# Redesigning the United States Government from the ground up - What would a "sensible" government structure look like for America?

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**Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redesigning-the-united-states-government-from-the-ground-up-what-would-a-sensible-government-structure-look-like-for-america/1005234/11 "2024-08-04T18:15:11Z")

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I created a sister thread for practical changes that could be implemented now.

> [@Fixing the US Government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-the-us-government/1005238/1):
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> There are a lot of complaints floating around about how the US government is broken, or how our system is flawed that creates or exacerbates the dysfunction. I created a thread over in GD about how to remake our government from the ground up. I’m talking a new Constitutional Convention level of imagination. Obviously, that’s fantasy. I think we should have a sister thread for realistic changes to our government that might actually be implementable. Maybe challenging with the government we curre…

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