Tag: Constitution
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The Effects Emergency’s Can Have On a population.
Serving in goverance can be a very rewarding experance. For the most part the population that you serve are nice friendly people, as long as you are helpful to them in the lives that they intend to live. There are chnages that take place in an entire population, how that population views their neighbors, first…
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Be Polite, Be Firm, Be Respectful
When dealing with other people, that hold office in the same jurisdiction as you, it is important to be respectful. State, county, city, and home owner associations tend to be made up of people you either know, or have some knowledge of. When crafting policies, or creating laws, it is important to be heard while…
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Promises VS. Realitly
When running for public office the candidate often makes wide ranging promises. Sometimes these promises are pie in the sky things, not doable in any since. As time goes on the new office holder, assuming he candidate has won the election, will be confronted with the fact that what they said bares no relationship to…
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What it means to represent others
After taking office, and for some years afterward, people elected to public office seem to only want to represent their views and interests, an other people that share those views. Representation is a bit more than that. Because when you represent your district, or ward, you by proxy represent people that oppose you as well.…
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Endless Debt – A Better Way To Fund Government
Some time ago, under the topic A Different Way To Fund Streets, we broached an alternative to funding streets. Normally streets, roads, highways and such are funded by taxes. These taxes have no limit, which, over time, become a burden to the people who use the roads, streets or highways. In our alternative we suggested…
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Choice, The Evilness of Restrictions
The United States of America was founded on the theory that human beings do not need Kings. That there are, in fact, ways for the common people to govern themselves. One key element of this idea, self-governance, is the notion of choice. Choice when it comes to who the leadership is, choice in how we…
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Words Really do Matter – Part Two
I have mentioned this before and it seems like a good time to mention it again. Words matter a lot in the business of politics. Consider the stock market plunge in the light of the rhetoric coming from both the Congress and the President of the United States of America. First the government decided to…
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Get everyone on board with out creating extra fees
Government, as of late, in the United States of America is more about forcing social change than it I about governance. Everything from limiting the places where one can smoke, to what kind of fuel is available for their automobile. From a casual reading, of the Constitution of the United States, government should keep people…
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How A United States President Can Govern Like A Dictator
We take a break to mention something that we all need to know about how to or not to govern. It is possible for the president of the United States to govern like a dictator. These are called Executive Orders and they are not debated in the public forum. All presidents have used them, to…
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How To Tell Where A Politician, Past and Present, Has Placed Their Money.
One of the little known, if not completely misunderstood, parts of political life is the idea of conflict of interest. Other politicians, in other countries, are normally touted as being evil because they own a part of some business, which receives a relegation benefit from the politician. This happens her two and not just with…
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