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[-] tmishka@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Limit the age for candidates, to the pension maximum

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

There's the gerrymandering thing though. When done in good faith it can give a voice to minorities. When done in bad faith... well, you've seen what happens. Point is it's a double edged sword.

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[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Writing "Abolish PACs and lobbying" implies reverting Citizens United v FEC so you probably don't need a separate list item for it

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Excellent project OP, this is cool

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

IRS filing taxes for us could lead to unintended consequences, like them just saying "yep, everything's in order here. you're all paid up. What's that? Tax return? No, you paid the exact amount you owed in taxes, so you get no return." and probably you'd have to do a FOIA request to get a copy of the return, then you could probably fight it, but it'd cost more to fight it than you'd get back in the return in the first place.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would add:

Equal Rights Amendment

Reverse Shelby County v Holder

Reverse District of Columbia v Heller

Add ethics code for Supreme Court with enforcement authority

Discharge federal student loan debt and regulate higher education costs

Demilitarize police

Ban property tax based school funding

Abolish the death penalty

Federally mandated paid vacation, paid sick leave, overtime over 40 hours, and a ban of right-to-work laws.

Allow the Army Corps of Engineers to repair and maintain infrastructure.

[-] farsinuce@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you for this approximate description of most Nordic countries.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Would make more sense if abortion was banned except in circumstances where the mother's life is in danger or rape

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[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

not sure about the mandatory voting and outlawing tipping. Just compliance wise. Not voting itself can be a intended thing and I can't think of any country where you have a gun to your head to vote taht is a place I would want to live. As for tipping you will just turn it into bribery. No place should be allowed to pay with the expectation tips is part of compensation. Tips are a gift basically.

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[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mostly. I'm fine with some of these being left up to the states, like prostitution and marijuana, although I do think marijuana's federal status should change (from schedule 1, to a much lower schedule). Also, I think the highest tax bracket should be 99%, or even 100%. But that highest bracket should be a very high number, like 0.001% of GDP.

[-] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I like a lot of your proposals,but I don’t think they will fix everything. Certainly an improvement though.

I don’t think the supreme court changes would fix issues with the court, and I think a 15 yr. limit could make it worse.

Each presidential term would get 2-3 nominations per term, allowing them to establish a majority if elected for 2 terms. Considering how powerful the court is, allowing a president to establish a majority simply by being in office for 2 terms isn’t great.

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[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 1 year ago

Remove daylight standard time.

Remove "drive in empty lane" language from DMV instruction.

These two things would have near universal impact on US culture.

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[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’m happy if the mail comes on time. I don’t think the government could properly manage these broad sweeping programs especially with radical changes to the legislative and judicial branches and elections.

Nor do I think you’d be able to get the states on board with this much radical change. Everything sounds ok on a surface level but rather than thinking pie in the sky, pragmatism would be needed on just the most important issues such as a universal health plan or education plan

[-] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd rather focus on ripping cars out of cities, promoting mixed use zoning areas, removing regulations on food service (which is the reason small American food vendors need food trucks, instead of "street food" like the rest of the world.

The disjointed, car based, child hating society we have is a big problem.

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