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Does this plan make sense? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 “no” to every nominee like McConnell did, but it’s better than lifetime appointments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

We can thank the fucked system for allowing the orange reality TV show star to appoint 3 of the 9 current supreme court justices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I agree, the anti-trust laws have been butchered and Citizens United v. FEC fucked everything up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm waiting with baited breath for stand your ground laws to be used by armed security to kill homeless people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

a good start re: Police - nationalize training standards, ROE, and accountability nationwide, and prohibit police unions.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

This was an interesting read.

Sounds like we need a wealth tax and to tax unrealized gains