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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff
To stop lobbying we could:
1) Actually follow the founders intention and only spend money on things that document says we should.
or, even better
2) Actually follow the founders intention and have one representative for every 30,000 citizens.....with something like 10,000 congresspersons voting on spending bills no lobbyist could possibly influence enough to really sway a vote.
Once we decided to view the Constitution as something "quaint" we opened the door for lobbyist and closed it for liberty 
Edit to add: Great minds think alike; Scaegles, you beat me to it. |
1) The Founding Fathers were not able to anticipate our modern society, and it's needs. The Constitution is a framework - not a holy document. If we, as a country, have decided that there are things the federal government should do in order to maintain the common good, then we, as a people, have every right to demand the government do them. I think you would find that eliminating all government programs, and just paying for the military would have horrendous results for this country. Any politician that would seriously attempt such a thing would very quickly be out of a job.
The only people that I see who regard the Constitution as "quaint" are the Republicans who seek to strip us of our rights.
2) 10,000 (about 11,666 actually) representatives would be a disaster! You think Congress is inefficient now? The country would grind to a halt! And where would they meet? How would you provide the needed office space? The logistics alone are staggering. It could never happen.