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Controlling Government Calls For Specific Action.
1.) Reform congress. While there is time, citizens must insist that lawmakers return to the role of representatives. We still have the power to remove congressmen and senators who represent their party leadership and financial contributors over the objections of their constituents.
2.) Repeal the Full Employment Act of 1978 (also known as the Humphrey Hawkins Act of 1978) The law has never been used as intended rather it serves as a perpetual license to redistribute income and accomplish political agendas.
3.) Levy high taxes on the group which benefits from and causes the growth of government.
4.) Pass a constitutional amendment giving citizens in congressional districts the right to change their representative's vote on a bill if the vote is against a strong consensus in his district. Citizens need additional tools to keep bills such as the (bailout, TARP) Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 from being passed over their screaming objections. This could be accomplished by citizens first getting signatures on a petition to have the congressman's vote changed in a referendum. Citizens can vote at most every two years. Campaign contributions can be made twenty four hours a day everyday of the year. Huge money givers demand and get results for the money they put in politicians war chests. The best salesmen are hired to influence congressmen. Simple voting as a means of controlling government has been neutralized. A constitutional amendment of this kind would help restore the ability of citizens to control government.
5.) Introduce legislation requiring congressmen to channel information back to their districts. Apathy among voters because they have no way of knowing about impending danger. It is much easier for an incumbent to be re-elected if his constituents are in a docile, complacent state of mind. Six large corporations (General Electric Walt Disney
News Corp. TimeWarner, ViaCom, CBS) control almost all of the news and average person hears or sees. The media companies are better off when the minds of their viewers are synchronized and fed a steady diet of oversimplified mush. Is it any surprised that the term "health care reform" is suddenly starts being universally used in news copy when reference is made to to the proposed health care law? Could that be anything but a coordinated effort? Of course the public is apathetic. Their personal survival requires that they pay significant attention to their jobs, families and other activities. Why would the public be anything but apathetic when they are constantly being lulled into believing everything is fine and their interests are in good hands.6.) Introduce legislation limiting the Federal Reserve's ability to use pro active monetary policy. Asset bubbles are caused when newly created money is channeled into financial assets, sometimes by design. Increases in the money supply need to be in line with the growth rate of the economy.
James Quillian, Candidate U.S. Congress District
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