I don’t know if I like the hat idea, but anything would be an improvement over what we have now I suppose….
Then you probably wouldn't like my solution to the fact that we've come to the point where we have a political aristocracy ruling us from afar...
I'd like to see a national lottery for all elected political office. Each taxpayer gets one 'entry' for each $10 in taxes he pays. Drawings are made, and continue until all offices are filled. All governmental bodies would meet electronically, with footage continually archived. At any time a taxpayer could hit a website and download a stream of proceedings.
I figure we couldn't possibly be any worse off under such a system than we are now.
I think it would also be a good idea to require each legislooter to wear google glass with forced public uploads.