There is nothing wrong with our current constitution. What is wrong is the character of those in office and the fact that for 40 years “We the people” created this by not paying attention - by just letting it happen.
The above list is an attempt to divert from the real problem. It’s up to us to fix it.
The problem as I see it is that it is not about republican or democrat. It’s about the country and where we want to go. This is about a progressive vs conservative course and where freedom will lay. This election is about becoming slaves to government or do we shrink government and get it out of the way.
Do we have more intrusive government like England, higher taxes. Or do we want freedom to follow the American dream
There will not be any large amount of progress with this election. It will be a temporary stopping movement and will need reinforcements in 2012 to help reduce the size of government.
The state and federal government has far too much influence in areas that are not their business. Education is a primary example and the results anywhere in the nation are indisputably bad. Federal mandates choke our schools and the students cannot learn as much as they should.
Businesses are choked with uncertainty, high regulation, high taxes, and slimmer profits. Businesses are not hiring and will not be for the foreseeable future. There is no such thing as a jobless recovery. If there are no jobs you have no recovery.
As I started this election is about becoming progressives or do we shrink government. Conservatives are welcome. Progressive Republicans are not welcome. Conservative Democrats are welcome. Progressives will show them selves fairly quickly and will be turned out.
Do we become a Detroit? Or do we free ourselves of known bad outcomes.
This is the choice with this election.
Look, people have been paying attention for at least the past thirty years, ever since at least Goldwater. Where have you been?
We have elected very good people, with very good characters to public office. The problem is, they have to play by the present rules that have allowed far too much of a separation from elected officeholders power and their own constituents’ power to remove them.
Yes, it’s up to us to fix it. But it will not be fixed simply by electing good people to office. It will take more than that. The last thirty years have shown us that much.
ex animo
davidfarrar