Some great stuff in there. As I've heard others comment, my personal favorite is that each new piece of legislation must contain information which specifies WHY it is Constitutional.
THAT would surely be progress.
But let's be honest. We are at a very important, crucial time in this country. We do not need a band-aid on a bruised elbow, but more like major heart surgery.
It's taken us decades to get here; but, I am one of those who believes our time to correct the errors of our past are short before our challenges become that much more obvious, that much more challenging to overcome. We need to admit what we face as soon as possible, begin a dramatic and severe reworking and downsizing of government.
I like a lot of what Republicans have had to say. Yet, it was not nearly enough.
Turning government back to 2008 levels is like throwing a thimble of water on a house fire. We need serious conversations among serious people, with attentiveness from serious and patriotic Americans.
A few suggestions . . .
- End ALL foreign aid. All of it.
- Admit that we have a number "Departments" in Washington which need to be shuttered. Among those, Education, Energy and Environment would seem real possibilities. That doesn't mean we don't have people at a national level who are involved, but it does mean they are a waste of time, energy and money.
- Have all departments, areas of government come before a panel of select elected representatives (maybe others) and give them 10 minutes to justify themselves. Put it on CSPAN. Then, have people who can prove they have paid taxes in the past 5 years vote on what stays and goes.
Any of these three possible? Yes. Doesn't mean it's got to be just this way, but it's time to be serious, to understand the challenges before us and how we bring this country back to being the envy of the rest of the world.
It's time to get serious. That would be my favorite pledge to America.
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