Here is a high tech way to restore accountability in Congress [View All]

There are now approximately 210 million cell phones in the U.S. most of which have text messaging capabilities to them.

What if each member of the House and Senate solicited their constituents to record their cell phone numbers in the members data base by sending this information to the members email site. Each time a member is about to vote on a major issue, that member would text message each number in the data base briefly describing the bill and asking the recipient constituent how he or she wants the member to vote (yay or nay). Those not having cell-phones could have the message directed to their email address. The messages would be tallied instantaneously and posted on the members website for all to see. If the member votes against the will of the majority, he must then face the consequences.

The cost to do a text message I am told is about 5 cents per call. Assuming that 100 million people are in the data base and each is text messaged 10 times per year the total cost would be $50,000,000. This is a spit in the bucket compared to the entire federal budget and could easily be paid for by the Federal Government.

It is time that we restore accountability back to the people and make our government truly of the people, by the people and for the people.