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Dave92f1's avatar

Everyone thinks their own party is the stupid party and the other one is the evil party.

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Felix's avatar

1. Congress writes a maximum budget, and they have to finish it by IRS tax day, April 15th, because all income tax filers describe how they distribute their income taxes: which departments get how much. They pay the full amount. When all tax return distributions are tallied up, all department totals over the Congressional budget maximum are distributed equally to voters in the next national election. If any department doesn't get their maximum, tough; no transfers from the overflowing departments. It gives taxpayers a real say in the budget process and encourages voting.

2. The House votes the budget total, the Senate distributes it among departments. Of course they will talk and make backroom deals. But their horse trading will be very informative to the public, and entertaining too.

3. When the budget exceeds revenue, each chamber votes how much to cut the deficit and the other chamber votes how to distribute it. The final votes for one or the other cannot modify the bills, only vote yea or nay.

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