Vote on it now:
http://www.ni4d.us
the National Initiative for Democracy
Mike Gravel: “You want to Take Back America? It’s not just taking power for us, the activists; it’s taking power for the people. It’s a shift of power from the elites. You hear “Take back the power,” but Americans never had it. The Constitution is not a very democratic document. Because of slavery, we pushed the people aside, so they don’t have lawmaking power today. In 24 states, over half the American population makes laws at the state level. Why not at the federal level?
We need a system where the people can make laws [by national ballot initiative]. That will free up the representatives to do a better job on the day-to-day operations of government.”
“Freedom is participation in power, but the American people cannot participate except once every 2 years or 4 years. In the meantime, they go protest. Whenever I see a protest, I see that our democracy is not yet fully mature. Freedom is sharing power, and we don’t have enough power.”
“We have the opportunity to raise our democratic ideals to new heights by enacting legislation–the National Initiative–that will bring American voters into the operations of government as lawmakers. American voters would empower themselves to legislate on policies that affect their lives, in a partnership with their elected officials. The enactment of the National Initiative would forever change the paradigm of human governance, adding a new check–We, the People–to our system of Checks and Balances.”
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