Should congress be replaced by facebook?

[obama winned the election]

let the people vote on stuff. cut out the middleman

[STEEL]

Only if you want legislation that reads in text message format.

[Kendall]

Noooo, that's horrible. Hahhahah.

[Realist]

Sure, let's just open the door right up to voter fraud.

[RockIt]

We should consider some form of participatory government where some national, state, and local referendum items are put out there in some way on the internet.

Pilot it somewhere with some minor issues at first and see if it can be done without turning into some big fraudulent government mess

[Peace]

Congress should be replaced by anything.

[Jo]

Not replaced but that certainly should use something like it (or even like YA) to put their finger on the pulse of the people.
A general forum for all people and all of congress can see what we think all in one place.

[Roger Parks]

Since all the facts come from Facebook and congress only talks about things you don't want to deal with,then like yeah that would like be the solution like um kay

[Yorrik]

Yes, why the Hell not?

George Washington once wisely warned the American people against political parties. They foolishly ignored his good advice. Now look at the mess. You don't get government of the people for the people and by the people, what you get (same here in UK) is political gangsters claiming to have a right to this and that because they have a 'mandate' from the people.

What a load of hogwash! What of those (often in a majority in some constituencies) who do not support the government?

And what of the overall total votes? Has anyone bothered to add them up? How many voted for party X and how many for party Y?

But, as someone in Athens once said, "The people get the government they deserve."

I'll be totally honest. If the people want change, then they are not going to get 'change' by sitting around chewing the fat on the issue. No. They've got to get out on the streets and set about the physical task of taking over the town where they live, then the city and the state and then the entire country.

Facebook and Twitter make elected governments irrelevant. But politicians fear such ideas because it means their ultimate demise.

The next generation may not want to put up with all the crap we've had thrown at us over the years.

Angry Pensioner who is now being told by the UK.gov to go back to work or lose my pension. And the person who started this evil back to work for anyone over 70+ is a fat idle bastard sitting in the house of lords being paid a pension out of my 50 years of taxes at the rate of 150-thousand pounds a year plus a daily fee of about 300-pound for being in the house of lards.

Death comes to us all and to some, sooner than they think.


London UK 251012.1512

[BekindtoAnimals22]

No. If you want to effect legislation, you need to join a political activist group, They pressure congress to vote in specific ways. The people are lobbyists too but few participate. Also you can contact your representatives on your own. They are supposed to vote the way their constituents want but if nobody tells them, they will vote with their own issues and/or peer pressure from their party.