The Wall Street protests

Well it is pretty interesting that people are coming down on wall street, but unfortunately probably going to be ineffective in doing anything. Until people vote in new set of legislatures or demand their representatives represent them  the now infamous 1%  will still control the game. With money control of Congress they are writing their ticket.

It is amazing that people let this 1% control so much when we actually have the power to do something about it. Our constitution gives the power to those who vote over the money, but we refuse to stand up and force our representatives to listen to the majority.

This shows that mediocre education is destroying the middle class. No understanding of how to think critically, to realize where to put pressure and to understand there are many answers out there that are better than what our elitist republicans and ineffective democrats are giving us.

The large majority of this country has basic conservative tendencies, even most minority voters tend to lean a tad bit conservative on economic issues if they belong to the middle class, but this large majority cannot see the answers that are so easy.

We need to take away lobbyist power, make them stand up in open sessions if they want to speak to Congress, reduce the size of the government by reducing duplicity in the bureaucracies, holding corporate America accountable for their actions, creating tax policy and programs that are flexible to the economic needs (which right now are to create jobs), shift tax burden equally among all groups, reduce public works programs that rely totally on the federal government and create more public private partnerships, including more public private partnerships with state and local governments so localities can rebuild their economies, encourage economic development of new industries (again tax policy and policy encouragement of lending by private groups) especially industries that create new products with new jobs so we can start balancing trade the right way,  and many more.

There are many ideas out there, we just need to start implementing policy that benefits the middle class. The strengthening of our middle class will maintain democracy, strengthen our overall economy, which in turn will allow capitalists to continue to succeed, yes, they won't get everything they want, but they will get back a viable economy to do business, be successful, and continue to invest in America where they can continue to grow. As long as we allow them to do what they want they will eventually drain the economy for their own benefit which will eventually swallow them. People who are obsessed with money should not be allowed to make policy decisions for the masses.That is where our democracy should be allowed to take over so better policy for all the people is made. Unfortunately we make much noise (Wall Street protests), but never put our energy where it will do the most good.

So if you want to get our economy back together you must get off wall street, back on main street, find candidates that will support the middle class and put them in office and then the first order of business is to create laws limiting lobbyists and money in elections. Then rebuilding our education system is the first long term plan to put in place, the rest is creating policy that puts jobs first, real jobs, ones that build, not ones based on consumption.

Now I am against federal government public works projects as a way to get us out of the recession because no long term job growth, however, there is one project that is bubbling up in my mind. And of all things the oil pipeline they are trying to build gave me the idea. If we can pump oil thousands of miles why not water, if many different water districts municipalities got together with Federal help maybe we could start creating a large water project where areas already overloaded can pump to dry areas when more rain gets predicted for the overloaded area,,, create large pools of rain run off that can be moved as necessary and since it is water if we start to get too much we can always let it run to the ocean like it would do naturally.  The pipes could be set up along the interstate system so the infrastructure is easy to map out.This is a simplistic example of the project in my mind, there are some serious logistic plans to make, but really it is basically creating man made pipe rivers to redirect water before areas get close to being flooded or relieve rivers as they are rising to reduce flooding. Again simplistic discussion here, but some food for thought. And not for the federal govt to do alone, but in conjunction with local water companies and water districts.

Another way to fight droughts along with desalinization to create jobs that helps our agriculture feed us and balance our trade.

Funny thing Brazil is making great headway in using plants to create fuel. They borrowed our scientists from our universities to help them. We have the ability in our country we just need to start using it

A few scattered thoughts that have come together over the last few days while stressing out over the Texas Rangers making another playoff run.  I knew I didn't want them to play the Rays again in this year's playoffs because of how hot they  were ending the season,but tonight Rangers won 4-3 and hopefully took some of the heat out of the Rays sails. Still got to win the next one, there are no guarantees in the playoffs.