palebluethought@lemmy.worldtoGeneral Discussion@lemmy.world•Does this plan make sense? v3English
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6 months ago100% on the “lots of missing 'how’s” point. You skipped the “ban lobbying” one, which is probably the second biggest “how” after the gerrymandering.
Lobbying is not some official policy or process. Senators don’t have “lobbying hours.” Lobbying is basically just “being at lunches and parties that politicians are at.” Unless you’re proposing Congress not be allowed to go out in public and live as secluded monks, I don’t see how you “abolish” it…
Legally, we adopted the metric system in the 70s, so more than “a few years” I’d say