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Originally Posted by jpn of Seattle
I'm pretty happy with the one we've got.
A few improvements wouldn't hurt, though.
- Publicly financed election campaigns. Would require Constitutional amendmendment, but would be well worth it. Also make the campaigns take place within no more than a 6-month time period.
- Eliminate corporate welfare (see #1).
- Get rid of electoral college.
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1) Publicly financed campaigns restricts Freedom of Speech. If I, as a private individual, wish to support a candidate for office then I should be allowed to spend my money promoting that person. Freedom of speech is vital in keeping a democracy healthy.
2) We should eliminate all federal welfare, period.
3) The People do not elect the President, the States do. Generally speaking people have a gross misunderstanding of how a president is elected. Each State is given a number of Electorial College Members equal to their Congressional members. Each state then decides how those Electorial College Members are selected. The State Legisalture could select them, the governor could select them, the people could vote to select them, or they could even be selected by chance. It is left solely to the State to determine the selection process by the Constitution. People should understand this and actually try reading the Constitution.