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A conservative will tell you that the problem is government, and a liberal will tell you the problem is industry. The more I pay attention, however, the more convinced I become that the real problem is collusion between the two.
Hmm. That's what the communists have been saying all along.
A conservative will tell you that the problem is government, and a liberal will tell you the problem is industry. The more I pay attention, however, the more convinced I become that the real problem is collusion between the two.
I Come from a family that has been variously heavily involved in politics.
One of my all time favorite quotes comes from a great uncle that had been in the state house, senate, a county commissioner and a mayor. He's a Dixiecrat, an old school democrat who flipped republican in the early 70's.I asked him why he did it, what's the difference? (I was about 12).
His reply,
"A Democrat will buy you a library, and a Republican will buy you a pool."
"Huh?" I say.
" Well, one gives you what he thinks you want. The other gives you what he thinks you need. Either way they spent too much getting some crony or relative do the work and that guy went 40% over budget."
That's American politics. It's still applicable 30 years later from the county level to the federal level.
That's amusing, but I have never been bought a pool or a library by any American politician.
Vive le Galt!
That's amusing, but I have never been bought a pool or a library by any American politician.
Vive le Galt!
Silly goblin, they were figures of speech.
In reality your government has purchased for you an unwieldy, unrealistic healthcare plan, and the other side has bought you a few bombers and battleships.
In addition, they have also negotiated, just for you, the enmity and hatred of a large chunk of the world, anted you up for an unwinnable war, and have taken the liberty of mortgaging your future.
The actual pools and libraries? Well the pools are strictly for relatives, my good man, and the libraries are reserved for them to place their names upon.
Hmm. That's what the communists have been saying all along.
Perhaps, but I suspect we would disagree on the solution.
In my opinion the only workable fix is to keep them both honest through transparency and accountability (admittedly easier said than done), rather them rip them both down and replace them with an unrealistic alternative (read: Communism).
I'd like to force the Dems and Repubs into one party (there really is no difference once they go federal) and have them run against a person chosen by lottery.
Hillarity will insue.
I'd wager that 1 in 5 lotto "winners" will actually win the election.
Vive le Galt!
Transparency sounds nice but it simply will not work.
There is no reason that anyone in power would allow that.
Obama tried imthink to make some of the Executive's day to day actions more transparent. The rabid otherside called him down for hiding stuff. It wasn't enough for Fox News, despite the fact that they appear too lazy to actually sift through the information. It did make news that the White House played host to an alarming number of lobbyists, that was news worthy, but not that the volumn of lobbyists was on par with Congress and the previous White House under Bush.
Our Press has been coopted by corporate interests, so transparency does little to stem corruption. Someone has to go through that stuff to find the kernels of truth, and then magically make Americans actually care about the actual bad stuff our govt. does as opposed to the bad stuff that one side accuses the other of which is usually just smoke and mirrors.
Hee hee!
If you think Obama's administration has attempted to make its actions more transparent, then I suggest that you come check out the Government Folly, Occupy Wall Street! and Comrade Anklebiter's Fun-Timey Revolutionary Socialism Thread threads.
Vive le Galt!