Check out what Marlin Stutzman has to say:
- “We aren't going to be disrespected. We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”
The overwhelming majority of these guys/gals are from safe seats. Their constituents will likely herald then as heroes. They've nothing to lose.
So why dont we put blame of the constituents instead of the representatives? After all, its the representatives job to represent the interests of the majority of their constituents, right?
Then how about we talk to the people responsible for gerrymandering our electoral districts? Because SCOTUS said that gerrymandering isn't a problem because black president/the Voting Rights Act is named too well. We have lost all of the balance, and now there are only checks.
It's fine to talk to people responsible for gerrymandering, but the thing is, that's not enough. We need to understand as a society and individually, that bending the rules has a limit. Just because our society runs on machines that we can't see doesn't mean that what we do doesn't affect how the machine runs. On hubski, I have made several comments about how I'd like to see Thunderome instituted. That's extreme, of course but what I'm getting at is, there is so much talk and so little "putting your money where your mouth is". Obviously, if Thunderdome were instituted, then only those that are good at fighting/killing would be able to make their opinions known, which is of course a terrible idea. But, if representatives had to do more than just talk, if they had to actually prove themselves by going head to head with other people where there were real consequences greater than losing one's livelihood (which is serious, but it's America, so in the scope of things, it could be worse) then I think that we'd get some serious people with serious ideas. Admittedly, I've been drinking mead. But I think I have a point.