We really need to be able to vote on more things. We can vote for representatives but sometimes those reps will have some idea that is wildly different from the population, even on both sides of the political aisle. It would be cool if the people could repeal stuff with enough votes, or like for instance if the president could only veto something if 2/3 of the population wanted him to. Our government just has way too much power and not enough checks for it. I guarantee you that none of these ludicrous foreign spending bills would have made it through if the people had more say. There are things that a lot of people want or don't want that politicians are not willing to budge on and that's why we have to settle for voting for "the lesser of two evils."
@PunishedD the problem is that instead of the government serving the people, they serve themselves. So the people having more power would help mitigate that a little I think. Even if only a little bit, like just being able to petition a certain amount of votes in a certain way or something to prevent or overturn a bill. Nobody is going to make a private army and take out the government so this would be the next best thing probably.
@PunishedD my idea is less of having better laws and more of having less absolute bullshit getting passed that the vast majority of people didn't ask for
