One solution to the Washington D.C. morass is to hold a Constitutional Convention and revise the United States of America Constitution to replace the House of Representatives with direct, secure bill presentation and voting by “we the people”. This revision will have several benefits including, but not limited to:
1. By spreading the votes to the people it will make lobbying by special interest groups of this many individuals virtually impossible.
2. Conservative direct cost savings estimated at $10 billion per year will be realized because each Representative now has a staff and salary that averages 10 million dollars per year and there are currently 431 representatives.
3. The revision will maintain a system of checks and balances that our founders originally intended.
4. Direct voting by the people will provide incentive for citizens to stay involved because they will have influence on legislative outcomes.
5. Direct voting will also redirect the enormous amount of money (not included in direct savings above) that each representative must spend for re-election or election every two years. How effective and efficient can a representative be when that person is virtually running for re-election every two years?
6. This change in our Constitution will eliminate a dysfunctional component of our Federal government who refuses to listen to their constituents.
It is apparent that details regarding this direct voting by “we the people” need to be worked out as our founders did during the first Constitution “convention”. For example, there may be a need to organize citizen committees to present new bills or rescind laws. Another example is how to maintain and make available secure voting online to all of the citizenry.
A call for a Constitutional convention requires approval by two thirds of the states.
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