Do you agree that we in the USA would have a better government if something like the following change was made
956340
You are right, how could a plumber do worse, and snobs like that comment about not wanting plumbers in office is what's wrong with the system now. The lawyers adobted their own language to keep the people confounded. The people that first ran the government went home to their farms afterwards and we grew just fine. Now we are more complicated mostly because they made laws and rulings that give them too much control over the common man, weneed to eliminate at the start, 50 laws to pass one bill on it's way. What about drastic change, for a drastic situation, perhaps two leaders, or presidents. One for domestic policy, and the other for foreign or world policies.
218009
its your duty as a citizen of the United States. The government we have is made under a social contract, and under that, the people make the government, therefore they have the right to change/and or abolish it. You need to vote, and if you don't, don't complain when something you dont agree with happens beacause you did nothing to change it.\n**Voting goes to more than just the president!
1177069
The only constant is change.  Change is bound to happen.  the changes we have going on right now aren't so good.  Sound legislation needs to be written.  It needs to be written based on the peoples needs.  The majority of the US is against illegal immigration.  Our politicians must respect that.
591221
There should be another revolution in the US.
126843
Our founding fathers were incredibly intelligent people. Yet, I believe that while we can't go back into the past and change things, we can wonder what the other outcomes would be if the documents were written differently.\nFor instance, they rightly made the Constitution deliberately ambiguous. Why, you ask? Because that prevents people/states from nitpicking minor details. Various freedoms (freedom of sppech, action...) are listed in teh constitution, and yet, people in the supreme court debate over the interpretation of these words.\n\nAdditionally, the amendability of the constitution is also valuable, since interpretations of the constitution and times change. If it were more rigid, it would be tougher for good change to take place.
727895
It sounds like you are an independent American capable of thinking and wanting what is right for the country. Now if we can just get our "leaders" to listen maybe we can fix this country.
501893
forget the state representatives, contact the congressmen to have it established in federal law. I always thought it was already, but perhaps the states I lived in growing up did the right thing.
539755
I'll do better than that. I'll give you 5.\n\nPass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. The current philosophy of ever increasing debt mortgages our children’s future and could collapse our economy. A reasonable amount of debt fixed by GDP or some other productivity measure would be allowed.\n\nEvery American citizen should have universal access to affordable health care even if they don’t have health insurance.\n\nNo American Citizen should be allowed to work in a job that pays less than the federal poverty level.  New workers with limited experience or under 18 years of age could be paid a training wage.\n\nEvery American should be able to choose which school their children attend. Schools must be allowed to compete if they are to improve.\n\nOur borders are to be respected, illegal immigration will be stopped. If you want to work in this country you must do it legally and you must respect our laws, our culture and our flag or you will be sent back to wherever you came from
759117
YES- Absolutely. As individuals, the best thing you can do to change anything is vote.\nIf you don't vote, you don't get to complain.\nThanks so much for bringing up an important point.
240950
I think we should.  People would then move to where their ideas are held important and are tolerated.  The states that ended up most successful would become models for the others.  Also decentralization would help remove the imperialistic tendencies of the federal government and cause less world wide hatred.
264555
I agree about our Constitution.  This nation was the first nation in the modern world where it was openly acknowledged that no one possesses perfect foresight, so our body of laws had to be flexible enough to accommodate future Americans and their future issues, but solid enough and based upon firm enough principles that they would not be changed on a whim.  The principles upon which our system was founded were (and are) so cutting edge that they have become a model for many countries where liberty and equality are at issue.  Under the ideals upon which this country was founded, it is easy to see why we are held up as the model against which other countries measure themselves.  However, the ideal and the reality sometimes are just far enough apart to reflect duplicity to those looking for c hinks in our collective armor.  Suffice it to say that ours is the most effective system operating for most intents and purposes, inconsistencies notwithstanding.
525795
No way!\nIt's time America stood up and supported this great document.\nIf we did, there would be less government control in our lives.\n\nTry this:\nhttp://constitutionparty.com
616871
I love living in USA. Government may suck, but living in this country is not that bad.
494102
Sure, if you would like to amend the United States Constitution... What do you suggest? Whipping? Caning? How about forced amputations for certain offenses? Branding? If you think these are good ideas, I suggest there are certain other places to live in this world where you perhaps might feel more comfortable. Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, North Korea... I don't think they have a problem with prison overcrowding, maybe you'd like it in one of those places.
776792
I wouldn't; it is an outdated system that needs to be completely overhauled...the genius of the founding fathers is that they knew that they could not anticipate what the future would be and therefore built in a system to change things as the country evoled...i.e the second amendment and the electoral college both need to be reconsidered
932286
What in the world are you talking about?????? The only changes allowed to the Constitution are through amendemnts. Look them up!
70628
If you want to change the government then do so within the means of the constitution.  Make sure  you vote.