Regardless what side you are on, everyone should be pissed about this. Why? Because gov is so ineffective now it’s useless. What does happen on the daily is largely a result of things governing themselves. Think about it, it’s always back and forth to the point where what anyone does it’s just undone later and was just a waste of time. How does it do any good if one group does something only to have it removed a short time later, then reinstated, then removed. It’s constantly back and forth to the point where nothing really gets done. The only ones that win are the ones that get paid for basically doing nothing. At the core, our system needs some major major revamping. Clearly, what we have is t working. Perhaps this is a result of them no longer following the rules the founders set or because of something else but it’s clearly in need of repair on many levels and the late majority of people don’t give a shit.
A good start would be:
1) term limits (though this wouldn't address the tit-for-tat lawmaking directly)
2) balanced budget amendment
3) No special treatment for Congress and staff (if you pass obamacare, you have to take it too). Social security exceptions, you name it.
4) Any bill to be voted on cannot exceed the word count of The Constitution - we founded a whole country on the Constitution, does a bill need to be larger?
5) Clean up the lobbying. If one is involved in past 10 years with being an employee of Gov't, they cannot lobby. That gives almost 2 senate terms to distance their contacts.
6) Civil Servant reform - I've worked in this environment and it was truly disgusting to see the abuses. And these folks I worked with supposedly are smart - STEM, not the paper chasers. I see the abuse daily from my neighbor who's working from home, but outside my window playing with kids, painting bookshelves, etc.
7) Maybe this is the key. Go to a more Texas style session. Granted, not every 2 years, but maybe Congress can only be in session 3 months (consecutive) a year unless a special session is called by POTUS, and that special session can be no more than 1 month. And, maybe a constitutional amendment for this as well. That'd be a game-changer.
Just thoughts, none of which will be experimented with, let alone passed. Of all the ones I mentioned that'd help the most probably: 1,2,3,7.
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