Government by the People for the People- A New Way To Participate

Over the past year or so I have spent a lot of time thinking of what I might do to best serve my country. I have come up with a few ideas, but I need some help.

Is anyone here interested in becoming a “reader”?

I have decided to start a group of people who would work together to read and “mark up” pending legislation in Congress. We will not read every bill, but will focus on those things like Cap and Trade and Universal Health Care which are immediate and of great consequence. Legislation will also not be read in its entirety by every reader, rather, each bill will be divided amongst the group. This system of sharing the workload is what will make this very ambitious goal possible and every reader invaluable.

Once the bill is marked I will gather the information and write up a report of our “findings”. The findings report can then be published on blogs, sent as notes on social networking sites, sent in emails to friends, family, and government officials and even posted as flyers on car windows or hung in offices. The report will focus on “hidden”, little known, and powerful aspects of legislation while being as pithy as possible. It is not meant to subscribe to any ideology other than government by the people for the people.

The idea of this group is to educate ourselves, and as many other people as possible about the changes that our government is considering imposing on us. Readers will need to possess time, stoutness of heart, and attention to detail. If you are interested, please consider whether this describes you, I don’t want anyone to get caught up in the idea and then be stuck with a “job” they hate or are not suited for.

I will be looking for readers in FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, on social networking sites and even through my local home schooling group and anywhere else I can think of. The more participants we have in this project the more effective and less burdensome it will be. I am also going to contact my newspaper and my state legislators and let them know what I am doing.

If you are interested in participating please leave a comment and let me know.

God bless America and all of you, Kursten