Why I'm not the President.

Every evening around the dinner table, my parents and I solve the world's problems. We second-guess world leaders from our perch within our small worlds, implement policies that would never have a chance at partisan, let alone bipartisan, acceptance, and then we laugh off our outlandish ideas.

Only, our ideas really aren't that outlandish. President Obama was on to something during his campaigning of 2008 when he sat across from regular Americans at their dinner tables. Not only are we the "boots on the ground" who are living the consequences of policymaking, but we're not idiots. We may not have a background in politics, but we Americans are educated through school, through life, and through the good ol' Americana concept of freedom of speech.

People change once elected to office. They do what they can to keep their jobs. No reason to spit at that - we all do what we can to keep our jobs.

So let's make it not a job. What if congress was like jury duty? Two years of your life, very handsomely compensated, and at the end of those two years you go back to the workforce with experiences that make you a valued employee. While some individuals throughout history have been very beneficial career politicians, they're the exception by far. New perspective is what the Occupy Wall Street movement is all about (at least I think that's what it's about. I'm not quite sure).

It might seem scary to entrust the power of legislation to a random sampling of Americans. Who knows what backgrounds they have? What if they have no education? What if they're crazy liberal/tea-partier/republicans? Average Americans are not up to the job of Congress.

Every day, twelve average Americans sit in groups in courtrooms across America, collectively deciding the fates of those charged with crimes. Average people are tasked with deciding whether someone lives, or is killed.

I think average Americans are up to the job of Congress.