U.S. regulators seek brake-throttle override mandate for all light vehicles

What does getting speeding tickets from hidden radar sniper cops that are raising revenue for their department and the insurance companies have to do with driving ability?

Hey, I agree with "jim beam".

(Press release needed.) ;)

That "rent seeking" (look it up on Wikipedia) is the inevitable result of politicians having trillions of our dollars to waste.

This year, the centennial of the 16th Amendment, would be a great time to repeal it. We don't need a federal government any bigger than it was in 1911.

let's be precise about this, it's having trillions of dollars /accessible/ to them that's the problem, not that they "waste" it. lobbying by anyone other than a natural person, on their own behalf, should be illegal. period.

under the current system, lobbying is the highest returning investment you can make anywhere. literally thousands of dollars paid back for every single one you invest. because of lobbying, and until lobbying is restricted as above, this ridiculous institutionalized corruption will continue.

have you written any of your "representatives"?

As should lobbying by organizations representing the interests of and funded by foreign governments.

Since the electromagnetic spectrum is a public resource, candidates who can demonstrate a certain level of support should receive free airtime instead of this being a publicly subsidized cash cow for a few.

Public funding of campaigns would eliminate the bribery of contributions (which should be limited to amounts the majority could afford, say $10 per election cycle).

Instant run-off voting would be a game changer, since it would remove

Nationalizing the Federal Reserve system and issuing debt free money directly instead of letting the banks create debt based money for free is needed.

What good will that do when they are bribed with campaign cash, and threatened with blackmail by the likes of Rupert Murdoch (as events in Great Britain are making clear that Fox News is a front for much more sinister activities)?

Either a constitutional convention to restore democracy will happen, or civil war will occur as the greed of the powerful becomes so great that the people finally wake up and push back. The center will not hold when people can no longer afford houses, cars, college for their children, etc, as is already rapidly progressing.

them that's the problem, not that they "waste" it. lobbying by anyone other than a natural person, on their own behalf, should be illegal. period.

That's stupid and would do nothing to solve the problem. It needs to be illegal for anyone to start raising campaign funds while in office, whether for reelection or to run for a different office.