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Making election day a holiday probably won't have the effect you're hoping for.
Best case: Almost everybody goes to work as usual. A few of them get a pay differential for working the holiday.
Worst case: Holiday means holiday. We'll give all bus drivers the day off to vote -- and hope the bus riders live within walking distance of their polling location.
In Australia we use local primary schools as voting places. I have always walked to vote.
eh.. is there a reason why "abolish slavery" happens to NOT be on that list? i'ld put it right on top!
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Collateral for loan is realized gain
Functionally how would that work? Maybe I'm being obtuse here, but it sounds like a Catch-22.
No. You keep treating the symptoms.
What's the root cause?
You shouldnβt say that without adding what you mean by that, so please share your thoughts. Pretty please?
It has no chance of becoming a reality without the help of moderates and liberals who have made it very clear they would rather lose to MAGA than compromise with leftists and progressives.
People have yet to acknowledge the first implications of this. If we believe the numbers of progressives and leftists are growing there will come a time when we begin winning primaries but will lose general elections consistently because moderates and liberals suddenly won't "vote blue no matter who". Which means fascism isn't just a possibility, it's guaranteed.
If moderates and liberals don't make different choices there's nothing we can do.
Are you trying to fix systemic problems of government structure or pass laws? They are different things.
Thank you for this approximate description of most Nordic countries.
Start with one thing, mate. Most impact and easiest to implement.
Why delude yourself with this bullshit fantasy list? Focus on reality.
I focused on reality and all it did was make me start thinking we're fucked, so I made a list of solutions.
Again, replace the senate with proportional representation. Bicameral legislatures work, there's no reason to be rid of the senate. Just give it a purpose beyond "you represent a state". Expand the senate to 600 seats, National votes for party reps, 0.5% threshold to gain a seat, 6 year terms, rotate every two years. Then we'll get actual third parties into office, which will break up the two party strangle hold.
Legalize all drugs. Keep prices low(street value) with quality monitoring paid for by tax of product. Any further tax revenue from product to be used for addiction treatment.
Writing "Abolish PACs and lobbying" implies reverting Citizens United v FEC so you probably don't need a separate list item for it
Itβs all wishful thinking, but certainly makes sense within the context of a suggestion to improve our QOL.