What if Congress had a
character limit on new legislation? I think 5000 characters would do the trick.
Pork-barrelling would be next to impossible. Laws would be incremental and focused on single issues. Complex issues would be broken into pieces.
Pork-barrelling would be next to impossible. Laws would be incremental and focused on single issues. Complex issues would be broken into pieces.
Lawmakers would have to use the simplest possible language. The layperson (even school children!) could understand (and therefore participate in) politics.
New laws could quickly be drafted and understood. Debates would focus on few topics and Congressmen could place votes without compromising one position for another.
Best of all, the “iParticipate” app would hit the top 10 in the app store. Lawmakers could poll their constituencies in the time it takes for a floor debate. Instead of reading the news on the train, commuters could weigh in with votes and opinions on the latest bills. Those will long commutes could even draft bills en route to the office. Talk about crowd-sourcing!
It’s time for Politics 2.0.
