proposed constitutional amendment: direct election of congress, the president

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whereas free speech is measured in dollars;
whereas elections are costly to administer;
whereas elections are often contested, leading to uncertainty and tying up the courts;
whereas voter fraud is rampant; and
whereas government should strive to make its operations as efficient as possible,

BE IT RESOLVED:

section 1. in lieu of elections, seats in both houses of congress and the presidency shall be decided by a simple tally of funds raised.

section 2. funds may be raised from citizens of the united states or of any foreign land, with the exception of non-citizens residing in the united states or its territories.

section 3. funds may further be raised from corporations, limited liability partnerships, or any other commercial enterprise, however it be formed, and wherever located its headquarters may be, whether domestic or foreign; provided, however, that any such commercial enterprise be for-profit; provided, further, that funds may be raised from churches and synagogues, but not mosques, even if they be constituted as non-profit.

section 4. funds may further be raised from other candidates under any agreement made with such candidate. promises made by candidate providing funds nor the candidate obtaining funds by this method shall be protected as free speech even if such funds were originally secured with vastly different promises.

section 5. candidates shall be legally bound to keep promises made to secure funds, to the extent such promises were made to commercial enterprises, but not individuals, unless such individuals have a net worth that would put them in the top 0.1% of the population of the united states if they were in the united states, regardless of whether or not they actually are in the united states; or unless they secure, with conflicting promises, a greater amount of funds for the same or future elections from commercial enterprises.

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1. oh and by the way:

:sarcasm:

[Riftaxe]

2. speech is not equitable to dollars

or i would be a millionaire by now :)

[Capitalocracy]

3. HA!

lmao... I love it

we'd be in the club, you and me... I think I need a Lear jet...

[NuclearDem]

4. Hide it! Quick! Quick!

Before anyone actually gets any ideas!

[sandyo--ERA]

5. US Constitutional amendments

Quite a few Constitutional amendments have recently been proposed. Several seem to represent good ideas. Only thing: Constitutional amendments are the devil's own to get enacted.
Note, please, that the Equal Rights Amendment effort(ERA) has been trying to get equal treatment for male and female alike passed into the US Constitution since 1923! That's HOW many years? EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS. And it's making only glacial progress through 7 states in our nation even now. We just need 3 more states' legislatures to ratify/vote for the ERA. The state of Florida, which I have spearheaded as the unpaid lobbyist since 2001, is an example of the enduring strength of Big Business to thwart any bill or any THING that they believe (wrongly, in ERA's case) to impact BB's Bottom Line.
It feels good to them to have an UNDERPAID second-class UNCERCLASS, female Americans. But,hey, we are 52% of the population! If we women all stood up tall and assertive in our high heels, WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE AN ERA. The rest of the world since WWII DOES have ERA language! SPEAK UP. SPEAK OUT, LADIES, or we will always be without self-determination and full personhood. So will our sons and daughters, and theirs, theirs, and THEIRS.