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Wouldn't it be nice if....
Dec 4, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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In the business environment, when the executive branch seeks to make a decision the leadership team collaborates.  Executives receive candid  feedback from the organizational departments of Finance, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Risk etc.  Once the feedback or counsel is received the executive team has the information it needs to make wise decisions.

Wouldn't it be nice if our government worked the same way?

When a coporation gets out of balance or the counsel is less than candid the result is an Enron debacle.  The US auto makers are fast becoming examples of "out of balance" or disfunctional leadership teams.

Isn't this what is going on in our government?  Instead of practicing "trust and confidence" in each other, the branches of government are biting and devouring each other for political gain.  Instead of focusing on the responsibilities that each branch has, they jockey for position and desire to usurp the power of the others.  Accordingly, we see the people doing the same thing.

Wouldn't it be nice if republicans and democrats, liberals and conservatives would realize that differing views come from different perspectives of the same issues?  Neither side is inherently evil or stupid or garbage as one blogger recently described republicans.

Wouldn't it be nice if our country had elders in the biblical sense, who would sit down and reason together? 

 

 

 

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Captainron read my blog
Dec 4, 2007 | 12:37 PM

I agree it would be very nice. At one time they seemed to do that. Don't know that it was actually true though. The difference I think is that earlier the various elected officials thought of their office as doing a service for the people rather than as a JOB. Now being elected is seen as a career. They also worked for what was good for the country rather than what will promote their career.
Applewood read my blog view my photos
Dec 4, 2007 | 1:44 PM

Captain, your comments are a really good justification for term limits. People who know from the start that they can only serve for a finite period of time might come to the table with a different mind set.
Captainron read my blog
Dec 4, 2007 | 3:22 PM

Yea but the people that could vote to have term limits are the ones that benefit the most from not having them....
Marks read my blog view my photos
Dec 4, 2007 | 5:31 PM

In a (predominantly) two-party system like ours, where a majority in the House and super-majority in the Senate make laws, there is bound to be disagreement. As always, the Madisonian concept of federalism was designed not to accomplish things, but to prevent even a majority from imposing their will. Even when one party dominates government, the minority out of power still has plenty of options to stymie legislation they do not want. This is primarily true in the Senate, though a quick look through the wreckage of House legislation proposed this year shows that even the House must chose carefully to ensure their Democratic caucus is a solid majority. Off the top of my head, I counted several bills advanced out of the House with just a bare majority (218 votes).

What am I trying to say? The parties must resort to rhetorical schemes in order to cajole a majority to vote for legislation. Demagoguery, hyperbole, and sophistry are the primary means to rally the troops, and most of those foot-soldiers take the arguments advanced by their officers at face value, refusing to question authority.

In a perfect world, we might opt for the business model, but eventually it will always devolve into the chaos that we at street-level currently see from our government. This is because power concentrated in a CEO and Board of Directors who are the makers of law eventually make laws ensuring their own longevity. Always…
KellerKowboy read my blog view my photos
Dec 4, 2007 | 8:54 PM

Applewood, as always, a thought-provoking post, worthy of considerable debate. I find myself agreeing with much of what my contemporaries have stated above.
Applewood read my blog view my photos
Dec 5, 2007 | 7:41 AM

In lieu of Mark's insights, (which I totally agree with)the only way to approach changing the current mess is for the voters to adopt a term limits mentality at the voting booth.

Unfortunately this is a pipe dream. By the time the people wake up and realize that all governments regardless of type or form have the same indications, totalitarianism will have taken hold. Those in power, no matter how wonderful they are at the start, change. At some point they all begin to work tirelessly to preserve their position, at any cost including war.
GRAYWOLF read my blog view my photos
Dec 5, 2007 | 8:30 AM

The key to Marks' comments is "riders". It is the use of riders that lets the really bad legislation pass on the back of "so-so bad" legislation.

There are a couple of bills that have been sitting in committee for a couple of years now (re-introductions) that would put an end to this practice. One is the "Read The Bills Act" (RTBA) and the other is "One Subject At A Time Act" (OSTA).

The first would remove "plausible deniability" as well as shorten bills and the second would end unrelated riders.

Term limits would be a mixed bag. You would get the Dick Armeys that would be out of office before they were corrupted by the system, but then you would have the other side that would be on the take from the get go just to secure their post elected future.
GRAYWOLF read my blog view my photos
Dec 5, 2007 | 8:30 AM

BTW, good post.
moankie82 read my blog
Dec 5, 2007 | 8:37 AM

I agree. But you used one word in your post that has no place in govt. "the information it needs to make "WISE" decisions.
Applewood read my blog view my photos
Dec 5, 2007 | 9:53 AM

GW enforced term limits would have pro's and con's for certain, but the pro's would most certainly outweigh the con's. Regardless, while the solutions to the problem are obvious, they are not going to happen. Apathy and ignorance have completely taken over the people of this country and of every other country on the planet. Those who are in power will stay in power, and the powers that are running things behind the scenes aren't going anywhere either.

It is just nice to know that there are a few who recognize what is going on and are hopefully preparing accordingly. May God help our children.
UCantHandleThisTruth read my blog
Dec 5, 2007 | 1:12 PM

And therein lies the major difference between business, the Can-Doer's and politicans, the Put- A - Stopper to it.

Business run on profit and loss and are held accountable almot immediately AND MUST RULE BY PRODUCTS AND SERVICE.

The gov runs by the You'd better do it or else.

Thats why they dont talk like business.
ITS RUN BY BULLIES
putonyourbigpants read my blog view my photos
Dec 5, 2007 | 2:50 PM

The most secretive and deceptive administration filled with corrupt politicians from Clinton and Carter era are getting too blunt, daring and nonchalant about their misuse of power.
MizGoofus read my blog
Dec 6, 2007 | 6:53 AM

I agree with above posts. Our country has been co-opted by the people we elected to run it. Of course there are the Soros who have been elected to nothing, but can purchase dissent as well as votes .... he wants to buy the U.S. and has pretty much succeeded. But, in the end, I believe the primary problem is a statement Applewood made: "Apathy and ignorance have completely taken over the people of this country and of every other country on the planet." I don't know how to get people to pay attention. I can send a very important article to some of my friends, and they've told me that they don't want to get involved "in all that stuff". I never gave much thought to what would happen in the end times, but I have to wonder if we are watching it as we speak. The world has gone around the bend and is totally insane. Lord help us.
moankie82 read my blog
Dec 6, 2007 | 1:59 PM

I believe the people have the power to change things. But will they. Voting out every incumbent for the next five years would have a profound afeect.
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