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0 pointsphpisthebest3y ago0 comments

I have been in favor of 3 changes to the House.

1. Wyoming Rule. No district should be larger than the least populist state.

2. Make DC a Museum. With modern technology there is no need to "send" legislatures to Washington DC, they can vote, meet, etc all remotely. This will make lobbying more expensive, and put the representatives back in their actual communities, because lets face it most of them represent Washington DC not Local Communities.

3. Expand the Term to 4 Years, with a 2 year offset to the president Election. So every 4 years the entire house is elected as a Mid Presidential term Election

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prottog3y ago

I'm entirely in favor of making lobbying as expensive as possible, but I disagree that there isn't something to be gained from having people be in the same physical location to achieve a common goal. Some things just can't be done very well over Zoom.

I do wish that more federal functions would be spread out throughout the country, in the same way that Germany does; many of their federal agencies are headquartered in places far away from Berlin. There's no reason why the USDA shouldn't be headquartered in Kansas City, the Fed in New York, and the Department of the Interior in Wyoming.

phpisthebestOP3y ago

>but I disagree that there isn't something to be gained from having people be in the same physical location to achieve a common goal.

So then I assume you also reject Full time work from home?

I can not think of a single reason why Congress needs to be in the same physical location to read a bill, take public comment on a bill, then vote on if that bill is good for their community or now. That is the SOLE and ONLY function of the US House of Representatives.

If they are doing other things, well that is beyond their scope of work and should be curtailed.

prottog3y ago

Full time remote work can be done for a lot of jobs, but even those you would agree that occasional in-person time helps. I'm not taking an absolute position one way or another.

> that is beyond their scope of work and should be curtailed

You and me both ;-)

SllX3y ago

Relationship management and government oversight.

lkrubner3y ago

"Streamlining the actual process of the legislature so that more can get done"

"For the important stuff, insist on two votes, but for everything else, make it easy to get stuff done fast"

https://demodexio.substack.com/p/streamlining-the-actual-pro...

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0 pointsphpisthebest3y ago0 comments

I have been in favor of 3 changes to the House.

1. Wyoming Rule. No district should be larger than the least populist state.

3. Expand the Term to 4 Years, with a 2 year offset to the president Election. So every 4 years the entire house is elected as a Mid Presidential term Election

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prottog3y ago

phpisthebestOP3y ago

>but I disagree that there isn't something to be gained from having people be in the same physical location to achieve a common goal.

So then I assume you also reject Full time work from home?

If they are doing other things, well that is beyond their scope of work and should be curtailed.

prottog3y ago

Full time remote work can be done for a lot of jobs, but even those you would agree that occasional in-person time helps. I'm not taking an absolute position one way or another.

> that is beyond their scope of work and should be curtailed

You and me both ;-)

SllX3y ago

Relationship management and government oversight.

lkrubner3y ago

"Streamlining the actual process of the legislature so that more can get done"

"For the important stuff, insist on two votes, but for everything else, make it easy to get stuff done fast"

https://demodexio.substack.com/p/streamlining-the-actual-pro...

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