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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 27 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The supreme court should probably be a random selection of judges from the lower courts, rather than a set of jerks. Maybe they serve a short term, or are selected for each case.

Not sure why abolishing income tax is on here. That's usually a right wing fever dream.

There's other stuff that would probably help, too.

  • Enforce monopoly laws.
  • Break up existing orgs that are too much.
  • Nationalize ISPs.
  • Do.. something.. about police. Just don't let it devolve into outright private police. Probably need to unbundle all the responsibilities the police currently have into separate institutions, increase licensing requirements, increase accountability. I don't have a fully baked answer, but if the state doesn't provide an answer for "Someone broke into my house" then the private market will, and that's probably going to be worse.
[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I like the idea of 18 year staggered terms offset by 2 years. Each president gets to nominate 2 justices each presidential term. It needs something to prevent the Senate from essentially saying β€œno” to every nominee like McConnell did, but it’s better than lifetime appointments.

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

We can thank the fucked system for allowing the orange reality TV show star to appoint 3 of the 9 current supreme court justices.

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I agree, the anti-trust laws have been butchered and Citizens United v. FEC fucked everything up.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I'm waiting with baited breath for stand your ground laws to be used by armed security to kill homeless people.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

a good start re: Police - nationalize training standards, ROE, and accountability nationwide, and prohibit police unions.

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Income tax disproportionately impacts blue collar workers and the wealthy just avoid them, our tax system is designed to fuck working Americans. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 8 months ago

This was an interesting read.

Sounds like we need a wealth tax and to tax unrealized gains