3. I propose some changes
to our election system. First off,
elected officials will no longer receive a pay check. It doesn't make any sense to pay a pittance
to a man who must be a millionaire to be elected in the first place. There will be no more election contributions nor
PACs. Instead, to run for election a
candidate must procure the backing of a major network. Let's face it, the current two party system
hasn't worked in decades so instead we will have Sen. Joe Smith, Co, CNN. This strikes me as a win-win deal since the
networks will try to get a candidate that they can make look good and gain
viewers. Does anyone really believe we
could select a worse candidate this way?
Wouldn't it be great to vote for someone you wanted to instead of the
one you hated the least? I still
remember the last presidential candidate that I voted FOR instead of against
someone else. It was Barry Goldwater and
the year was 1964. Anyway, elections
will continue to be held in the same way except there will be no primaries
unless individual networks want to hold their own. It's easy to scoff, but think it
through.
The median amount of election fund raising in the House
(including the non-voting members...) is $1,350,902 (for Rep. Janice
Schakowsky). This is for a position that
pays about $175k per year and they have to run again every other year.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
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