Could Non-Binding Online Bill Amendment Voting Reduce Pork, Reduce Waste, and Improve Elections?
One of Obama’s resonating campaign messages was to have an open Government where citizens could see how and where our money was being spent. This is an issue that both sides support, and Obama has fairly had some successes and some setbacks on this issue. While Obama definitely genuinely wanted to reduce Pork and lobbyist intervention in Washington, Congress including members of his own party had other ideas. Getting and giving kickbacks has always and continues to be a persistent habit in Congress, and ever since Obama has first allowed bills to continue to have pork in them, the process, while slowed, has not stopped. There is however an alternative to simply counting on the promises of elected leaders during campaigns and our legal system as the only way to manage accountability of Congress members to the voters. Online voting for registered voters could give voters the option to weigh in on specific spending and other aspects of bills. This would effectively give the voters power o
