Politics: Government, Politicians and the Media PI Issues
Parties and Elections
Federal Policy Proposals:Term limits of three consecutive terms should be imposed on all Senators and Representatives; control over redistricting should be removed from the power of Congress; hard money contributions should be unlimited in value, giving independent candidates a better chance of competing with the two major parties (whose soft money contributions are already unlimited in value); and America should institute a national public referendum system, by which either 70% of the national voting public, or 3/4ths of all State legislatures may abolish any federal legislation, spending measure, or newly-created agency or government organization.
The new federalism: Decentralization of authority in American policy, from issues of education, law enforcement, drug policy, business regulation and contentious social issues such as gay marriage, should afford local communities the policy authority to experiment with innovative policies supported by their people, without federal or state interference.
How to Watch Cable News (If You Have to): Three common sense observations about political bias, whether on television, radio, or the college campus, make the current debate over it amusingly irrelevant. First, bias is easily detected and disregarded by the informed citizen, and thus is no threat to an informed citizenry. Second, the uninformed or disinterested citizen unable to recognize bias by cable news or his college professor is just as credulous as to the politically biased perspectives of his parents, friends, co-workers, or religious leaders. Third, the perceived existence and severity of political bias varies widely according to the ideology of the viewer. Pundits should concentrate on forwarding quality policy insights, not arguing whether or not their man got short shrift on World News Tonight.
