Let’s Change Our Politicians

Mandates for Reforming Our National Politicians[These ideas would apply to state and local government as well]

The existing situation – Many Americans believe our political system is broken and in serious need of reform. It may not be the system, more than likely the real problem is the individuals we have chosen to administer our system of government.

The founding fathers provided for the people to be represented by those among us that choose and are selected to serve. Over time what has evolved is a pseudo-democratic process where only professional politicians thrive and millions of dollars are required just to participate in the electoral process. We have allowed self-serving “professional” politicians too much authority, they are out of touch, and they are often not following the will of the people.

Our national politicians have become expert at, and content with, deferring the difficult challenges in favor of wasting elaborate amounts of time on issues with little or no actual [national] value. They appear to be often and instantly distracted by the most insignificant issues preferring gridlock instead of working through and solving the important issues that continue to plague our society.

There are many distinct factions that are distracting and dividing the voting public. As a matter of practice “we the people” are being deceived and divided into small individual interests units that tend to cloud our collective ability to focus and thus insist on a successful unified national strategy. Our politicians seem to be primarily focused on getting elected and re-elected rather than doing the job they are elected to do.

The existing bureaucracy empowers and encourages lawmakers to do as they please. The senior Congressional leadership has an established system founded in cronyism and the few new Congressional members each year have no opportunity to change the process or introduce new ideas because of this long established “system.” If practices or procedures were changed the senior members would lose some or all of their power or authority they have “earned” while serving for many years.

We are governed nationally by one president, five hundred thirty five Congressmen and women [435 Representatives and 100 Senators], and nine Supreme Court justices. The Justices are appointed for life, the president is often a figure head with limited authority (except, of course, for his military power), so let’s focus on the members of Congress and apply our “will” to insist on reforming their behavior and the way they conduct their daily business.

How do we do it?

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