Friday, February 01, 2008

Granddaddy

Has anyone ever compared the role of a government to the role of a parent or grandparent? A government makes laws and regulations (or rules) that limit what its citizens (or children) are permitted to do. A government can choose to draw as many or as few boundaries as it chooses. There is no right way to run a government, criticizing the way other countries government’s is always very sensitive.

When your child play with the neighbors children, some parents think it’s important to meet the neighbors – it’s important to know who you’re children are hanging out with. A responsible parent might want to meet them anyway, to know who lives around him. Some parents aren’t as honest and could either neglect their children altogether thus undermining the their integrity. Some parents arrange associations in the community to talk about certain things pertaining to the living conditions of the community. Sometimes the associations aren’t always honest or don’t even really care, as long as the associations have that check rollin in every month to “keep things tidy”.

The Declaration of Independence is split into three parts, as some teachers say. The first part is basically saying how all men are created equal and a good government should govern people to allow them the most freedom possible. When the government isn’t performing as it should, it’s the responsibility of those people to make things better.

The second part states the ways King George’s government wasn’t playing by the rules. How he stationed soldiers in people’s houses when the country wasn’t at war and how he made up taxes to charge people.

The third part says, “We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America… do, in the Name, and by Authority of the Good People of these colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these Unities Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States.”

There is no place to run to anymore. We can’t sail across an ocean and tear apart another group of people to set up shop. If we could, no one in their right mind would. What we have to do is focus on how the (here, American) government can positively affect you, the citizen:
Ameri corps, Water corps, Crisis Corps, Peace Corps, Marine Corps, Service Corps, Veteran’s Corps, Retired Corps

And right now, from what I’m hearing from my friends in the 9-5er world, there’s not much pride in the workplace. That sucks.

Many people think, the weakness of the public sector is that there is no incentive. The harder you work, the more you make the same wage.
Whereas the main drive of the public sector is money. That will probably never change. It’s what makes up the private sector.

Progression of an economy-
AID – Grants – Loans … Purchases?

Water, food, shelter, jobs. In that order
Something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

You need an ego like you need a woman. You don’t want to have one all the time, but sometimes when things are tough, it feels good to unload on someone.

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