What do you think? are 5 reasons for allowing the general public to vote on legislation as it becomes a law?

5 Pros :for allowing the general public to vote on legislation as it goes through the process of becoming a law.


5 Cons: for keeping te legislative branch as the one making body in the American government.|||Logistics


Cost


Fickleness


State's Rights Infringement


Checks and Balances Dearth|||con: the voting public is made of uneducated slobs.|||Oh please. American's are so lazy and empathetic, they can't even be troubled to make it to the polls to vote for a PRESIDENT every FOUR years. You really think they're going to vote on each and every law? No way.





Also imagine the delays it would cause. Voting takes time. Polls are set up, the public is notified of the voting times, people have to take off work in order to vote, votes must be tallied, challenges can be made against the results. A law that is really needed could get held up.





By the way, you're basically asking for 10 of the same thing: 5 pros FOR letting the American people vote, and 5 cons AGAINST leaving it to the legislative body. Pretty much the same..|||There aren't any pros, and there is one really good con: legislation is simply too complex for the ordinary voter to try to master so as to be able to make an informed decision. The Tax Code runs over 10,000 pages; do you think that anyone other than an expert could conclude whether a proposed amendment is a good thing, or a bad thing -- or even makes sense?|||We have the right of redress, its in the Constittution. Our freedom of speech, the 1st Amendment. What? Do you want to give up this right?|||Pro's





1:The country is owned by the people, they should decide what laws are passed.


2:The laws will be more simple for the common man to understand. Americana's are not stupid, we can make good decisions. Politicians miss lead us to keep us in the dark. This would end that.


3:NO pork will be added to a bill or law just to get another congressman to vote for it.


4:The need for attorneys will be less.


5: Its called Democracy. A rule by the people. Right now we have a socialist republic.





Cons:


1:Will require Americans to get off their lazy butts and take charge of their lives.


2:Will be the end of Social programs as we know them now.


3:Will mean longer times between laws as they are hashed down to the most common factors that will serve all of America.


4:Will put an end to the IRS and taxes. (though this is not a con it will mean a cash strapping for a while, but not for very long)


5:Will cause the unemployment rate to go up as well as the prison rate as we will throw all those blood sucking lawyers and crooked politicians and judges in jail and put a lot others out of work. (I'm not sure how this is a con but I'm sure someone will think it is)