Politics
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Viking wrote:
"• Pass a law govt employees can not profit from lobbyists or corps while in office.`
• Put a wealth cap per individual at $20,000,000.
• Create a rewards system for low income children, college tax credits for good grades, paid schooling, scholarships, ect.
• Govt employees, congress, senators should be arrested if a crime is committed.
• Encourage home gardens and self sustainability."You see, this is great. Viking, whom i never would have thought i'd agree with on anything, puts out 5 ideas that i agree with. Sure, there are others i completely disagree with, but ti think it's awesome, and also key to our future as a country, that we can find common ground.
As for what i'd like to see a president do... well, it couldn't be done by one president. And maybe not at all.
You could some it up as "There are no generalities, everything is specific". i think the problems that a lot of the rhetoric is addressing, and also causes, is due to trying to paint the whole country with the same broad brush. Even in our federal government you have an elected few trying to represent an overwhelming number of constituents (ex. CA has 54 people representing 36 million).
What i'd like to see (and wonder if it would work) is the localizing of power and autonomy for communities. i think that if communities (towns, cities, etc) can directly effect how they live their lives, rather than it averaging out across the nation, people will have more of a vested interest in getting involved in the way their localities are governed. i also think that it's more likely to foster compassion for people in situations other than your own. If you understand that a vote you make is going to directly effect someone you see and maybe even interact with every day, rather than some phantom characiture of a person in some other state, you are more likely to abandon the generalities of ideology and consider the specifics of another human's situation.
i believe that it is integral to our way forward that we realize we are all in this shit together, even when we disagree. That family who needs food stamps aren't some low-life's; they are you, tryig to feed themselves. That business owner isn't some money grubbing profiteer; they are you trying to be successful. When people become other-oriented and put themselves in someone else's place, they gain a new understanding for one another and that understanding is the key to not only compromise, but collaboration.
i agree that political correctness is stupid, in what it has become. Again, it's a broad brush measure trying to solve specific problems. THat's why i think of PC as Personal Consideration. If you think that saying something or doing something is fine even though it's not PC, sit in front of someone it directly impacts or refers to. If you have so little consideration for a fellow human that you would willingly insult them, in my book, YOU are the one not worth considering.
i think both religion needs to stay out of politics. Religion and faith are a personal thing, and should be kept personal. i shouldn't be able to prohibit your beliefs and you shouldn't be able to force yours on me and vice-versa. There should be no policy written or influenced by religious dogma; it's arbitrary and subjective.
i think all lobbying needs to be in the open and available for everyone to hear, read, and understand. If your company wants to try and convince a politician to vote a certain way, have at it. Just know that your influence is there for everyone to see and they can decide whether or not they want to give you business in light of your attempted influence.
i think that the problem with welfare/public assistance is the cliff that people on public assistance inevitably get to.There is a wide gulf between the points at which families and indivduals need assistance and where they can truly make it on their own. i know this first hand. This, i believe, is what demotivates people to get off public assistance. They see taht once they get past point A, they get cut off and the forward motion they were able to garner with assistance is slowed, if not halted.i'd write more, but i really need to get some work done.
Thank you Viking and deathboy and luckyorphan for having the courage to plainly and calmly state your opinions without vitriol. This is a much more enjoyable thread (though more time consuming) this way.