Founding fathers biggest mistakes (that need correcting)
No term limits.
Allowing them to vote their own pay incresses.
Put in place 1 and take away 2 and you’d have a much different government.
feel free to ad to the list.
Well, I might add a third, I don’t know if this is a good idea or not but I’ll toss it out for discussion. In most parlamentary systems, if the President or prime Minister or whomever is the leader is doing so terrible, early elections can be called after a vote of no confidence. Of course, we had the chance to vote OBummer out last month, it did not work, but I’d like to adopt such a measure and see what happens.
You can accomplish both with one law. A senator or congressman will never receive a pay increase for the entire time they hold office. From the first day in office, their salary remains the same. They are free to vote as many pay increases as they like...for their successor. This would eleminate future Robert Byrds.
No Balanced Budget Amendment. You ain’t got the dough, then it’s a “no.”