Tanypteryx writes:
I have often wondered whether it would work if our representatives were chosen by lottery, like jurors. A single term and you are free. The problem is that there might be a high rate of suicide. Just think of spending even 2 years doing nothing but sitting in meetings. I know it would drive me crazy, but my odds of being chosen from 200 million other people would be an low enough to risk it.
I have already posted something like that here, i think, Tanypteryx.
Somewhere, anyway.
Actually the bottom level is the juror lottery. After you do jury duty, your name gets thrown into the hopper for the next level up (select(wo)man, or something like city councilor, or whatever.). Any one can take their name out of the hopper at any time. Then those from level 2 finish their term and their names get thrown into the next hopper level, and so on all the way to State Rep, State Senator, Governor, US Rep, US Senate and on up to President of the US. That way the person at the top has EXPERIENCE at every level. No campaign money is ever spent. BUT....
Bribery would still be unchained willy-nilly. Maybe sequester them? Any official caught taking money is gone from the system with no pension, no healthcare, no retirement.
Ah, not sure this would work. Have to have a very different emphasis in Civic classes in school.
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