While we’re at it let’s fire the conservatives and the liberals. They are just dummy labels. Something to pigeon hole us into thinking we can’t change the status quo.

After all, if you are a label you can’t side as a democrat with a republican. You can’t work with a conservative as a liberal.  You sure can’t work with an independent, because you never now when they will turn and stab your party in the back.

Guess what, our obsession with labels has created a so-called two party system which is mired down in muck, because they can’t vote their convictions, they have to toe the party line. A new senator or congressman had better toe the party line, or support for them withers. They won’t get assigned to important committes.

Let’s do away with the party labels. Let’s do away with seniority creating overly powerful single members in the senate and house. Lets do away with a created system that allows one party to prevent bills from even seeing the light of day.

There are 100 senators. Each and every one of them should serve on important committees every day they are in the senate.  There are 435 congressman and each and every one of them should serve on important committees every day we pay them to be in the house.

Important ideas will come to the table daily, and all sides will have to be listened to and debated and voted upon.  There would be no pigeonhole system. There would be no monopoly on power for good, for your district, or for your own self-interest.

Make the committee votes public. Make the house and senate votes on all bills public. Tell the people how you really feel. Suddenly the elections which are all about political posturing, bad mouthing your opponent, and little real knowledge about what your candidate believes will suddenly be, that’s right – Transparent.