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December 24, 2010
Colonized Minds Are Always Frantic
Whatever you think about this or that Senate, or this or that issue,the notion that the United States needs the Senate to be constantly doing stuff strikes me as pathologically bizarre and disconnected from reality. As if our lives couldn't continue if the Senate stopped doing stuff! This bespeaks a mindset that seems a little too steeped in bureaucratic thinking. Like a middle manager who thinks their PowerPoints are so important, there's a class of politically-agitated folk which sees our DC masters as something akin to the engine or heartbeat of our county -- if they are 'paralyzed,' if they stop, we all stop. -- My Bias For Inaction « Rhymes With Cars & Girls
Posted by Vanderleun at December 24, 2010 11:32 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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A brilliant idea! Start the 112th Congress with as much rolling back of stuff as possible; then furlough the whole group until the 2012 elections are over. The Texas model of a part-time legislature provides a path to a sane(r) future.
Posted by: Mike at December 24, 2010 1:17 PM
I recall reading that at the beginning of the Republic there WAS a brief period of time where the House and Senate had nothing to do and attempted to not make any new laws. Really!
I just can't figure out how to dredge up that bit of data at the moment...
Posted by: cond0010 at December 24, 2010 2:25 PM
How about a Constitutional amendment that would require Congress to repeal two laws for every new law it passes?
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2010 3:12 PM
How about a Constitutional amendment that would require Congress to dissolve itself once it spends one dollar without cutting two from the Congressional perqs.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at December 24, 2010 4:52 PM