Theres no one person IMO, even a great present has to deal with the gridlock in the houses etc. Only we the people can do it and it will take time. Unfortunately there is no quick fix. We have to get away from the two party system and people have to be more active in all politics all the time. not just on voting day for the president. The overall system itself isnt really bad, its the people we give the keys to. We can complain about how what bad drivers they are but we keep giving them the keys.
oooops they run a stop sign . .its ok because we like their policy on guns . . . oooops they get a DUI . . . its ok because we like their policy on abortion . . . ooooops they do a hit and run . . . its ok because I dont think they cater to a group I dont like . . .etce . . .etc
if we dont break the two party system then we'll need rules to break it, no more "voting majorities" in the houses or some system that at least allows voting to happen in away people just have to vote yes or no instead of positioning all the time. And the other rules that would probably be good is rules on the construction of bills. No bill about gay rights, or clean energy, or coal grant should contain things like infrastructure spending, military spending, education finance. THATS ****ING RETARDED! . . oooo. sorry . . i vented for a second lol
Bills should be ONE main issue and RELATED sub issues are allowed. Not totally different ones. Anyway that would be a start IMO.
IMO, short of another revolution against the existing government, the only way to break the iron grip of the political class regarding every aspect of our lives is a constitution amendment that would specify something like:
1. Every President, Congress, or any person employed in any capacity, elected, appointed, hired or contracted in the federal government will be prohibited from using taxpayer funds or obligating the taxpayer in any manner to provide a benefit to any person, group, demographic, or entity that does not provide benefit to all. All programs that benefit some but not all will be phased out or transferred to the states as quickly as possible in a manner that is of least consequence to those made dependent on government programs and no later than 10 years from the passage of the amendment.
2. All persons employed in the federal government in any capacity--elected, appointed, hired, or contracted--will be paid a salary sufficient to fund their own reasonable retirement and health plans. The taxpayer will not be obligated for this during or after such employment. Whatever funds they contribute to their retirement or health plans will go with them when they leave the government.
3. All federal budgeting will start with a blank page and as much as reasonably possible, all budgeted items will be a line item that the legislator or department head must be able to justify. Baseline budgeting will be discontinued.
4. Other than general appropriations bills to run the necessary standard government services and extreme emergency legislation such as declared war, all federal expenditures must be presented as a stand alone bill to be passed by a 2/3rds recorded majority vote.
5. No member of Congress may go back after the fact to change his/her vote or to revise and extend his/her remarks in the Congressional Record.
6. No rule or regulation or law that includes punitive measures for non compliance or that compliance requires an expense may be issued by any federal government department or department division that is not first presented to Congress that will approve or disapprove it by an up or down recorded vote. No more laws and regulation will be issued by faceless, nameless, unelected bureaucrats.
7. No unfunded law or regulation requiring more than minimal expense for compliance may be forced by the federal government upon the states or private citizens without the citizens having opportunity in a general election to vote on the matter.
Do this amendment and we break the back of the permanent political class who can no longer profit from their government positions above and beyond their authorized compensation. Taking the money out of the system takes a huge lion's share of the graft and corruption. And we would almost certainly start electing public servants to high office again instead of the professional opportunists we now mostly elect.