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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The supreme court should probably be a random selection of judges from the lower courts, rather than a set of jerks. Maybe they serve a short term, or are selected for each case.

Not sure why abolishing income tax is on here. That's usually a right wing fever dream.

There's other stuff that would probably help, too.

  • Enforce monopoly laws.
  • Break up existing orgs that are too much.
  • Nationalize ISPs.
  • Do.. something.. about police. Just don't let it devolve into outright private police. Probably need to unbundle all the responsibilities the police currently have into separate institutions, increase licensing requirements, increase accountability. I don't have a fully baked answer, but if the state doesn't provide an answer for "Someone broke into my house" then the private market will, and that's probably going to be worse.
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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like the idea of 18 year staggered terms offset by 2 years. Each president gets to nominate 2 justices each presidential term. It needs something to prevent the Senate from essentially saying β€œno” to every nominee like McConnell did, but it’s better than lifetime appointments.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Income tax disproportionately impacts blue collar workers and the wealthy just avoid them, our tax system is designed to fuck working Americans. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

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