1. POLITICALLY INCORRECT: RESTRUCTURE THE TOP LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT By T.S.Khanna, September 13,2017

Politically Incorrect: 1. Restructure The Top Level of Government
                                         By T.S.Khanna, September 13, 2017.

NOTE:   Political correctness consists in ignoring or hiding or fabricating facts by the contesting candidates or parties to mislead voters to gain votes at the cost of doing what is right for the society.
 It hurts the society.
 Another thing  that is hurting the US is the axiomatic belief that "ours is the best form of government", implying that there is no room for improvement.  Going counter to this belief is also politically incorrect.  
 Our progress in political institutions has not kept pace with the progress in technology.  From technical perspective, we have a solution to every problem; from political perspective, we have a problem to every solution.  To keep standing on the shoulders of the Founders is to avoid the responsibility of building our own shoulders.
 In the Politically Incorrect series of short articles on various aspects of the US government, we have set aside the political correctness.  Here, the purpose is to invite attention of the learned people to identify and shore up the shortcomings in the government.

  A quick glance at  the government performance during the last several decades indicates that the present system of the government: The President, The Senate, and The House of Reps, is not functioning as originally intended.  Even if it did function as intended, its performance cannot be equal to the challenges of the current times or of the future.

  Representative democracy generates centrifugal forces which keep splitting the society with increasing momentum. HATE AMONG VARIOUS SOCIOPOLITICAL GROUPS KEEPS INCREASING IN CONTENT AND INTENSITY.  AT EACH ELECTION, HATE IS FURTHER NURTURED AND FOMENTED. To keep the nation unified, there must be a counteracting centripetal force in place.  Absence of this force is weakening the nation.

Top level of the government may be restructured:

• Abolish the outdated senate and replace it with a 15-member, non-partisan, Supreme Council elected by the House of Reps on a 6-year term, one third retiring every two years.
• The Supreme Council members may elect the Council's President and Vice-President on a 2-year term.
• The House of Rep may act only as advisory body to the Supreme Council.
• House of Rep members may be elected on a 6-year term, one third retiring every two years.
• All decision making responsibilities of the Senate and the House of Rep may be transferred to the Supreme Council.
• The present positions of the President and the Vice-President may be abolished and their responsibilities and powers be transferred to the President and Vice-President of the Supreme Council.

Such restructuring should modernize the US Government.  Discussion is invited.