How Do We Get A Good Government?

They asked smilingly! first of all, we as American voters, need to get past the good ol' boy bullsh*t. We will not find a good representative among those that are in politics today. These people, and I use the term loosely, are not about the will of the people, but rather about their next re-election campaign. That alone will be hard to overcome. It is a bout money and power, no waht is best for the people.

A move to a participatory form of government cannot not start on the national level. I has to be done locally, starting with the city councils and then move on to state Congressional races and then slowly into national politics. If this is to be successful, the people must be involved. Granted they are not use to being consulted in the arena of politics, but they are capable of running the country and in doing so be in control of their lives.

Candidates must form a personal relationship with the people they want to represent. It must be a face to face relationship. They people must be involved in every aspect of the process. This can be accomplished by having neighborhood councils, which meet once a week and they will decide what is to be the agenda for their politician. The people must exert influence in every aspect, job, schools, and organizations all within their respective neighborhoods. Once that is accomplished they will meet with their rep. and present him with the list of concerns and he will then act on THEIR concerns, not his/hers.

This is not an overnight sensation. It will take long and hard work to get the people totally involved in their own lives. This will stop all the bitchin' that voters do about their concerns. The representative has got to be someone who truly wants the best for his people. He/she has got to be a statesman and not a politician.

This is a simple explanation of what I see as the only saving grace to the American ideal of democracy. If not, then I see the country slowly sinking into the sea of imperialism and inequality. The voter is a lazy individual, that must wake up or lose everything that this country stands for; there is nothing to gain from a continuation of politics as usual.

CHUQ
06 Nov 07