[B]Move the US capital to Kansas City[/B]

[Toymented]

Let's keep the lobbyists from becoming entrenched. Move the capital every 8 years to different regionally located US cities so more people can personally engage with their government. This will also benefit each region economically.

[lumberjim]

no bold for you!

not a bad idea, either. better yet, don't tell anyone where that city is.

[Griff]

Somebodies been reading their L. Neil Smith. That's a good thing btw.

[yesman065]

How bout we just make the president move to a few different cities instead of taking month long vacations.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I think you'll soon discover the lobbyists are like Sioux on horseback compared to our Buffalo herd government.

Better to put a bounty on 'em, and let the DC thugs earn some crack money without harassing the citizens.

[tw]

Steaks are better in Kansas City. It makes lobbying more appetizing or palatable.

[Sundae]

This has been discussed in the UK as well. At least by me, down the pub anyway.

There are large bureaucratic offices that could be moved to cities with higher unemployment. Space isn't at so much of a premium outside London and everything from houses to beer would be cheaper for employees so their pay would go further.

Existing technology and communication mean that there is little difference in working 200 miles away as opposed to 2 or 20 miles away. In fact with the gridlock in Central London it's not as if you can just pop across the capital anyway.

And how much healthier for people to live closer to the countryside, or by the sea. And in the large provinical cites it's not as if staff wouldn't be close to familiar shops and facilities.

Ah well.

[glatt]

[wet blanket]You will lose any efficiency the federal government ever had if you have to re-staff the entire freaking thing every 8 years and train the new employees on what their jobs are. The lobbyists will still follow the money to the new government city. Each capital city will go through terrible growing pains followed suddenly by a horrible economic depression.[/wet blanket]

[Toymented]

Originally Posted by glatt

[wet blanket]You will lose any efficiency the federal government ever had if you have to re-staff the entire freaking thing every 8 years and train the new employees on what their jobs are. The lobbyists will still follow the money to the new government city. Each capital city will go through terrible growing pains followed suddenly by a horrible economic depression.[/wet blanket]

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Do you think that the the SS doesn't have a complete layout of Washington DC and know everyplace that a sniper could hide and every weakness in its infrastructure? They would have to rework the whole system every eight years or so, which would be a huge pain in the ass.

Alright, let's make it a permanent move. The seat of government should be centrally located in the country, not isolated on one coast.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

And how much healthier for people to live closer to the countryside, or by the sea. And in the large provinical cites it's not as if staff wouldn't be close to familiar shops and facilities. Ah well.

But what if the people don't want to move? What if they actually like living in London?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But what if the people don't want to move? What if they actually like living in London?

I wasn't really suggesting that the purpose of the move was for the benefit of the staff (is it ever?). Simply that there were some benefits if they did.

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

This has been discussed in the UK as well.

It happened in the olden days... the king would decide to go to a different palace, and the whole court would come along.

Brianna..... Do you know "I'm just a girl who can't say no"?

[yesman065]

Any issues with security SG?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by yesman065

Any issues with security SG?

Nah. No-one is likely to target a bunch of Civil Servants. They're probably in more danger being based in London than they would be in, say, Blackburn.

And if anyone blew up the Department for Work & Pensions they wouldn't have to be found by the police - everyone receiving benefits anywhere in the country would be out with a portable gallows and a handy lynch mob!

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by yesman065

Any issues with secrurity?

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Nah. No-one is likely to target a bunch of Civil Servants.

Hmmmm, wrong again!

A suspected parcel bomb has exploded at the offices of the government's driving licensing agency, injuring three women.

Police say a "small explosion" occurred in the mail room of the Swansea offices of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) at about 09:10 GMT this morning.

It is the third time an incendiary device has been sent to a business in the last three days and the seventh letter bomb in total in the last three weeks, according to police.

This Monday, the central London offices of Capita – which manages the London congestion charge – was targeted with a bomb in a Jiffy bag, injuring a female employee working in the post room.

And yesterday two workers at Vantis, the accountants for the speed camera firm Speed Check Services, were injured when a letter bomb exploded at its offices in Wokingham, Berkshire.

It also emerged today that a fourth letter bomb incident occurred in Folkestone, Kent, on Saturday.

Today's incident has further raised fears that a serial letter bomber with a vendetta against authorities connected with traffic enforcement is behind the attacks.

In my defence, this appears to be a personal vendetta and the spread of attacks shows that all locations are equally vulnerable (including London). But I am glad I don't work for a company that has anything to do with traffic at present.