Restore true Democratic Government. Ban all political advertizing (as in England), make voting mandatory (as in Australia), designate voting day a Federal holiday (as in Germany), and increase the presidential terms to 6 years (as in Austria), yielding representative government, capable of tackling compex problems without the immediate distractions of re-election.
Why is this important?
As we have seen in the 2012 election, Democracy is: 1.Threatened by those with power and wealth, who can buy votes through advertising; 2. Often unrepresentative, since it only reflects the agenda of those sufficiently motivated to actually vote; and 3. Weakened by the almost immediate need to consider re-election, distracting the president and forcing the government to embrace short term and often ineffective solutions to complex problems.
