House Republicans give up responsibility for governing

This is stupid for sooooo many reasons:

House Republicans will launch a project Wednesday in which they will offer bills to eliminate spending programs that Americans vote online to cut. House GOP Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) will unveil the project, called "YouCut," which will combine Republicans' push for spending cuts with attempts toward online engagement.

People can vote online or through text message on a list of five proposals to reduce types of spending, on which House Republicans will then force a vote in the House the following week. 

"People will have the power and the ability to make Congress consider votes that will save people money with the click of a button or a simple text message," said Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for Cantor. (Link)

Oh gosh, just off the top of my head:

  -  I think the way it's supposed to work in a representative democracy is that voters elect lawmakers who are responsible to carefully study the issues and vote on behalf of their constituents.

  -  Look at California for evidence of how well it works when the citizenry votes directly, replacing their elected representatives, on budget and policy matters. 

  -  What happens when people select a cut that's untenable for the Republicans?  Do they vote to cut funding (unlikely) or ignore, in that case, the people's vote (way more likely)?

Comments

[thefunrev]

I wonder if they would post the option to cut the entire Congressional salary budget to ZERO for the next ten years?

[Jay McDonough]

now that's a good idea!