This is the question asked of Neil Boortz, John Stossel, James Taranto and others. The panel did come up with a few suggestions that are not new, but are practical:
1. Repeal the 17th Amendment to the Constitution. Our founders designed the federal government so that the House of Representatives would represent the interests of the people and the Senate would represent the States. Now, thanks to the 17th Amendment, we have both houses elected by the people. The check and balance of a Senate that is not subject to the whims of the electorate, but instead responsible to the state legislatures, is lost.
2. Enforce the 10th Amendment. You don’t know what the 10th Amendment says? Well .. here it is: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Cut the federal government back to the size envisioned by our founders, return most governing to the state level, and the role of money in politics, at least at the federal level, is severely decreased.
Do you have any suggestions or feedback?
I’d like to see all elected officials get a 75% paycut, and the only way to get a raise is through a referendum approved by 2/3 majority. Sure they’ll get money other ways, but at least our less of our taxes will be paying their bloated salaries.