Enact the Representative Removal Act

Imagine if we held our politicians accountable to a higher standard rather than allowing them to wage partisan bill-drafting wars that sells the futures of unborn generations. Our debt problem would have been solved in a matter of seconds, not by choosing violence as the next resort, but by granting the citizen the power to remove political officials in the same way they were elected. I feel as a society of individuals, including the politicians, we have forgotten about the real dangers that allows misbehavior to continue with only the possibility of the voting-cycle to change the political status-quo. This imbalance of power has taken advantage of this nation long enough. It has allowed politicians to serve their terms regardless of direct violations of American principles, and regardless of citizen consent to their authoritative actions.

Who holds the politicians that vote on such measures accountable for their actions? Certainly not the people. Every politician who voted to send young men to their deaths in war paid no price of their own. The American politician is liability free outside the political domain during his or her term. When have political officials stepped down from citizen disapproval in recent history due to their actions in governance rather than scandals that are of no political concern? This has stemmed largely from the power the media holds over the people. Politicians can continue to vote upon the bombing of women and children, policies that bankrupt our nation, while voting against the very platforms used to win their seat in office; Lies only to get elected. If a politican is found sending a nude photo, or something of that extent, it will be the end of their political career through media hysteria. I say Americans put their morals in order and it's time we flip the script.

Deciding to take such action will be difficult when the media constantly promotes politicians as celebrities, as some politicians do indeed grow fond of, that the people, including the politicians thesmelves, feel they hold the utmost authority. However the prime displeasement of any intelligent person when it comes to the media-politician relationship is the sale of the idea that politicians are the chosen ones capable of solving national problems within their term limits. The citizens, who always take the brunt of the blow from political policy, must heed the call and act faster, less the dangers of partisan bickery, tied to the coffers of lobbyists, bury us in debt.

Our nation must respond faster than the election-cycle. If the politicans won't act in the peoples best wishes, it's time the people take action without the politicians best wishes. It's time for citizens to deem politicians as civil servants rather than the celebrities they are glamoured to be. It's time for citizens to have the ability to vote upon the removal of officials that comprise the Senate and the House at any given time. Politicians should be held accountable at all times for their actions in governing, not only through elction cycles when term limits expire, rather through a pro-active citizen base with the authority to remove their representative, constantly holding them accountable, to the standard in which they deem fit.