Break Up America?5 Nov 2025

Mamdani and Federalism

Click baiting title but his election showed how local areas have issues that aren't best addressed by 'one size fits all' policies. Fewer Americans feel proud to be an American and mid-decade gerrymandering by both parties feels like preparing for a civil war rather than a cold war. Fewer Americans also are willing to fight for their country as well but we can't count on that in a civil war.

How can we make America function better?

Give the minority party in the House the right to have a floor debate and vote on one of every four bills. If 3 bills get House votes with support by a majority of the majority party, the minority party gets 1 with the same amount of floor debate time as the majority party's bill that has the most debate time.
Make the Senate go back to a 'talking filibuster'! Instead of sticking the pain of a shutdown on constituents alone, they need to debate it in session.
Allow states more play on immigrant worker controls with federal vetting. This would require states with 'sanctuary policies' to put up or shut up while allowing states to fill areas with labor needs and the states could set higher standards.

Sources:

Cultural Conservatism Map

https://www.culturalcurrents.institute/insights/most-conservative-states

Pride in America Survey

https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new-low.aspx

Willingness to fight for your country

https://www.gallup-international.com/fileadmin/user_upload/surveys_and_news/2024/Fewer_people_are_willing_to_fight_for_their_country_compared_to_ten_years_ago/Fighting_for_the_country.pdf

Canada's Immigration Policy and Provices:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees.html

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(14)

Vote Your Budget

This episode goes over how much the federal government spends per person in broad categories. I also suggest allowing people to have a binding vote on a federal budget by broad categories that changes...

25 Nov 202535min

52 Million Questions-Immigration

Now that we have a budget again, X is split between the Epstein Files and Immigration. At least on my feed, your algorithm may vary. Around 15% of Americans are immigrants. How many are legal, how did...

13 Nov 202554min

Initiatives for Congress

A recent NYT/Siena Poll says that around 2/3 of Americans think our country is too divided for government to work. An NPR-PBS-Marist poll from September shows that 25-31% of Americans think that viole...

31 Okt 202541min

Where's the Beef in Federalism?

President Trump's call to import Argentina beef to lower meat prices caused an outcry and complaints about federal regulation. My take after reading about processing plants is that the federal governm...

24 Okt 202535min

Expand the House

The House has been set to the same number (435) since 1929 when we only had 120 million people. The average House seat now has 770,000 people. The UK, Canada, and Germany have 70-100k per member of th...

17 Okt 202538min

How Far Apart Are We as Americans?

We are bitterly divided at the polls and on some social issues (level of religious beliefs, immigration), but not as far apart on others like voter ID, not cutting Social Security, and a majority in a...

10 Okt 202533min

The Lab is Vandalized

This episode was recorded during a government shutdown. Instead of talking about the 'big shutdown' of a national divorce, I look at a symptom of a government that has been broken down for a while-the...

3 Okt 202557min