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Proud liberal 80

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Sat Sep 19, 2020, 05:57 PM Sep 2020

This "Greatest" Democracy in the world needs some serious fixes [View all]

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

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