America Needs A More Effective System of Government

We need a more effective government that we the people run. As I continue to watch the 2012 Presidential Elections unfold, I am starting to really question the necessity of offices of power, like city mayors and even the President of the United States. I feel like our government should be our government, which we the people manage. I feel it is possible, thanks to today’s technology, to run this country without a President. We already have the CIA and military branches that govern security, and there is already a structure of command in place within it. We just need to streamline the way we vote and come up with a more effective way of making decisions in this country.

Throughout history, because of impossibilities in the accounting of mass votings and other constraints due to lack of technology, we have relied on a system that is supposed to be representative of the views of the majority of Americans. However, politics and power have turned our country into a for-profit, not for people, environment. People come into power for one set of reasons and try to sustain it for others. It is really time to take a new look at this country and reinvent ourselves to be smart, successful, efficient Americans that are accepting of all and together manage a profitable, prosperous country.

To do this, I think all Americans eligible and registered to vote should be required to vote once a quarter to maintain voting rights and voting should be done through an account accessible via internet so everyone can vote either at home, a friend’s house, the public library, wherever on their own time. Each voting American should be presented with all issues that they have not voted on since their last vote. All results need to be made available publicly and in real time. All voting history needs to be accessible to ensure that votes have not been changed, altered, or modified in any way. Although it would be a requirement to vote once a quarter, there should be no limited access to the account or the issues that are being voted on.

This may seem like a monumental restructure and even impossible, but could Americans voting for what they want be any less complicated than the system we have now, where Americans try to vote for what they want their voice may or may not be heard...