into the WH. What exactly is the difference between Islamic fundamentalists, evangelical fundamentalists and Catholic fundies. They all kill, they are all terrorists. The American fundies us our troops for cannon fodder and they use the Iraqi and Afghani people for cannon fodder, so that Bush and the Rethugs can get richer.
The Rethugs and their religious and corporate enablers are consumed by greed for money and political power, dominion and domination over everyone who is not 'THEM'. These people are frightening. I worry far more about them than I do the Islamic fundies because they are destroying our democracy from within.
Somehow I just don't think that Jesus would approve of their death machine agenda. Our democracy is nearly gone right now and a few more years of the same will END our country. Scalia, a staunch totally dedicated Catholic called for the END of the rule of law and the END of Democracy in America. In my lifetime what the Catholic Church is doing now it did the same thing before, during and after WWII when it aligned itself with Hitler and the Nazi Party. That resulted in six million dead Jews, the HOLOCAUST just because the Church was consumed by the notion that the JEWS killed Christ. What will these people do now. Killing is never right, no matter the reason. And killing for the Bush family oil wealth is a totally wretched reason. Killing our democracy(I know for you obsessives, our Federal Republic) is way far corrupt. Hating gays and abortions should be dealt with in other ways, by looking at the reasons, rather than ending our democracy(Federal Republic)and killing our troops, and the Iraqi and Afghani peoples. These right wingers are frightening as to what they will do next. Ending abortions is their code word for hating black people, hating gays is their code for hating a genetically induced person who is not the cause for their inability to be attracted to the opposite sex. Jimmy Carter had the right idea, look to the causes for abortions and ameliorate them, which most often is poverty.
And how many in the religious right hate that which they are guilty of themselves. Can we all say Ted Haggard, Bob Allen, Foley and gay and pedophile priests. I just don't think gay, pedophile and uncelibate priests who wreck familes should be protected, hidden and allowed to continue their behavior in other parishes. All I can say is my church has gone totally corrupt.And finally why is everybody so afraid to call out the Catholic Church for it's involvement in warping our or rather their gov't. It's not mine and has not been for a long time, ever since Reagan, Pope John Paul, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson joined forces in a cabal of evil, horrors and death for profit nd political power. I know, this seems harsh but our country is in harsh times and being picked apart. America is no longer unified nation. Demographers and sociologist say that according to all the polls America is at least four different countries and as many as nine different countries.
Another Rethug prez and we will be no more. And the Dems maynever bable to repair the enormous damage done by the Rethugs and their corporate and religious enablers.
I fear for America and I see nothing on the horizon that looks promising.
I think we are in deep trouble.

Do we really need larger government, I think not...we are already burdened with a huge and out of control bureucracy we call the Fed.

Better to clean house first, rather than create a larger monster. We the people have a greater power, one that will scare the pants off every politician from Sacramento to Saginaw. Don't work, travel, or spend money for one day, and watch them squirm in their seats. The total overall effect of a nationwide strike and walkout would be overwhelming...only then will they listen.

Individually we don't have deep pockets, but as a whole we have the deepest pockets of all, the massive power of the American consumer.

If we ever have the guts and courage to pull this off, we can take this country back from the carpetbagging scum that run this country today.

Unfortunately, I doubt we have the collective courage to make it happen.

Dear Loyal,
Now THAT makes a LOT of sense!=)

A noble idea...most certainly! Does it solve the problem of a deaf congress and executive branch? Maybe to some extent if they want to keep their jobs. However, I believe that the only way to start exerting some sense of reasoning and common sense back into our government is to take the money out of the system. By this I mean elections(state and federal) financed totally by public(tax money)funds with absolutely no private or corporate financing allowed...period. Next take the money out of the lobbyist's (and congress's)hands by making any kind of contribution illegal. Any infractions would be pursued vigourously and ajudicated with severe penalties. i am a believer that we have a good political system and it does work when honesty prevails. Take away the money and don't feed the greed then we may get what we need!

All we really need is a way for the people to overturn executive and congressional decisions - we should have the final veto power. If we could initiate a vote of no confindence. we could fire the president or cabinet wankers like Gonzales and Rove without having to worry about who's bribing or coercing who in congress. Representatives would be forced to represent or get fired. No more pandering or failing to act because of an election year- act or get lost.

Mother Jones - Comments for "Power to the People: The Democracy Foundation&#039;s Plan to Create a Fourth Branch of Government"

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Mother Jones - Comments for "Power to the People: The Democracy Foundation's Plan to Create a Fourth Branch of Government"