Slap a politician

Ugh, I really hate politicians. Republicans are all of a sudden for small government again. Now I am all for small government, but where were these guys for the last 8 years? Oh, that's right, they were busy expanding government and running massive deficits. The Democrats are no better. They at least admit they want to take your money and give it to someone else on a massive scale. Both sides are just in a constant grab for money and power. Neither party cares about the public except as a tool. A rather innocuous article on NPR drove me to this rant, but it also lead to a great idea.

Here is my plan for raising money for the government and providing feedback to politicians. We need to have all the Representatives, Senators, president and heads of major departments all line up outside the capital every morning. Then you let anyone pay a fee to slap a politician. You would have to make it a percentage of income so anyone could do it. I would plan a trip to DC tomorrow if I could slap a few politicians while I was there. We may have to limit it to only the first half of the day, so they have some time to hopefully correct their poor behavior. If not there is always tomorrow. It would give them immediate feedback on how many people disliked the job they were doing. Maybe have it so you could pay to shake their hand too. It would be good to have some positive feedback for them. I just think it would be a lot more meaningful than satisfaction surveys. It would also limit the amount of damage they could do since half the day would be spent being slapped.

For more realistic, but far less fun, solutions to some of the excesses of our government take a look at Downsize DC. It is an organization dedicated to shrinking the government or at least limiting its growth. If you are a Republican, this will appeal to your desire for limited government if you still have one. If you are a Democrat, this will appeal to your desire to reduce human rights abuses by the government and increase personal freedom. If you are Libertarian you will just love everything about the site. So everyone should be able to appreciate some of the initiatives they are proposing, well except for fascists, but nobody likes them anyway.