Grillick Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 As it should be. "It's hard to be a team player when you're omnipotent." - Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Alex Posted November 7, 2014 Administrators Share Posted November 7, 2014 We're never going to change from a 2 party system. Even in a multiparty system, there are really only 2 sides -- the different parties form coalitions to operate government because no single party has a majority, but because of the constant changing of coalitions they really have a less stable government. All that said, I think we need a few common sense changes to our government. First, campaign finance reform will stop outside influencing buying out our politicians. Second, we need an approval voting system where you can vote for more than one candidate in each election. Obviously, if you voted for both the R and D candidate your vote essentially wouldn't count, but if you voted for the R candidate and the more moderate but conservative independent as well, there's a chance that the 3rd party or independent could win the election without splitting the vote and causing the D candidate to win, etc. Third, we need to end the gerrymandering of districts. 1 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphman Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I really love how the only way to accomplish this is though congress Leader of UPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grillick Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 (edited) Actually, it's possible to bypass Congress to amend the Constitution. It's just really hard. Edited November 7, 2014 by Grillick 2 "It's hard to be a team player when you're omnipotent." - Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Actually, it's possible to bypass Congress to amend the Constitution. It's just really hard. Yes, it is very hard. It has been done... once? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10:47] you used to be the voice of irc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 (edited) To correct what I said before, all 27 amendments have been proposed through Congress, but once it is proposed Congress can choose between two methods of ratifying it. I believe one amendment was proposed by Congress, but not ratified through the state legislatures. It's hard to find which one that is, though. And of course, I might be wrong. EDIT: Found it. It was the repeal of Prohibition. 21st amendment. Edited November 7, 2014 by Ashland 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [10:47] you used to be the voice of irc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grillick Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Yes that's correct. All 27 amendments that have been ratified were originally proposed by Congress. But the Constitution allows another method for proposing amendments: it's just never been used. 3/4 of state legislatures could call for a constitutional convention. 1 "It's hard to be a team player when you're omnipotent." - Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P2K Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 All I know is that when Bush a republican was president Lobster prices were a lot better than they have been. So I want him back BooHoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Alex Posted November 8, 2014 Administrators Share Posted November 8, 2014 Yes that's correct. All 27 amendments that have been ratified were originally proposed by Congress. But the Constitution allows another method for proposing amendments: it's just never been used. 3/4 of state legislatures could call for a constitutional convention. There's a number of organizations seeking to propose an amendment this way, and it's how many amendments have started originally. The 17th amendment was like 1 or 2 calls away from a convention being held to propose the amendment, so Congress decided just to do it themselves. 1 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsuper Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 All I know is that when Bush a republican was president Lobster prices were a lot better than they have been. So I want him back BooHoo Are you a lobster fisherman? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmad Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Woot woot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoringNick Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 For the next two years you will hear "Why wont our Liberal President sign in these conservative bills!", expect this to be a 1 law at a time congress, with only agreements from both parties ever getting through. You will hear that and the funny thing is. The so called "Liberal President" will be signing laws that are conversative in nature, and vetoing crazy laws that would be horrible for Americans. Also, the so called conversative laws will not be so good. It's almost like the democrats where paid to be losers. You know the red state Missouri had a ballot measure that would raise the min. wage. It pasted with 70% of the vote while all or almost all the Republican canidates for congress/senate won. Why is this you may ask? Well the democrats in that state wouldn't even say their position on min wage and Republicans would go around hinting that they may want to increase min wage. As I say, Democrats are paid to lose while progressive ideas in America are more popular than conservative ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizban Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Let sleeping dogs lie. 1 FORUM RULES - ALLIANCE FORUM RULES - MOD QUESTIONS - APPEALS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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