Soggy in NOLA
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Bad monkeys need to be spanked.
That's just what we need... people spanking their monkeys.
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Bad monkeys need to be spanked.
Bad monkeys need to be spanked.
That's just what we need... people spanking their monkeys.
Gimme my banana dammit.
What happens when no monkeys are ever replaced , entitlement monkeys .
Hell no. We're already stuck with bad Senators for six and good ones who run the whole show by being "tenured" into key committees. All 535 should have 3-year terms. The House with only 2 terms means that they actually only work for one year, then spend the second year campaigning. With the president at four years, that will give all 535 two full years to work WITH the Executive Branch, then campaign for their final (third) year if they want a turnover in the entire government, not just the presidency. Mid-terms always (ALWAYS!!) fuck everything up because often important and RELEVANT bills come to a screeching halt while the noobs get their feet wet.
I would go further. Lengthen the terms a bit--maybe eight years in the Senate; four years in the House; six years in the Presidency. And then they have to be out of office for two years before they can run for re-election. Do away with all Congressional and Presidential pension funds/entitlements and remove the federal government's ability to use tax revenues as any form of charity.
And that I think would eliminate the viscious election campaign syndrome as well as restore integrity to the federal government.
With that length of time, most of them would be forced to end their strict partisanship as various events unfold. So, maybe. But before that happened, a complete overhaul of the existing "rules" of both houses would need to be simplified. Also, if some lawmaker just couldn't compromise for whatever reason and wished to simply resign, s/he would be restricted from lobbying for a private organization forever.
Leaving all forms of favors, charity, and benevolence to the states to administer would cure a multitude of sins.
Leaving all forms of favors, charity, and benevolence to the states to administer would cure a multitude of sins.
Oh man, I have to disagree on that. The closer the government, the heavier the corruption, in my experience. The favors dispensed to the people one grew up with seem to be the costliest.
Leaving all forms of favors, charity, and benevolence to the states to administer would cure a multitude of sins.
Oh man, I have to disagree on that. The closer the government, the heavier the corruption, in my experience. The favors dispensed to the people one grew up with seem to be the costliest.
But once the people again pay more attention to state government because that's where the lion's share of their tax dollars are going, I think history will show that they will demand that a lot of the corruption be cleaned up. You see it has not always been this way. It's just sometimes the monkeys think it has because they've never experienced anything else.
Cognitive bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some of you might find this a good place to start if you are seeking to understand how easily people can be fooled, manipulated or just flat out WRONG.
Gimme my banana dammit.
As stated earlier, you have to play cards for a banana. Texas hold'em or blackjack?
I don't see how that story has anything to do with government. The whole thing sounds more like the development of religion. Once upon a time someone got sick eating pig, so now no one should eat pig.
(Not meant to be a knock on any particular religion, just an example.)
I don't see how that story has anything to do with government. The whole thing sounds more like the development of religion. Once upon a time someone got sick eating pig, so now no one should eat pig.
(Not meant to be a knock on any particular religion, just an example.)
I see now why you have a problem with religion, if you don't get how the story relates to government.