In 1930 people started a underground movement to remove the government in Washington DC by force and developed a new economic system as follows:
The government owned all of the banks and could only do the following:
1) Keep the gold backed dollar on deposit for people and business with accounts.
2) Give out loans for homes and to start new businesses but that is it lending wise. Also can cover other kinds of loans to businesses such as those to fund an expansion, a restructuring or to make payday.
Rules for Debtors:
1) Edit: (Changed from had to may) They
May to work for the Government for 7 years if unable to repay debt. If not then the debt will be a put into a installment plan to be collected by the the Tax Collection Service. If not paid then the same law will apply with what happens if you don't pay income tax.
2) If unable to work due to clearly seen disability then the Government would forgive there debt and give them Government housing, food and clothing. Edit: Also provide for those over 65 under a government backed program. The government would also have a food stamp program for those unemployed.
Edit2: Rules for Business:
1) Businesses are no longer fictional "person's" under the law.
2) People working for or that own the business no matter how large it is can go to jail for anything illegal they did as though they were a solo actor.
Edit2: Taxes:
1) No more sales tax allowed to boost small business sales.
2) Very few deductions such as for having kids or being married. Only deductions allowed are in for cases a net loss is made or if the court of the people approves the deduction being added to the tax code.
Edit4: Expansion on the story line(Changed):
In 1930 people lost all hope that the government could help them. Many at first worried about putting food on the table while living in makeshift homes in towns called Hoovervilles. But then a well spoken person begins calling for change who's name is Tommy who had served in WW1. Tommy uses Thomas Jefferson to promote his argument.
The movement quickly builds as he amends a detailed plan on what changes needed to be done in government to rebuild and to keep strong as a nation after it is rebuilt. Many peaceful protest were held but most were ended by the local police using force to remove people from the streets. Word spread and people began to detest not only DC but there state Government's as well. Approval for Hoover dropped even more once he called in the army to suppress the 100,000 strong protest in DC mostly by those who had served in world war 1. A group of Men suffering from shell shock were shot and killed by a trigger happy officer trying to control the crowd that had filled the streets of DC.
In response to the crack downs the first revolt sprung up in NYC on August 3rd 1930, led to a bloody shooting with resistance fighters working for the movement called the bank killers that Tommy started. With thousands killed and the city burning, the public quickly expressed there anger for the oppressive government and joined the bank killer movement. Other riots happened over the next month only fueling the flames of the movement to overthrow Hoover. After 4 more riots and 11,000 dead John J. Pershing on October 5th makes a public speech calling for a peaceful meeting between Tommy and Hoover to end the civil war breaking out in what many would call the historical "Only pigs fight there own kind" speech. At this point Hoovers approval rating ranges from %4 to %8. On November 15th a force of 300,000 Bank killer supporters storms the capital and forces the surrender of the current US government.
By December 27th most of the Army agreed to hand control over to the newly formed Government and peace talks began with those still fighting for the those in the old Government and who supported the old system.
1) Because of the hate people had for Herbert hoover he is thrown in jail for crimes against the people.
2) Because the banks are also highly blamed the leaders of the biggest banks are thrown in jail by the new government.
3) The rest of government elected officials is removed by force and those in government who were apposed to the change were jailed or shot.
4) All state Government official's were removed from office by force if they refused to integrate into the newly formed Federal Government.
The new basic Government structure:
The 3 branches of government would be reduced to two. The highest ranked commander of the armed forces would be the General of the armies that would be voted on by the people every 3 years. The US treasury and Federal reserve would be replaced by the Common Bank of the states with a chairman voted on every 3 years to control detailed economic planning. The highest court would be The Peoples Court of the states with 100 people on the jury and 7 Judges who would be voted on every 6 years.
The Legislative branch would have three parts instead of two as people felt one man was given too much power to ruin there life's and so choose to remove the normal office of president from the new government. The new part would be The Switch of the people that would have 100 people elected in a national contest every year who would also be needed to agree on a bill each year.
In order for the nation to declare war it must pass though the three houses of congress, the highest Court and be Approved by the General of the Armies.
Edit2: The highest court (The Peoples Court Of The States):
1) On each case a new jury of peers would be called for duty like in our system but with 100 not 12 like would still be the case in the lower court's.
2) The main role of the Jury is the power of Veto. They can override how the 7 Judges rule if %75 of them vote to reject the ruling. In the case of law making this means the law fails. In the case of a court case this means the case is thrown out of court by the will of the people. The case can then be filed under one of the lower courts for trial once more.
Edit3: Other details
1) Term limits for every public office.
1A) For The Switch of the people the number of terms is limited to 7 with a term a year long.
1B)For the other two parts of the Legislative branch it would be three terms for the House of Representatives that have two year terms and two terms for the Senate that have 6 year terms.
1C) Three terms for the chairman of the Common Bank. Three terms for the General of the Armies.
1D) Judges are limited to three terms as well.
2) Two lower Courts below the Highest Court designed to decide the final word on most legal issues both civil and criminal. Those Courts are called the Window Courts of the States would have 1 judge per state that would be voted on every 5 years. A head of court judge would also be voted on nationally every 5 years. A term limit of three is the law here.
So basically a system that is more socialist and makes more officials more accountable to the voting process. Would such a system work and could it have effected the outcome of the upcoming world war two?