There seems to be a never-ending barrage of dumb things that politicians do and mind-numbingly stupid laws they pass, or try to pass. It seems that every time you think they can’t possibly do anything worse, they come up with something new.

But, I think I have a solution. I’ve had it for a while, but I don’t think that I’ve ever blogged about it before.

Here’s what we need to do…

We get a cruise ship. Maybe even two or three; I’m not really sure how many people fit on those things. It’d be best if we could find one big one so everyone could be together on a single ship.

Now, we get all our elected officials together on the ship(s). We include appointed officials too. Basically, any politician that’s around, we get them on that boat. We’ll also get the political people that don’t serve in official government capacities; people like party chair people and campaign advisors. Public figures that speak on political issues, like TV and talk radio personalities, will go too. And, we’ll also include lobbyist and representatives of special interest groups. We don’t like to admit it, but sometimes those people are experts in their fields and really know what’s going on. Then, we get people like union bosses and heads of other important NGOs like that on board. Essentially, anyone that serves in some political capacity will be on that ship.

Yeah, it’s probably going to take more than one cruise ship.

Anyway, once we get them all together, we send them somewhere nice. We want them to be in a relaxed environment where they can really hash out the issues in a non-confrontational way. We want them to really discuss the issues, and really consider the impact any decisions they make will have on the country and businesses and families and individuals. That’s why we want all these people together in one place, so they can swap pros and cons of the different solutions they come up with.

Now, here’s the key… Once we have gathered all these people together and have sent them to some nice tropical part of the world to kickback and come up with solutions in a relatively stress-free environment, we never let any of these people back into the country!

Then, we hold new elections and try again. If we end up with the same result, we pack those people up on cruise ships and try again. And, maybe with that second round of elections, potential candidates will have wised up.

What do you think of my solution?

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