Too Big to Fail, Too Complex to Explain

Down with fear! Up with courageous creativity in helping the people of the colonias.
Many have said that the expression 'too big to fail' should be changed to, "too big to exist." In many respects I echo that sentiment and would add that laws that are too complex to explain should also be eliminated.

Start with the tax code. Simplify it. The present U.S. Tax Code has more words than the Bible and is two and a half-million pages. Instead of a progressive tax code filled with so many loopholes that billion dollar corporations pay nothing, tax individuals and corporations at 15%. No deductions. Period. The IRS will practically be out of business. Congress can stop creating loopholes for supporters and do more meaningful work. Lobbyists will be looking for work.

New legislation should be written at an 8th grade reading/comprehension level, and posted on the Internet for a minimum of 90-days before signed into law. As the houses of congress propose changes, those changes must also be written at an 8th grade reading/comprehension level and posted on the Internet for 90-days before voting occurs.

Committees studying proposed bills would have 90-days to deliberate and the bill would automatically go to the floor for and up and down vote. Let the American people see what was proposed, by whom it was proposed and what the committee members recommended either as a group or as individuals.

No bill should be amended with an item not related to the bill and all amendments must be posted on the Internet for 90-days of consideration by the American people.

When the Republic was formed the people rode horses, coaches or wagons. There was not even a telegraph system. With today's information technology the people can and should be engaged in the work of Congress. Although the legislature will continue to pass laws, the people will see the process and the process will be expedited.