Saturday, August 6, 2011

A reasonable suggestion :P

If nationalized healthcare is constitutional, then perhaps Congress should start pushing for a single payer legal system. Unlike healthcare, I actually have legal rights explicitly granted to me in the Constitution, such as the rights of free speech, and the requirement that a warrant needs to be obtained to search my residence.

Imagine a society where a free lawyer, paid for by the government, is available to anyone who needs one. Laws could require a set fee be paid to attorneys for services, regardless of years of experience. Perhaps you could even have lawyers assigned by lottery. Why should only the wealthy be able to get the absolute best representation. All lawyers could be government employees, paid on a federal pay scale, starting at $50k and topping out at $125k or so, reducing the costs of civil lawsuits immeasurably. 

Along with that could be capped levels for judgments, and since all attorneys would work for the same employer there would be no need for legal fees or a percentage off the top for any judgments.

Of course the problem we run into here is Congress and Senate are chock full of lawyers, and they aren't about to crap on their gravy train. They don't seem to have any problem crapping on everyone else's though.

6 comments:

  1. The rich and powerful always wanna keep their power. And the poor and week never seem to band together to improve their lives! Its a vicious circle and we're all born into it some where!

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  3. What you're talking about here sounds to me a bit socialistic. That being said, I don't mean anything bad here. I'm a lefty myself. But such a thing could never happen in the US.

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  4. It would never work how intended. Imagine being a blogger. You will be paid the same as every other blogger, BUT your blog gets 100x as many views as everyone else. NOT because of luck or publicity BUT because you work 100x harder and put your blood sweat and tears into your blog. Is it fair that your still paid the same?

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  5. capitalism is a two sided blade. It inspires and rewards hard work and the ability to lead the world into a better place very effectively but it creates a system where the people in charge are there because there good at taking money and that has led to a country led by the corrupt and greedy. So sad.

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  6. In case anyone didn't realize it I'm being sarcastic.;-)

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