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merveilleux24 9 months ago

There would be a definite selection bias, though, so the results couldn't be counted on to be accurate. As long as the results weren't binding, it would be nice.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

The reason why they hear so few cases is because the "unheard" cases have almost always been settled by then.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Change "Let’s require U.S. Representatives to poll their constituents regarding bills scheduled for a vote and publish the results" to "Let’s require U.S. Representatives to INFORM AND ENABLE THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO VOTE regarding bills scheduled for a vote and publish the results," then I'd say yes, as long as the polls were word-neutral, especially since they won't be binding. It's important to keep in mind that the public actually changes its mind a lot more than one realizes.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

It should not be mandatory. And it wouldn't do much of anything to stop word parsing etc.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I think I read something about this already being done, but I unfortunately don't remember.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Instead of the first 1% of their taxes, it should be the first $100 or something, because %1 can be a hell of a lot of money in some cases. Also, it should be opt-in.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

This would be good for beginners and more complicated issues.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

100k is not microfinance by any means. And "fast, quick and easy" sounds like you're throwing money at the problem, and we all know how well that works. True microfinance ($50+ loans, etc.) would be a good idea, though.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Yes, but it should be either opt-out or opt-in. My dad's a bankruptcy lawyer, so I would already know probably anything they could teach me.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Replace "no interest" with very low interest, and I agree, so I'm voting for it.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Thank you for including the rest of your idea in the comments section, so as not to hog space like others' ideas do. Great idea, too.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Aww, but I like the idea that I could possibly live and vote in two states during presidential elections. :) But I agree that at least some felons should still be able to vote, especially the non-violent ones. I second saphyn.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

This might work! But I wish you had included a link so we could check it out for ourselves.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I can agree with the first, but not the second. Also, it's important to remember that most people in a "bad" corporation aren't necessarily bad, or even greedy. Only the people at the very top really made the decisions.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

The real solution is to have people actually know who they're voting for, and to have more limits on filibusters in the Senate.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I agree with jbristor. There is no such thing as "too large to fail." The market will always be able to correct itself, if given enough time. And we already break up monopolies so this seems rather redundant.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

It should be in proportion to the crime, but yes. Good idea.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

For this to be remotely possible, the government would not pay for Ivy schools like Harvard, because cost does not necessarily equal quality, and it would be a waste of money. But it there were an upper limit or ceiling to how much could be spent by the government, then this could work. Also, it's important to know that people DON'T value things they get for free, so there should a minimum amount that a student should pay, or it will fail, as California's did. But this would be determined on an individual basis.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Technically, the legislature CANNOT give the current legislature (themselves) raises, only the next legislature. I believe this is even in the ammendments to the Constitution. But the idea is otherwise sound, because they do give themselves less visible benefits.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

But there should be a length display limit to the ideas. If people want to see the rest of a really LONG idea, they should be able to open it in a new tab, instead.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

It should have a small deductible to keep people from overusing their physician's time.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

But there should be mandatory inpatient and then outpatient therapy for addicts.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Yes, I agree with Josh. But this should also be done with AC and government buildings, where the buildings are too cold, even in the middle of summer. (Although, to be fair they probably don't do this nearly as much as movie theaters and other private businesses.)

merveilleux24 9 months ago

This would cost way too much money to pay for the experts. The idea is good, but it sounds like something that would be better suited for a non-profit to do for complicated bills.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

In theory this is a good idea, but in practice, we should replace, not eliminate, the electoral college, so that small states can still have a say, and to prevent third party candidates from messing up election results.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

It should be opt-out, and should start in third grade, but otherwise that's potentially a good idea.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

If the government could come up with a GOOD definition of what an earmark is, then this might work. I know that some definitions are already available, which they could use a starting points.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

This would cost WAAY too much money. Also, Google is trying to obtain copyright for many of the things it has scanned--not good. FYI there is a (free, online) TED talk about doing this with a nonprofit group, in which it was likened to the library of Alexandria, but I don't remember the name of the talk.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

There are sites for this already, but since your idea is (presumably)in addition to, not in replacement of, those sites, so that individuals wouldn't have to opt-in to be heard, this idea could really work.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Recognition, yes. But incentives are potentially problematic.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

It's potentially problematic, esecially the part about incentive systems. Often, less noticed incentives such as social/ moral incentives are steamrolled by economic ones. If you paid people $3 to donate blood, their primary reason (because it's the right thing to do would be replaced by the money, which wouldn't be enough for people to want to donate, so donations plummet. This principle is in Freakonomics.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I agree with nstie

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Not sure about the necessity of #2, but overall it looks good.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

"Legislate a requirement that, in any war, the military aged children and grandchildren of the president, the vice president, all cabinet officials, and all Congress members serve on the front lines in the most dangerous combat positions -- no exceptions, no exemptions."

WTF!?! I like the idea of an end to imperial presidents and governments, but that's just INSANE. ALL military service should be voluntary.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Yes, but have you ever heard of paragraphs? Your data itself is fairly unaccessible. :)

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I second bobcat41702

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I like stephens' award idea. Also I've seen Tim Berners-Lee's TED talk and would recommend it.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Yes good idea, but how is your idea different form Leggitta3's Create a Federal Onestop Database of Fed/State/Local Gov't Officials with room for feedback idea?

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Yes, if it would save money, which it seems that it would.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

YES. Perhaps with links to political columns on local and state issues.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

I agree with beebe75

merveilleux24 9 months ago

The main problem with data and the web is not so much that information isn't available, it's that it is hard to find and often incredibly confusing. That's why organization, searchability and graphical representation (see Hans Rosling's gapminder.org) and customization (letting each user able create his/her own personally color-coded and prioritized version upon log-in) are imperative.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Yes, but it should be posted at LEAST one week before the vote, not 72 hours.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

Good, but don't make it just the budget. Everything from government-funded data, to product recalls, etc. should be available in a friendly, easily searchable way. See the free, online TED talks of Hans Rosling's Gapminder and Tim Berners-Lee's Linked Data for ideas.

merveilleux24 9 months ago

There is already a site for this, Open Secrets, as patriotact has pointed out. It's best to have a third-party, not the government do this, anyway. But making sure that to such websites are readily available would be an admirable objective.

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