Thursday, October 28, 2010

In It For The Money Again!!

    The first cutting of legislation began with a Republican Senator named George Norris in 1934. In 2010, the proponents for a unicameral legislature are democrats. The reason for this is to bring efficiency, transparency, and accountability back to government. Transparency, efficiency, and accountability will not come if the state government is unicameral, most of society problems will not be fixed because the job will be overwhelming.
    Currently Nebraska is the only state with a single legislative body in the United States. It has been like this since 1937. So why does half a dozen of states want to cut the size of legislature? This is because cutting the size of legislature will cost half as much to run as the old one. If the government is smaller, where will all the money go that is being saved on running one legislature? The answer to that is no one knows.
    Therefore, the purpose of cutting down legislature to save millions of dollars, for themselves because no one knows where all that money is going to go. The government is designed for two legislative bodies to ensure legislation receives sufficient attention. So one legislature might not only corrupt the government more, it will create a loss in jobs, which is bad for the economy. 
    The only reason there is a debate over a  unicameral legislation is because state government is secured with cash. Due to the recent recession many state governments have spent over their budget, now they are trying to get more money by taxing others, and cutting legislation. This kind of actions tells you government is only in it for the money and not in it for the interest of their constituents.
    If a bicameral legislature is barely serving the people needs, how will a unicameral ever be able to do a better job? The answer is they will never be able to do a good job because it is less people in the legislature and there will never be time to serve the people fully.

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