THE TEA BAGGERS HAVE IT RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY WE DO NEED TO "TAKE AMERICA BACK"
The problem is someone stole democracy right out from under under our noses. The tea baggers think it's about spending, about lower taxes, about less government, yes it's about all that, but that is the result not the root cause. You can't fix the problem unless you discover the root cause.
The Republican's think the tea party will get them back in power. WRONG They won't they are just steeering the party to more extreme positions, which will destroy the Republicans for years.
The Democrats think the tea party is an enemy we need to destroy! WRONG!
The tea party is wrong also!
The answer is not small government, small taxes, the problem is the people we send, and how they get there and what they do when they get there. Congress is nothing more than legalized bribery. The answer is TRUE DEMOCRACY!
We have a system today that is not able to govern because you can't move to the middle unless you are willing to lose your next election. Gerrymandering, No Term Limits, Nutty Cable TV, Internet Falsehoods, all keep pushing people to the extreme postions where nothing good is being accomplished.
The middle is where everyone's ideas are respected! The good of the country is FIRST not Party. Let's accomplish Term Limits, Draw a grid across this country and elect from some square mile formula, not some party lines.
Any way the smarter heads on this blog will comment and I am sure see where I am wrong, but at least I am trying!
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Terry ~
I appreciate your sentiments, but there are solutions other than those you propose. IMO, term limits is an awful idea. Many state legislatures have term limits now and the quality of the representation has suffered. It puts the staffers and lobbyists in charge. You end up being represented by the new kid on the block rather than a seasoned pol who knows his district as well as the issues. We have term limits every two years - they are called elections.
Enforceable, objective criteria can be established to prevent gerrymandering. Public financing using carrots - not sticks - can be incorporated into all federal elections which will reduce the influence (and perceived influence) of money.
Alternative voting aka Instant-Runoff voting would go a long way to weaken the polarized extremes. I'd like to see this in primaries as well as general elections. Essentially, a voter ranks their first three choices. If no candidate wins a majority of first choices, the candidates with the lowest #1 vote totals are dropped from the race and their second choice votes are distributed to the top candidates until one has emerged with >50%. This type of voting would have elected Al Gore in 2000 (picking up Nader votes) and Dr J will tell you it would have re-elected George HW Bush in 1992 getting the second choice votes of the Perotistas.
The system is damaged but not broken. We have the best constitution in the world. These problems will be overcome. As Churchill said, "You can count on Americans to do the right thing - after they have tried everything else."
Any way the smarter heads on this blog will comment and I am sure see where I am wrong, but at least I am trying!
Yes you are and keep on trying.
We can, and do, argue until we are blue in the face about abortion, racial quotas and the like but what our government does or at least is supposed to do is protect us and spend our money wisely with as limited scope as possible.
The TEA party folks have it exactly right and the more learn about them, the more I find myself aligning with their movement.
What has brought us to the brink of financial disaster is a process where our legislators vote automatically enlarging entitlements for the current generation to be paid for by future generations. This has been going on for years and has brought Greece (and Europe) to the brink of bankruptcy and despite Mr. Krugman's argument otherwise, soon us!
We need the spirit and ideas of the 94 congress to become real and we need the left to not demagogue sane fiscal policy.
Terry's opinions are balanced and reasonable. The only solution is to have an educated electorate.
Jim -
You belong in the Tea Party - they can't specify spending cuts either. In fact, when asked this weekend what spending to cut, one of the movement leaders said, "Hey - I'm not an economist - we're just spending too much!" So, I guess the idea is to curse the darkness over and over and never light a candle.
Jim said,
"What has brought us to the brink of financial disaster is a process where our legislators vote automatically enlarging entitlements for the current generation to be paid for by future generations. This has been going on for years and has brought Greece (and Europe) to the brink of bankruptcy and despite Mr. Krugman's argument otherwise, soon us!"
And in that environment, a Republican president and Congress added entitlements without a penny to pay for them and cut taxes to boot. Brilliant! Who voted for those guys? Not me...
He also said,
"We need the spirit and ideas of the 94 congress to become real and we need the left to not demagogue sane fiscal policy."
Really? Which policy is that? When is the last time the Republicans offered up a sane fiscal policy? When is the last time a Republican president balanced his own budget? One can say BS over and over but it doesn't make it true! We have seen Republican fiscal policy and it is anything but sane...
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