Changes the US government desperately needs that will never happen

[DEAD7]

I guess thats like saying Baseball team A shouldnt care how much Baseball team B is spending on their lineup.
Shouldn't our defense obligation be: defend America? And in fulfilling those obligations, wouldnt considering the size (i.e., budget) of potential threats be a consideration?

Negative. Baseball teams have the same objective.
We budget to meet our objectives. Other nations are wholly irrelevant.


edit: Your second point would be true if defending America was our only military obligation.

 

[Shogun]

Negative. Baseball teams have the same objective.
We budget to meet our objectives. other nations are wholly irrelevant.

What would you say our objectives are?

 

[THE MACHINE]

No more political parties
Popular vote wins
Ban semi-auto and automatic weapons (life in prison if caught with one, life in prison for framing someone with one, life in prison for selling them)
No superdelegates
National holiday for General Election
All states must pay income tax

 

[DEAD7]

What would you say our objectives are?

Through a number of treaties and agreements America is responsible for not only the defense of its borders but some 60+ other nations.
We also(for better or worse) police the world in an effort to improve the global quality(and preservation) of life.
No other nation does this, and no other nation incurs its cost.

Imagine if Putin's Russia(or some other super villain) was in our position

 

[DEAD7]

No more political parties
Popular vote wins
Ban semi-auto and automatic weapons (life in prison if caught with one, life in prison for framing someone with one, life in prison for selling them)
No superdelegates
National holiday for General Election
All states must pay income tax

 

[DEAD7]

List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote - Wikipedia
Rethugs stay giving Dems that electoral workI see why ya'll mad.
fukk Hillary and Gore tho...

 

[Payday23]

I believe its better to have it and not need it...

This is stupid. It's a waste of billions of dollars.

 

[Shogun]

Through a number of treaties and agreements America is responsible for not only the defense of its borders but some 60+ other nations.
We also(for better or worse) police the world in an effort to improve the global quality(and preservation) of life.
No other nation does this, and no other nation incurs its cost.

Imagine if Putin's Russia(or some other super villain) was in our position

I think that my point. This world police business needs to go.

 

[Shogun]

I believe its better to have it and not need it...

"F-35s Don't Help Families Pay Their Bills": GOP Under Fire for Slipping $30 Billion Pentagon Gift Into Coronavirus Plan

Well...

 

[Spree At Last]

From the tech side, it's inevitable that we will have electronic voting soon (within 10 years? Corona might have accelerated the timeline) Currently yes there are hacking concerns, but ut I'd expect we figure out ways to make decentralized electronic voting possible. Not to mention mail-in voting has its own issues (which Trump is currently taking advantage of by fukking with the postal service)

The current voting system is so fukked brehs, we got voter suppression, no election day holiday... No wonder half the country doesn't vote. I think the shift to electronic voting will significantly and positively impact the behavior of the electorate and thus also the behavior of candidates.

 

[invincible1914]

We could cut our spending in half and still easily outspend every other country on earth. I agree, but it’s beyond the point of logic.

I feel like there are so many hands in the pot, and we overspend to compensate.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Cap politicians pay at $80,000 a year

Age limits

Term limits

Popular vote only

Senators from smaller states should never hold important roles like house speaker or head subcommittees or any other position that will affect the majority of the country.


Judges should not have religious or political affiliations.


Judges should all have term limits