Politics

I have always said that I hate all politicians.  Not personally of course, just their role in today's society.  The act of practicing politics has a purpose of course but only when it results in the application of policy that has an overall benefit to citizens.

When was the last time this happened in the U.S.?  A policy that has had a net positive affect to its citizens?  Yikes, I dare say that I can't think of one example in my lifetime.  Sure, there have been policies applied and yes they have benefited some citizens - but that is not the role of government.  Government is in place to provide services to its citizens in a bulk consolidated form so there is a net positive affect.

So lets think about this.  Lets say you are taxed 50% (includes all forms of taxation income, SS, sales, property, etc - probably low, but its just an example).  And lets say your family makes $50k per year.  So you get $25k per year to pay for your expenses and another $25k goes to provide services into a pool, that when spread out over the entire population saves money compared to everyone paying for it themselves.  How many things do you think you could do better with that money than the government does.  I dare say everyone can relate to this

Government isn't going anywhere.  And politics is necessary.  But we need to start electing politicians that APPLY POLICY that has an overall BENEFIT to citizens.  You do this only by achieving CONSENSUS.  This won't happen overnight, but it will happen over time if we always vote incumbents out of office.  I call it voter imposed term limits.