Best Government: Problem Solution Makes Government Big
I am having trouble identifying the source of information our legislators are using to make political decisions.Where do they get their ideas? One said, “I read two Shakespeares.” What a pitiful admission of stupidity and straining for credibility! I say again, they have to call upon the scholars who have studied the problems in depth. A coalition of scholars at their hearings would impress me that they are getting the best advice, beyond that of their colleagues in the Senate or House, or their executive cabinet.
If I were President, Governor, Committee chair, etc., I would act as a moderator, Charlie Rose style, of the authors of books on (big breath): homelessness; nationalistic militarism; human rights; natural resource conservation, depletion, and exploration; healthcare; genicide; homeland security; drought; totalitarianism and democracy; aids and world health; United Nations membership; poverty; corruption; pandemics; vagrant asteroids; housing; crime; pollution; infrastructure; hunger; energy; malnutrition; racism and xenophobia; food supply; global warming; immigration,terrorism; taxes; education and schools; political campaigning; budget deficits; foreign aid; and so on…
That is the prime duty of a chief executive in a political entity: moderator, facilitator, policy maker. In the last election, I actually heard a candidate for governor state that very goal. I was flabbergasted. And he said he would find all those resource people from around the state. When you think of it, that is one full plate of worms. He or she would become one sweaty blur attending to all the issues to be juggled. Did I see therein minding the ranch and the golf game?
Write a goal, aim, or best fix and solution for each. Then propose it to the people and let them have their input. Do we need big government. You betcha!!!
