A Citizen Congress
By Archon Fung | Tuesday October 16, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate John Edwards unveiled a ‘One Democracy’ initiative last week to enlarge the role of ordinary Americans in politics. The ‘Citizen Congress’ is the most original part of this policy. If elected, he would convene millions of Americans in town halls throughout the country every other year to deliberate and advise public leaders on difficult issues such as healthcare, poverty, and foreign affairs.
The idea that government should talk directly to citizens about political issues, and that citizens should talk to each other, has the potential to reinvigorate American democracy. Citizen participation through influential assemblies such as Citizen Congresses would address three critical failings of the political system….”…BS
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