Saturday, 04 July 2009
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Want Some Real Fireworks? Try Bringing Home The Politicians
Online petition - Bring Home The Politicians!Background (Preamble):We, hereby, demand and will pursue the relocation of all US Representatives and Senators to spend no less than 75% of their time in elected office in our State Capitals to telecommute via secured phone, fax, email, and web conference with their federal counterparts.
On the Local level, State Representatives and Senators will be relocated to spend no less than 75% of their time in elected office in the City Halls or Court Houses of our Districts to likewise telecommute with their state counterparts.
This will essentially “embed” politicians among the people they’re supposed to represent allowing them to always be informed with our communities’ positions on each issue and be within close reach to voice our opposition when necessary.
• Restores Balance of Power - Citizens are put back in charge of this country.
• Nonpartisan - This plan favors no political party since all need to be reigned in.
• Anti-Lobbying - Lobbyists spend most of their budget on travel expenses.
• Reduce Corruption - Citizens/Local Media resume their role as government watch dog.
• Cost Effective - The cost of upgrading state and local facilities for this plan is dwarfed by the savings from stopping out of control government spending.
• National Security - Any natural disaster or assault on DC would be far less catastrophic because it would be taking down only one server on a grid of 51.Petition:We, hereby, demand and will pursue the relocation of all US Representatives and Senators to spend no less than 75% of their time in elected office in our State Capitals to telecommute via secured phone, fax, email, and web conference with their federal counterparts.
On the Local level, State Representatives and Senators will be relocated to spend no less than 75% of their time in elected office in the City Halls or Court Houses of our Districts to likewise telecommute with their state counterparts.
This will essentially “embed” politicians among the people they’re supposed to represent allowing them to always be informed with our communities’ positions on each issue and be within close reach to voice our opposition when necessary.The Bring Home The Politicians! petition to All State and US Representatives and Senators was written by Michael Norbury and is hosted free of charge at GoPetition.
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This is BRILLIANT, Bro....and RIGHT ON!!!!
That is a brilliant idea! We feel powerless because there's no one close to home to represent us.
I was thinking maybe we could send them all to a deserted island, with no facilities for any type of communication or contact with the outside world. Make them stay there for a year; a "Lord of the Flies" experience. Meanwhile we can go about our daily lives, without any new laws, new spending or idiotic speeches.
When they return they will realize that they are not so important and that we have gotten along just fine without them.
i dunno,,, how about discard the politicians,,, ive always said,,, id cast my vote if discard the position were one of the choices,,,, a politician could be just as usless at home as he/she could be abroad,,,, or wherever.....