Not everyone is a critical or deep thinker, nor do they want to be. And in the USA and many other countries we are all entitled to our opinion and entitled to express it whether it is an informed one or not. That's what blogs are all about isn't it?
However, as a person with a bias toward "behaviorism" and "behavior modeling", I would say that when you want someone or a group to change their behavior, YOU must model the correct behavior you want them to adopt.
So, by way of example, if we all need to "tighten our belts" to make the country's economy better, then what better place to start than Government itself.
If the governor of Wisconsin wants unions to sit with him and talk about cuts, he should be willing to put something of his own on the table, IMO.
That is slightly more complicated than just saying "Maybe the people are fed up". Offering solutions is usually more complex than offering an opinion.
This blog entry, is itself, an example of a simplistic approach to a more complicated problem and should incite some critical and well thought out responses in reaction; showing me where I have missed the point or not thought through the situation adequately before typing. I hope so, anyway.
Below is a positive action you can take if you want to.
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Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. Term Limits.
12 years only, one of the possible options below..
A. Two Six-year Senate terms
B. Six Two-year House terms
C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms
2. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
Let me do you, the reader, a favor and reserve my "history of unions" speech for another time
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