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No Confidence Vote in Canada

It seems that the Canadians have another good idea that we seemingly lack - the "No Confidence" vote. Seems like quite a good idea to adapt their concept of a no confidence vote here in the US. It certainly would keep the government on its toes and provide yet another check/balance which would be useful given that our friends currently in power have captured or are in the process of capturing all three branches of government, despite the fact that our Nitwit in Chief has the lowest confidence rating in quite some time.

In Canada, any Prime Minister with such a low rating would likely be the object of a "no confidence" vote in which case new elections would be called, and a new Prime Minister would be elected. The only problem is that their version of Congress calls and executes such a vote. That wouldn't work in the case of a total failure of government in which the people have no confidence in the Congress OR the President. Therefore, OUR "no confidence" vote would have to be one called for and executed by the people themselves, regardless of the fact that our Founders did not trust the people enough to allow them to directly elect the President (which is how we got our Nitwit in the first place).

So, if, let's say one million verified signatures of registered voters were collected on petitions and presented to the Senate, a nationwide election is scheduled for the next month to decide a yes or no question. Do you have confidence in the current government? If no, then EVERYBODY OUT OF THE POOL.

In the Psycho Sensei perfect political world, once they were all kicked out, new elections would be held in which no formerly elected individual would be eligible to run. In fact, if it were left up to me, nobody who wanted the job would be allowed to run for it and people would have to be drafted. A minimum of 10 candidates per position would be required.

Of course, in this fantasy world of the Psycho Sensei, not all has been finalized. When it has, and we take over an island somewhere, the plan will be implemented and all will be well :-).

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