Every elected Federal “servant” lol needs to go and be replaced. Senators, Congress people, Cabinet, etc.
Also fire every federal employee or appointee and then replace AS NEEDED based on private industry based hiring standards for example MERIT and includes benefits consistent with private industry. Same benefit package for the new merit based elected officials.
If you read [i]carefully[/i] what I wrote it appears we are opposed to imperialist sheriffing. My point is that with [i]technology[/i] AND the stealth fighters and bombers the US has developed using old carriers basically as island airstrips easily extended plan range. I see that as a better choice than scrapping or scuttling them now. What type of “world police person” the US has or had needs to be in the rear view. Between Biden DeSantis Haley and Trump, guess who is most likely to espouse that view? Crazy right. While I did support Trump in 2016 and in fact was a delegate to the RNC convention that nominated him, he is way far away in my rear view. If I had to choose among the four, I’d pick Haley despite her hawkish pronouncements and hope it’s tough talking to distinguish herself from the field. DeSantis is a Trump wannabe and too much of a wuss to openly disagree with him. Trump’s baggage disqualifies him and does his age and basically way out of shape appearance. A walking heart attack. Biden is even older. You may had read previously that a candidate should be no more than 60 on the day the first term oath is taken. It’s not a disqualifier for running for reelection. Biden’s appearance and action validate the he’s too old argument. Even RFK, Jr. is too old as is Cornell West. I would seriously consider if they were ten years younger. There is a reason that presidents appear to have aged 20 years after being in office for 8. The only three recent presidents meeting my age requirement are BO, WJC and GWB. While disagreeing with some policies of all three, history so far has been kind to all of them and their standing among presidents will only increase as time goes by. Maybe in the future medical advances my change my age criteria because historically people with money and sense age better and better every decade. We should be ashamed of ourselves for having two such horrible frontrunners both of whom we have seen in action and have failed us. At least the republicans are on the right track age wise. The democrats irresponsibly do not have a VP in office capable of being president. Had they not failed us we would have three qualified candidates. The hypothetical VP who isn’t, DeSantis and Haley. I’d be pleased with an election outcome among them regardless of the winner and hope the nominees make sensible VP selections. I guess I’ve rambled a bit here however I’m sick and tired of being inaccurately labeled a Trump sycophant when that is patently false. Had we had any any sense we would have learned from Korea and used our citizens and treasure more wisely. Not VietNam, no Ukraine, no lesser known blunders, a better Iran. When you think about it if Iran was India like in world approach the world would be a better place. Maybe Putin will die soon either from age, bad lifestyle or murdered and fresh ideas will flourish in Russia. Fortunately currently lined up to defend us from China’s unknown plans, a team of the US, India, Canada, the Uk, the EU and others will keep China at bay for awhile. Let’s keep Trump and Biden out of the WH and begin to understand the 21st century. @whowasthatmaskedman
@jackjjackson You know, sometimes you can make a lot of sense. I prefer to leave personalities and even party politics out of the equation wherever possible. So I wont comment on aly of the options you mentioned other than to sigh that there arent better choices. But why would there be? Trying to do anything with the US right now is like herding cats.. Where there isnt corruption, there is incompetence and blind panic.. But maybe we can agree on the basics. America spends more than it earns in the world year on year and that cant go on.. In fact the rest of the world will start squeezing America soon to get back what its already owed, Thats global.. And internally the people are suffering economically in a nation where it shouldnt happen. Now my philosophy is Keysian, which means I want to see education, health care and basic housing as an investment in the peopl;e to stop them becoming criminals and welfare sponges. Maybe your view is different. But as things stand America internally doesnt have the grunt to dig itself out of the hole it is in regarding the global situation. And you cant bomb your way out of it, you need to trade your way out.😷
I also believe strongly in the Keynes economic policy. Only a dope would not. For quite awhile debt has been heroin to the US government and it remains hooked. A dramatic shift in economic and trade policies is one of two ways out. The other is default. No professional politician will make the first choice. Disturbing. Very disturbing. @whowasthatmaskedman
Congress calling themselves “Public Servants” as they they are humble, meanwhile their hands are in the till or passing legislation that will benefit them because they had insider knowledge of bills that were coming up for vote several months beforehand so they could invest in stocks that those bills would benefit.
And of course continue to withhold that while they work themselves to death with gulag swill starvation diets. Even that seems almost too good for them. @cherokeepatti
@jackjjackson For what they’ve done to the American people who have worked hard & paid taxes all their working lives yes it is. They’ve made laws that have increased the cost of living, increased taxes, made it a whole lot more complicated to set up small businesses so that corporations have an advantage over them, created war scenarios that have cost the lives of Americans fighting in those wars, etc. Pardon my French but it’s way past time to end this shit storm.
Maybe these positions should be treated like jury duty. You serve your time with a group by handling a proposed bill as if it was a court case. Then, you leave till randomly summoned again.
The point of fact is that the elected officials are simply the sock puppets of the unelected officials. The elected officials are not nearly as big a problem as the unelected ones.
Federal employees are [i]already [/i] hired based on merit. President Trump wants to end that policy so he can fire them all and replace them all with his own ditto heads.
Merit must be evaluated yearly at a minimum. If you think the current crop of overblown federal employees are currently employed due to current merit you’re a fool. @Theyitis
The paucity of responses is a great example of the problems apathy has caused in our country. Do any of us have any self respect? Or is that ancient history too?
The voters. No campaign contributions except for a total of $2K person allocated as the individual donor sees fit. No business contributions. No exceptions to the limit or type of donor no PACS. @NativePortlander1970
