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cut/pasted from down the block at F-D.com
*lightbulb appears over Rich's head* (since I'm not in California, it is illuminated)
Let's face it. Love it or hate it, for all intents and purposes there's really only 2 political parties. Republicans and Democrats.
For the most part, the GOP is conservative and the Democratic Party is kinda liberal. That's all fine and good, but either one can be intrusive into our lives, due to individual variance in the politicians themselves, and their collective product, which is... ... ugh..... legislation.
At the core of each party is preservation of the party's existence and defeat of the other party's agenda. We the People don't fit into the equation nearly as much as we're supposed to.
That being said: I propose the formation of a political party that might actually appeal to enough real people to smack both of the major parties down to reality.
For lack of a better title/name:
THE SIMPLETON PARTY!
not because we're unintelligent, but because our platform would be... . SIMPLICITY!
Any proposed legislation introduced by a SIMPLETONIAN would be limited to 1 standard-sized typewritten page. That way, any mayor, governor, or president that ever signs such a bill into law would have the entire text right there in front of him/her, rather than a stack of legaleze (and hidden pork/complexity), and only a summary sheet for his/her signature.
Since the SIMPLETONS would rather not have a net increase in the number of ways that an individual can be violating hidden laws,(this would countermand the very premise and concept of SIMPLICITY) the introduction of a new law would also be accompanied by the proposal to strike at least one existing, large, involved, porky, complex law from the books entirely. Preferably 2!
This would, I suspect, TRULY have a net effect, if nothing else, of reducing government paperwork. (the enviro's might like that) Isn't there a "Paperwork Reduction Act of 19??" on the books? The spirit (and probably the letter) of that law is violated every minute of every day that our government operates, under current conditions. As a defense for some of the inevitable disputes, I'd propose that that presumably large, unwieldly law be saved for last, and then replaced by a simple concise one-page version... .
Any takers?
*lightbulb appears over Rich's head* (since I'm not in California, it is illuminated)
Let's face it. Love it or hate it, for all intents and purposes there's really only 2 political parties. Republicans and Democrats.
For the most part, the GOP is conservative and the Democratic Party is kinda liberal. That's all fine and good, but either one can be intrusive into our lives, due to individual variance in the politicians themselves, and their collective product, which is... ... ugh..... legislation.
At the core of each party is preservation of the party's existence and defeat of the other party's agenda. We the People don't fit into the equation nearly as much as we're supposed to.
That being said: I propose the formation of a political party that might actually appeal to enough real people to smack both of the major parties down to reality.
For lack of a better title/name:
THE SIMPLETON PARTY!
not because we're unintelligent, but because our platform would be... . SIMPLICITY!
Any proposed legislation introduced by a SIMPLETONIAN would be limited to 1 standard-sized typewritten page. That way, any mayor, governor, or president that ever signs such a bill into law would have the entire text right there in front of him/her, rather than a stack of legaleze (and hidden pork/complexity), and only a summary sheet for his/her signature.
Since the SIMPLETONS would rather not have a net increase in the number of ways that an individual can be violating hidden laws,(this would countermand the very premise and concept of SIMPLICITY) the introduction of a new law would also be accompanied by the proposal to strike at least one existing, large, involved, porky, complex law from the books entirely. Preferably 2!
This would, I suspect, TRULY have a net effect, if nothing else, of reducing government paperwork. (the enviro's might like that) Isn't there a "Paperwork Reduction Act of 19??" on the books? The spirit (and probably the letter) of that law is violated every minute of every day that our government operates, under current conditions. As a defense for some of the inevitable disputes, I'd propose that that presumably large, unwieldly law be saved for last, and then replaced by a simple concise one-page version... .
Any takers?
Like the idea of such a party, but it'd be a hard sell in the "blue" areas of this country...
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