I have been writing quite a bit lately, however none of the
fun projects I want to work on. So I am not in the mood to expend creative
power. Or is it just because I am lazy? You know the seven deadly sins such as
sloth, throw in some pride and a sprinkling of greed and that is what the last
couple weeks have been like. And does it matter if the greed is incremental and
not exponential. You may have seen an X post where I addressed greed or sideways
confessed it. So if you see me in the
confession line, please just say hi.
Anyway, let’s deal with the actual post.
So Trump wants to give Argentina a ton of money to keep his bud’s
election prospects and then on top of it throws in we should buy some Argentina
beef. And yes the U.S. cattle world found a way to complain about the policy
yet still say the support Trump. How these people look at themselves in the
mirror is beyond me.
How would this look different if there were no parties? Let’s
use this beef conundrum for our example.
First most of the cattle world would still be conservative,
still support the beef industry and still would elect maybe even the same
individual to represent them in the House.
The difference is if the Representative was not beholden or
forced to be loyal to a party machinery there might be some small differences
in how the Representative votes.
Yes they would still support the agricultural industry, but
maybe supporting more smaller and/or local businesses when it comes to writing
tax breaks into bills. They might spend more time finding better immigration
policy that strengthens our border, yet allows workers they need into the country.
They would not be required to blindly support the party
leader just because they were the party leader or support other party
priorities that might not benefit their constituents.
They would work on legislation that benefits their
constituents, plus similar industries yet be able to compromise with other
legislators to create more comprehensive budget plans and pass the full budget
for example.
Their support of a president that promotes what Trump is
doing in Argentina would not exist. They may still support the President, yet
they would speak out more forcefully, call the President out and create
legislation or work with the Executive branch to stop this decision.
The President not having the blind loyalty of the party
would need to be more conscious of the various needs of the country and work
with the legislators to do better for the country.
And when the majority of the country supports something then
legislation would be written and passed.
For example since the majority of this country is working
and middle class, that would mean most districts are primarily working and
middle class and each legislator would be more reactive to those needs than
party reliance on billionaire and lobbyist campaign donations. (on a side not
since most see the need for campaign finance reform, we would have better
campaign finance laws). Basically if each Representative relied on working in
and within the community to get elected there would be less reliance on large
donations and legislation would reflect the needs of the majority of the
country. We would still have other problems like poverty, healthcare, the
economy to address, yet it would be easier for conservatives and liberals to
compromise or better yet write better legislation originally to help the poor or
what else is needed because the people generally support these needs. The
details would require the back and forth of compromise and planning, yet the
wants and needs of the people are always front and forward.
So not having political machinery isn’t going to change much
on the visible surface because we would still have conservatives and liberals
and lunatics, but better on the results.
And for anyone that hasn’t paid attention the two party
system is not part of the Constitution and even some of our forefathers warned
us of the dangers. It seems awkward that someone that died over 200 years ago
could say “I told you so”.
Go Mavericks, going to be an interesting year, strong interior
defense and offense and yet perimeter question marks that if answered could
mean a great year. If not then potentially an up and down year. And for those
of you who don’t care, don’t watch. The NBA is underway.
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