That was really well said, do you suppose anyone will listen? If there were a few in Congress who thought and acted that way some problems might actually get solved.
That was really well said, do you suppose anyone will listen? If there were a few in Congress who thought and acted that way some problems might actually get solved.
The key to understanding why what happens, happens is that most of these politicians do not think much beyond the next election cycle and that they feel free (to a degree) to NOT actually accomplish much of anything, because there is always someone/thing to blame--either the other party (fill in name of scumbag GoP politician here) or other people on their own side (Manchin!!!!!)... or the horrible voters who won't vote for them (those damn deplorables!!!!).
We tried to do this but so-and-so blocked it. With more donations and support from you, dear voter, we could get this done. Please send your donation today!!
And no, no one is going to listen. American politics suffers from the same problem as American policy and American business--very short time frames in which to achieve and judge results before the plug gets pulled by either: the voters; a change in administrations/majority; or stockholders.
More and more I think we need to cut back on the number of required elections, but have a mechanism where you can replace a government if you want to bad enough.... it happens elsewhere, it is something called a parliamentary system.
Maybe we need to shift to a hybrid system (since ours is already a hybrid as it is) and run our legislature more like a parliament.. and cut election periods to like 60 days maximum instead of (essentially) continuously.
If nothing else, at least we should do the last, the current cycle is unending and at least part of the reason many (most?) voters don't pay attention. I completely agree that lack of vision has become endemic in what are referred to as leaders throughout our society.
That was really well said, do you suppose anyone will listen? If there were a few in Congress who thought and acted that way some problems might actually get solved.
The key to understanding why what happens, happens is that most of these politicians do not think much beyond the next election cycle and that they feel free (to a degree) to NOT actually accomplish much of anything, because there is always someone/thing to blame--either the other party (fill in name of scumbag GoP politician here) or other people on their own side (Manchin!!!!!)... or the horrible voters who won't vote for them (those damn deplorables!!!!).
We tried to do this but so-and-so blocked it. With more donations and support from you, dear voter, we could get this done. Please send your donation today!!
And no, no one is going to listen. American politics suffers from the same problem as American policy and American business--very short time frames in which to achieve and judge results before the plug gets pulled by either: the voters; a change in administrations/majority; or stockholders.
More and more I think we need to cut back on the number of required elections, but have a mechanism where you can replace a government if you want to bad enough.... it happens elsewhere, it is something called a parliamentary system.
Maybe we need to shift to a hybrid system (since ours is already a hybrid as it is) and run our legislature more like a parliament.. and cut election periods to like 60 days maximum instead of (essentially) continuously.
If nothing else, at least we should do the last, the current cycle is unending and at least part of the reason many (most?) voters don't pay attention. I completely agree that lack of vision has become endemic in what are referred to as leaders throughout our society.