This "Greatest" Democracy in the world needs some serious fixes

[Proud liberal 80]

This isn’t the 18th century anymore and we aren’t a country of just 4 Million people....here are some things I would do

1. Eliminate Senate
2. Increase the number of house members, it’s dumb to limit to 435 especially with our population..each Congress person will not represent more than 500,000 people....I think with our current population that would be 620 Congressmen and gives our least populated states at least 1
3. No gerrymandering
4. SCOTUS and other federal judges limited to 30 years...POTUS nominates with at least 55% of the House to approve
5. Congressman terms are every 3 years instead of two, less campaigning....can only serve 6 terms (18 years)
6. POTUS serves only one 6 year term...doesn’t have to worry about reelection...becomes less political
7. Eliminate electoral college

[Thunderbeast]

1. Sounds like a pretty full week of work!

(sarcasm)

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Best thing to do is to outlaw the republican party, since they only represent the 1%ers and the

worst of American interests, such as pure capitalists, who don't want to pay a single dime in taxes, period, nor do they want to pay their fair share of SS taxes, or any other taxes for that matter, that are needed to keep this Country going.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

3. I like your ideas. n/t

[MarcA]

4. Strongly Agree with #1 and #7.

Also agree with #2 and #3, although #3 could be difficult to formalize.
#4 have Retention Elections for USSC (nationally) and other Fed Judges (States involved)
every Two Years on a Rotating Basis. No Grandfathering. Also severely restrict scope of USSC power.
Of course the way this nation was/is designed some changes will be near impossible, but perhaps the nation that eventually replaces this one will be able to.

[Proud liberal 80]

5. Thanks for the input

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. A downside to one 6 year term is that immediately upon election

the President is a lame duck President. Not sure that's a good idea.

Term limits on Congress means institutional memory is lost, experience goes for naught. Missouri put in term limits, 8 years each for their house and senate, although a person could do 8 years in one and then 8 years in the other, and it's essentially been a disaster for the state.

Yes, the Electoral College should be eliminated. It would then mean that every vote really does count, even if you live in a state where the majority of voters are with the other party.

I'm not so sure eliminating the Senate is really such a good idea. That's my opinion.