Are you suggesting a Virtual Congress of 10,000 members conducted on the Internet? I like the idea and suggested it on another thread, but got richly flamed for it.
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It's also worthwhile for the congressman to actually show up for work. We expect it of 16 year olds. The people who run the country should be held to that standard, provided it's not too much for them to meet. I prefer that they meet face to face. It's too easy to cheat over the computer.
There is a possibility that because there are so many representatives, the amount of laws they are asked to vote will prevent them from reading them, and instead require them to depend on the trust of other representatives to evaluate the worth of a new law. This could lead to a system of complicity, but the idea is to make it easy for anyone to run for office against the incumbent. That should lead to an eventual dilution of their power, which is exactly what the authors of the constitution wanted.
It might even make it easier to try to change a system by appealing to the state government. The states were intended to be powerful elements of the union, not vassals of the fed. We're starting to see a return to state soveriegnity, but I fear that the federal pig will invent some new bribe/extortion to circumvent the states if the movement becomes a real threat. In this case, I think it is better to make the states stronger by bringing the fed down.
I don’t agree with the idea of a virtual congress. (Technology is going to progress to the point where it will be impossible to distinguish between a video of a real person and a computer composite)
I do believe we need a larger Congress. If for nothing else, it makes the House so unwieldy it’s harder for new laws to be passed.