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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

mandatory voting is not something i agree with.

The house and senate should both exist, they both serve a purpose. The senate gives every state an equal footing, the house gives every state representation in regards to population, so they both serve a very explicit purpose.

idk about house rep cap. There are already so many, perhaps improve the makeup of the reps though? That's pretty messy.

on the supreme court term limit, include an age limit as well.

That's it, everything else would be fine probably?

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[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I'd rather focus on ripping cars out of cities, promoting mixed use zoning areas, removing regulations on food service (which is the reason small American food vendors need food trucks, instead of "street food" like the rest of the world.

The disjointed, car based, child hating society we have is a big problem.

[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 0 points 8 months ago

Maybe abolish slavery? Perhaps actually honor treaties with indigenous people?

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

One thing I’ve been mulling over is “tax stock dividends at source.” So if a company is paying out dividends to stockholders, there’s no hiding it, the tax to the IRS is paid up front.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I’m happy if the mail comes on time. I don’t think the government could properly manage these broad sweeping programs especially with radical changes to the legislative and judicial branches and elections.

Nor do I think you’d be able to get the states on board with this much radical change. Everything sounds ok on a surface level but rather than thinking pie in the sky, pragmatism would be needed on just the most important issues such as a universal health plan or education plan

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

IRS filing taxes for us could lead to unintended consequences, like them just saying "yep, everything's in order here. you're all paid up. What's that? Tax return? No, you paid the exact amount you owed in taxes, so you get no return." and probably you'd have to do a FOIA request to get a copy of the return, then you could probably fight it, but it'd cost more to fight it than you'd get back in the return in the first place.

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