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Is there a better way to rid ourselves of our corrupt political parties other then: "Vote Incumbents OUT!" If there is, kindly let us all know. Shouldn't we destroy this corrupt system, before it destroys the rest of America, and America's Ideals?
ALL of these politicians allow for our Destruction! Shouldn't we fight back and Destroy them? Kindly help to keep the FOOLS from committing any more HARM. "Vote Incumbents OUT!" Thank You.

BoJester

90% get re-elected every cycle, cause everyone loves their own rep or senator, but hates the "other guy"

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

That's why I say vote independent. At least for a while, as it will take several elections to "reset" the congress. It will be easier to enact real, lasting changes to the financial/political landscape, with the habitual offenders in the minority. It's the only way.

kattmanduu

I think we should vote out all elected members of either party and not vote for any present members or contenders from the republican or democratic parties presently being vetted or groomed to run. All of them are part of this corruption we see today.
We need to totally clean house of all of them at all top levels and all areas of the government. That should include all of their appointments made to other parts of the government. This purge should include the majority of civilian employees in management positions at the GS-12 and above rating, many of which were political hires done to cause problems to one party after the other party is voted out of office.
We also need to over-turn by referendum the citizens united ruling made by the supreme court. That will take the "big money" influence out of our election process. We should also not allow any organizations that has the interests of any foreign government as part of their ideology to have any influence over our American only election process.
We need tomake the election rules and the process uniform for all the states, we are all equal states so let's make it the same for all.
Now for the issue of voter ID's. That is a good thing to a point. We could have such an ID card that has to be accepted as a valid ID in all states. It will have to be free for all citizens. Make it like a drivers license that has the basic information on the front with your color photo and the scan strip on it that contains information like proof of citizenship, birth date and data on any felony convictions that can prevent a person from voting, or owning a gun. The system will have to be uniform, that will prevent people from voting more than once and it can allow for you to vote in any precinct and have your vote count as if you were at home.
That would fix the problem with college students and military members that reside out of their home districts and would eliminate the need for absentee ballots for the most part. That in-turn would speed up the vote counting process.
We all should be prepared to serve at least 1 term in office to ensure we have a stable and more honest government.
Your idea is good in principle but the corruption runs deep and is at most levels of both parties. To really make changes happen you have to not only get out the corrupted politicians and take down their corrupted and self-serving political parties, but you have to eliminate or change the laws that allowed this to happen and modify the system to allow for all legal citizens to have a say in what happens (a vote) and to give all who want to and meet the qualifications a chance to run for office, not just the ones with the most money.
In my opinion that was the way our founders intended it to be. It may seem to be a bit on the chaotic side but it did work before. It would open the door for real compromise on the floor of the legislature and force them to get the peoples work done.