Elected officials with carte blanche.....a solution

[skywalkerjlp]

In a supposed REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY we find a way to bring them closer to us and hold them more accountable.... a NATIONAL POLL....weekly..................In the United States, voter registration has never been higher (70 % of the eligible voters ) and yet there has been a steady DECLINE in voter turnout. We had a more than 10 % spike last election after Bin Laden released his video 2 days before the election, and I'm sure there will be another spike this year when Obama becomes the next President. This may placate the masses for a while, but nothing has actually changed. In this day and age of modern technology, a NATIONAL POLL - instituted so the masses can be actively involved in their REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY on a weekly basis, adding in their 2 cents on all the major issues of the week - is the best remedy for ailing voter discontentment. Of course there is probably not one elected official who would ever WANT such a thing, and that has more to do with the FACT that we are a FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC ( google United States, Wikipedia, first sentence ) and NOT a representative democracy. The PEOPLE want to be heard, my most distinguished and learned gentlemen and ladies, or so many of them would not be registering. If you truly want the people to feel positive about politics in general, why not give them an opportunity to become actively involved, say once a week, allowing them to voice their opinions on the major issues. When that day comes to pass, you will have solved voter discontentment in the United States.

[skywalkerjlp]

1. The first step would be to SAY you might be interested or HOW ???

I've got to get ready for school, I'll check back later today for responses

[skywalkerjlp]

2. because if I could get people to give me one hour a week for one year....

I'd have politicians shaking in their shoes.....besides I'd eventually have enough support to put a lobbyist (yuk) on CAPITOL HILL (OMG) to let every elected official KNOW THERE IS NO WAY AMERICAN TAXPAYERS WANT TO BAIL OUT RICH PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT UP HUGE BUNDLES OF MORTGAGES AND SHOULD NOW LOSE MONEY......I KNOW BANK OF AMERICA IS SCREAMING BUT THEY DONT HOLD THE MORTGAGES IT'S A RUSE SOME RICH BASTARD BOUGHT THEM AND NOW THAT THEY MIGHT LOSE MONEY THEIR BUDDIES - WHO LOOSENED UP THE MORTGAGE REQUIREMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE - JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE SELLING THEM OFF- THE BANKS NOW SCREAM- " MORTGAGES ARE ABOUT TO FAIL " NOO WHERE ARE THEY SAYING THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE IN TROUBLE.......