Below is from George Washington’s Farewell Address!
Warns against the party system.
“It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration.... agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one.... against another....
it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...
thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.”
Stresses the importance of religion and morality.
“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths,
which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice?”
On stable public credit.
“...cherish public credit.
One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt....
it is essential that you...bear in mind, that towards the payments of debts there must be Revenue, that to have Revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised, which are not...inconvenient and unpleasant...”
Warns against permanent foreign alliances.
“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...”
I am not sure that George Washington could have envisioned the world economy that exists today
I’d agree with you on many of your points.
It is nobody’s business which party you belong to - let the party manage that, not the gubmint.
If you belong to more than one party at the same time, it’s the party’s business, not the gubmint.
Let the Prez be simply the majority leader in House - which is what GW and many of the founding fathers wished - which is what the Speaker could be, or else another position.
The parliamentary system is really a spectacle to see - the members actually engage each other as opposed to the snorefest that you see on CSPAN.