The Big Ideas Project

Reform the Senate and Congress benefit packages to that of other Federal Employees. If a Politician is convicted and jailed all retirement benefits are stopped. Reform all Politicians Health care to that covered under the ACA.

Submitted by Ratchetass in Government & Elections Dec. 18, 2014, 10:47 p.m.

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#1220

121 votes

Bring salaries and fringe benefits for state and federal employees down to American median income levels. Retirement and healthcare benefit packages should be similar to what the average American pays.

Submitted by Kim in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 11:15 a.m.

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#1228

120 votes

All justices, including the Supreme Court justices, should be required to pass an independent conflict of interest examination. Set national standards for Voting Rights.

Submitted by PKierans in Government & Elections Dec. 18, 2014, 9:51 p.m.

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#1228

120 votes

End Citizens' United and limit all campaigning for Federal, State and Local elections to no more than six (6) months...

Submitted by no in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 8:16 a.m.

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#1228

120 votes

Get rid of the revolving political machine of commerce. Terms should be expanded in length and limited in quantity. Presidential terms should be 6 or 7 years. (two term limit) Representatives should be 4 years ( with a limit on consecutive terms of 2 ) Senators should be in office for 5 years ( same limit as the Representatives) In my opinion fewer elections means less campaigning equals less pandering to the mega-corps for donations.

Submitted by Robert Owens in Government & Elections Nov. 14, 2014, 9:10 p.m.

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#1239

119 votes

Dismantle Koch's John Birch Society and all their Web of organizations and their members webs. All ALEC laws to be repealed and reinstate the laws that guaranteed our Freedom/Rights according to the Bill of Rights & Constitution.

Submitted by Grace A. in Government & Elections Jan. 9, 2015, 2:20 p.m.

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#1245

118 votes

Require every candidate for elective office to swear an oath to tell the truth 24/7 during the campaign. All government officeholders swear an oath to tell the truth 24/7 for the term of office. False statements made while under oath is perjury. Statements clearly IDENTIFIED as opinion WHEN MADE would NOT violate the oath. Everyone can have their own opinions,but not their own facts.

Submitted by Citizen in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 6:20 p.m.

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#1263

116 votes

Total Wall Street accountability (and prosecution). No contributions, gifts, recompense of any kind, except for salary and benefits, for all three branches. Without this, none of the other ideas presented here stand a chance.

Submitted by Just Sayin' in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 7:08 p.m.

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#1263

116 votes

Any corporation, bank, pr business entity convicted of a felony cannot contribute to ANY political campaign.

Submitted by CitizenX911 in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 8:56 p.m.

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#1263

116 votes

Get money out of gov't. Lobbying is important, but should be a forum for making a plea, not a bribe. No exchange of anything except ideas and information.

Submitted by Just Sayin' in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 7:04 p.m.

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#1275

114 votes

A non-partisan Government. Im sick of this civil war that we are fighting and losing in our current broken form of government.

Submitted by Tomj65 in Government & Elections Dec. 9, 2014, 10:12 a.m.

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#1277

113 votes

Ranked Choice Voting- vote for your candidates and rank them 1st choice, 2nd choice, etc. This would allow voters to vote for the candidate that they really want (not against a candidate that they don't want) because of fear of "throwing away their vote"

Submitted by Stuart S. from AK in Government & Elections Dec. 17, 2014, 10:37 p.m. 1

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#1283

112 votes

Creation of a "clearing house" for fact checking political campaign ads (print, television, online, etc) before they can be presented to the public for consideration. People need good information to make good choices, and we're just not getting this. This coupled with publicly funded campaigns, where candidates have a limited budget to get their message across, would provide incentive to not waste resources on ads that after fact checking wouldn't be allowed for public consideration.

Submitted by citizenzero in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 12:26 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

Lying in a campaign (speeches, literature, website, or advertising)should be a punishable offense. Candidate thrown out of the election.

Submitted by Susan E. from NY in Government & Elections Dec. 19, 2014, 9:37 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

There should be a time limit imposed on the Senate for acting on Presidential appointments.

Submitted by Dave of TX in Government & Elections Dec. 12, 2014, 10:38 a.m.

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#1283

112 votes

No more lobbyist in the halls of Congress. Stop lobbyist from paying for votes.

Submitted by Jack Bender in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 10:45 p.m.

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#1298

110 votes

Outlaw voting over the internet. Computer security experts are unanimous that there is absolutely no way to prevent hacked elections using today's internet. Yet many states are recklessly moving forward with internet voting systems, using real elections as guinea pigs in these dangerous experiments.

Submitted by R. Wilson in Government & Elections Dec. 11, 2014, 12:59 a.m.

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#1298

110 votes

Renew the government's role in pursuing and regulating anti-trust activity. New rubrics must be developed, industries reviewed, and break-ups orchestrated to eliminate monopolies and oligopolies from dominating markets. Adequate resources must be applied to regulatory development, oversight and enforcement.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Government & Elections Dec. 16, 2014, 2:29 p.m.

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#1319

108 votes

Make all Congress members have to video their meetings with lobbyists and post them on CSPAN and show their voting records correlated to time spent with industry lobbyists.

Submitted by Joseph Segal in Government & Elections Jan. 5, 2015, 12:13 a.m.

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#1328

107 votes

Voting by mail for all should be the standard, like it is in Oregon, across the entire country. People vote at their convenience, mail in their ballots, and they don't have to worry about whether or not they can make it to a polling location around their work schedule.

Submitted by elarue in Government & Elections Dec. 10, 2014, 10:01 p.m.

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#1328

107 votes

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