Does congress have to much power today and if so what power would you take away. And if you think congress has to little power what new powers would you give them
Responsibility By Corina Flake
When I was seven, my cousins, siblings, and I created a small country of our own. For our government, we had a King or a Queen. The first leader was my older sister.
Being a Queen in our country was different than being a queen in real life. The Queen (or King) had three councillors, who helped her decide on what laws were helpful, and which laws were destructive. The Queen had virtually no power. Everyone voted for what they thought was right. Everyone had a say in the way the country was run. Almost the only reason the Queen existed was because sometimes fights broke out between the 'citizens,' such as (from a disagreement between two brothers) -
Kid A: "I had a dream last night that we were all sitting next to a fire."
Kid B: "I had a dream last night that we were all standing next to a fire."
Kid A: "You stole my dream. Copycat."
Kid B: "I did not! That was my dream!"
*Fighting*
There really was no reason to have our Queen other than the fact that sometimes, little kids fight. Otherwise, the ruling and decisions were left up to the people. If a squabble came up about a law, the Queen had the final decision. She was the referee. The mediator.
We prospered in the land, everything was bountiful, squabbles were few, it was a wonderful time. After three years, that time ended.
Someone mentioned the idea that we could have a new Queen. The idea! We all talked about it. Everyone seemed to be on the the same page: If I were leader, I could do so much!
We decided that anyone under the age of eight would lead us astray terribly, and an adult would take away all imagination from the country, so we made a law (through a vote) that a person had to be eight to eighteen to be a leader.
After some motivational speeches about how I would be so good at being a leader because I know more about the way a government is run than you, and I can stop fights in a flash, we voted a person into office. The person was me.
I hated the idea of councillors. Why, I was nine years old! I could handle this. I eliminated the system, and now there was a single power. Me. I treated everyone like servants. Please get me this. Could you please do this? Thank you, but I actually wanted this - could you ask Grandma if that would be okay? Eventually I got more demanding. I need this now. Do it. Harder. You have to do better than that. Stop.
Obviously, the citizens overthrew me. My regime lasted four hours and thirteen minutes. After another brief vote, my cousin Sophie got into office.
She decided that our old system was too old fashioned. She eliminated a system at all, other than one person - her - being the leader. She became the dictator.
Two other cousins, my sister and I began a revolution. Thus started the three-year-war.
All of this easily could have been avoided.
The reason our country fell was because we destroyed two things, the first being power by a large group. Without power by a large group, you have a dictator. With too large a group, you have anarchy. You need to find a balance between to the two to have a solid structure.
The second idea destroyed was structure and system. Without that, you have, once again, dictatorship or anarchy. A balance between the two is what you need. This balance is what I call Congress.
Congress is moved and pushed to making different laws by the people. I don't think Congress needs more or less power; the Constitution laid it out well and without many flaws. Although no system is perfect, this is as close to perfect as we can get. The thing it needs is responsibility by the people. John Adams once said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Congress is fine. I think the minds and moralities of the people need to be changed. When the people are moral and good, the government will be, too.
