Scott Adams Proposes a Fourth Branch of Government

LoLobey writes "Dilbert creator Scott Adams is proposing a fourth branch of government in the WSJ. He describes it as 'smallish and economical, operating independently, with a mission to build and maintain a friendly user interface for citizens to manage their government.' It's a humorous article with some interesting ideas including internet access as a constitutional right and a constitutional ban on all election contributions for any candidate that polls above 10%. He's primarily proposing a method of getting verifiably accurate information on various issues to aid voters in making decisions, but despairs on his own blog about reader's comments on the article."

Comments

Better idea

[MrEricSir]

How about getting rid of corruption? Corporate donations, professional lobbyists, etc.

Just make it flat out illegal, and consider it treason.

Re:you can't make voters care

[0racle]

Further, the R/D view is part of the reason voters don't care. It creates an US vs. Them scenario for people, I vote for my team and people who vote for the other are wrong. No thought, no discussion of issues has to occur, just keep the adversarial appearance.

The two party system in the US has broken down to not being about issues, but about the two parties themselves.

Re:Can I propose another branch too?

[CrimsonAvenger]

I suspect that it would be physically impossible to read every vote aloud in a reasonable (50 hour work week) time frame.

If it can't be read aloud in 50 hours, it's almost certainly bad law.

If Congress is passing so many laws that they all can't be read aloud during the Congressional Term, then Congress is passing a lot of what are, almost certainly, bad laws.

One easy check for a bad law - the people who voted for/against it haven't read it.