Time magazine writes in its September 21st issue last year, “Divided
Democratic Party Debates Its Future as 2020 Looms”. Not only does 2020 “Loom”,
November 6th, this year’s election day “Looms” also—only 79 days
from now when we will come together to elect a new Congress for the next two
years—and the party is still divided as to whom they wish to represent in our
government—we the people, whom they represented in our more prosperous years in
the past, the Corporatocracy and Power
Elite, whom they, for all intents and purposes, represented since the
election of President Clinton in 1992, or just the Democratic Party, i.e. to
hell with the best interests of the people or the nation (Isn’t that what we
have been doing? Isn’t that the way it now is—all about party politics? Isn’t that
how we got stuck with the “Bad Joke” we now have for president? ). Every time
we have an election, for the most part all that is discussed is party politics.
Relatively little time is spent in discussing issues; and, even then, the depth
of the discussion is so shallow, it’s embarrassing. Think about it.
As you do so, you might also recall that the Corporatocracy and Power Elite is
already represented by the Republican Party and have been since their inception
(Check out the history of our nation since the industrial revolution in the
nineteenth century). Must we allow them to continue their take-over of the
Democratic Party also? If we allow them to rule over both parties, our
democracy will surely be lost. And where will we go from there? It would appear
to me that we already consist of the “haves” and “have-nots”. Every day the gap
between our working class and the wealthy grows larger. Is that what we want
for our children, grandchildren, and generations to come? I don’t think so, and
I don’t think you do either.
I submit to you that the Democratic Party needs to return to
being the representative of the people. This is where Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and Harry Truman brought us. This planet belongs to the people, all of us, and
not just to the wealthy and powerful—and certainly not to corporations, legal
entities with neither hearts nor souls. To that end they need to promote and
provide sound government for all in conjunction with our corporations and
businesses which should serve the people who created them, with quality products
and services. After all, that is their real purpose, or were supposed to be. Even
those who invest to “make money” exist, in the final analysis, to serve “We the
People” by financing these businesses.
What, then, kind of government should we expect from them?
I submit, first and foremost, we need leaders who have the
ability to lead—the ability to “unite” us rather than “divide and conquer” us as
is now being done. This is the most important and necessary task before us
today. As I have said before, we have never been this divided as a nation since
the Civil War of the nineteenth century. It is absolutely imperative that we
come together as a people once again.
Second, we must rid our politics of money in campaign
financing. Corporations are not people, and they must not be allowed to “vote”.
Our Shadow Government of Lobbyists
must be eliminated.
Third, we must get our finances in order. We must eliminate
our deficit and, in turn, our national debt. To that end, we must reform our
system of taxation. Taxpayers must pay according to their ability to pay,
corporate welfare must come to an end, and loopholes eliminated. We must
balance our budget(s) as needed—surpluses in good times and deficits in hard
times.
Fourth, we must provide our people with a single-payer
universal healthcare system with access for all. I suggest it be based on the
model of our present system of Medicare and that it is imperative that it be a standalone
self funded system external to our Federal Budget as currently is our present
Social Security program. Not only will this provide affordable healthcare to
all, it will significantly provide relief to state and local budgets, corporate
expense, and our national deficit.
Fifth, we must put an end to the “dumbing down” of our
people. We must provide taxpayer paid public education Pre K through college
for all citizens—college for those who desire and/or qualify for such and
vocational training for those who don’t attend college—high school graduation, and
vocational training being mandated minimums for everyone (the college graduates
excluded), the mentally and/or physically disabled excepted.
Of course, there is more that must be accomplished—these are
just the basics; but I must make note of something else. We are no longer an
agricultural country of thirteen colonies in the “woods”. Yes, we want and need
to be a free people. But let us not forget. Your freedom ends where mine begins
and visa versa. It is that very reason that causes us to need bigger
government, albeit as little as possible. The bigger we grow and more
complicated our world around us becomes the larger government we need. To those
who think “Big Government to be inefficient and unworkable, let me remind you
that there are huge corporations “out there” all around us who compete in size
with our government, and they are very efficient. There are only two reasons
they are able to operate more efficiently than government, the intrusion of politics
and the qualifications, abilities, and rates of pay to the people they hire. If
we want a more efficient government, I suggest we discontinue or minimize the
extent of our political intrusion. Where we need markets, let us have them; but
when we need government, let us have government. There is plenty room for both.
What we don’t need is the hate, greed, avarice, dishonesty, and corruption that
envelopes us.
Get with the program, Democrats—Go Bernie, the Revolutionary.
And, to you Republicans: after Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton (Yes, he’s a
Republican too—in disguise as a Democrat), George W. Bush, and (last and the
worse president of all), Donald Trump, you should be ashamed of what you have
done to this country over these past many years and the condition in which we
find ourselves today.
These are my views. For all our good and the long run good of
our great country, I sincerely believe they should be yours. Whatever you
choose to believe register to vote and go to the polls in November. At the very
least, by doing so, you will help to unite us to one degree or another. May the
will of the majority prevail.
Ronald Miller
www.sageobserver.blogspot.com
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