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Draft Democracy
To avoid the problems associated with campaign financing, party ideology, and self-selected representatives we propose that representatives be drafted by lottery from the population of adult tax-payers. One basic principle is that tax-payers should have a say in how their taxes are spent. Another is that a lottery will assure the minorities are also represented.

Separation of Legislation Duties
To reduce the ability of vendors to corrupt the process, we will have some separation of functions. One committee will accept proposals. Another will prioritize proposals for consideration. Another will determine or validate the funding required for a viable service or product. Finally, the decision to ear-mark tax revenues to a proposal will fall to budget voters who will vote ear-marked tax-revenue shares in support of specific proposals. A minimum number of budget voters must vote shares and no voter may allocate more than a specific percentage of the funding required.

Meritocracy
Representatives drafted to serve at higher levels will have some experience serving as representatives at lower levels. We believe that those who are making decisions affecting larger populations should first have some experience where they dealt with proposals affecting smaller populations. Furthermore, we believe that their effectiveness should have been validated by peer reviews.

Levels
The fan-out ratio between Levels is generally factors of eight up to the national or continental level. The smallest level is a block (about 20 people), the highest is the planet (several billion). There are approximately 40 (10x4) levels of legislative difficulty. This means that if a person is drafted as often as once a year, it would take 40 years to reach the top-most roles. That would place top-ranked representatives in their 60s - which seems appropriate.

  • At each level of legislation, the degree of difficulty is (IMO):

    • Writing proposals.
    • Ranking proposals.
    • Voting on proposals.
    • Budgeting proposals. (I believe that budgeting is much harder than writing, ranking, and voting.)

  • It may be useful to have a "House Of Elders" with a veto power once we get to a certain level.

    • Does this increase the number of levels?
    • Does it coincide with the population of potential draftees for the next level?
    • What process "activates" a "House Of Elders" review or consultation?