Tag: Democrat
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Some Truth About Elections in the USA
The United States of America is very proud of the election process that we have in place and have had in place for about 200 years. We revel in this process, and become more than indignant if anyone says that the elections were not correct, tampered with, forced, or somehow not on the up and…
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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 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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Happy New Year – One Year Old!
This blog is a year old, this month, I trust that your New Year’s day went well.
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Repairing Ailing Infrastructure
Most of the elected people that I know, and I do know a few, have no idea of how to incorporate an upgrade of their utility infrastructure by using a street repair program. Street repair is normally just the street, as opposed to street, curb, gutter, sidewalk, water main, sewer main, telecommunications and the electrical…
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Contracts, Avoiding Being Taken To The Cleaners
After you have been in office for a few months, make some inquiries about contracts are handled by the entity that you serve. Contracts are all about doing the best with as little cash as possible, without the public’s money being squandered. The city of Portland Oregon is a good example of how not to…
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What Not To Outsource
When talking about the economy (as it applies to government spending) there needs to be a discussion about keeping the water, road, sewer, and the solid waste departments in house. The advantage is not so much in money and not spending, as it is about control. Once the government that you serve gets rid of…
Down The Sewer Pipe - Politically Speaking 