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How to renew America's democracy

Revealing that you a Frenchman,

First wrong - I am not French, but I live in France and have lived in Europe for a long long time.

It should be refreshing to see a "different point of view". But, really, who cares in the US? You are brought up thinking its the Greatest Country on Earth.

Wrong ... !

.... only call out Trump as a colossal failure for what is occurring around the world. What lesson did we learn? With many states who didnt have restrictive lockdowns doing better than states that had draconian lockdowns, weve learned they arent very effective, if at all.

Nope, I am calling him out from his failure at home. Namely, he refused stupidly to understand early and take-action against Covid, which is why so many of our Fellow Yanks died - and they should not have done so!

I call that Consummate Ignorance of the Factual Evidence!

And you seem to be arguing that we can be the masters of the universe but here in the US, Trump prevented us from doing so.

Master of Our Own Universe! Yes, that is all that matters!

And it is quite a Job Remaining To Be Done! Yep, four years wasted by a very mentally sick man. And, of course, people like you did not see that message from a group of psychiatrists published (see here) well before Hillary won the election but yet another colossal mistake by the EC gave Donald-Dork the presidency!

I'm telling you a simple story: You are living in a country that has a LOT WRONG WITH THE WAY IT IS RUN. And most of that dysfunction has to do the way we are so absorbed by wealth - whilst the poor migrate into prisons that are bursting at the seams!

But, of course, that's ALL THEIR FAULT and THEY DESERVE WHAT THEY GET! Right? Which is about as ignorant of the factual-evidence as one can get!
 
A PROPOSITION

But, of course, that's ALL THEIR FAULT and THEY DESERVE WHAT THEY GET! Right? Which is about as ignorant of the factual-evidence as one can get!

So, just what is it that they (secondarily-school graduates) need? Mostly the repair is sociological in nature. We are a country fascinated by riches, and the lifestyles of Hollywood actors. Our heroes!

We need higher taxation, not to get rid of the Wealthy, but to mitigate their ability to collect riches. Taxation has to change for upper-incomes beyond 2 MegaBucks a year to a level close to confiscation. As well as the ability upon death to leave a huge bundle of riches to somebody who never earned it. That is, Death Taxation at a confiscatory rate of 95% beyond the 2 MegaBuck limit. (Or something like that.)

And then this:
*Free or nearly-free tuition (funded by the Federal Government in state post-secondary schools) to pursue an advanced degree in either a skill or any subject of one's liking. Not-including private institutions of higher-learning except for specific sectors considered of key-importance and subsidized by the national Department of Education. (Which is also allowed where necessary to fund the creation and running-cost of such schools.)
*Public-knowledge of Mean (average) Income Levels in all the Main Employment Sectors. From collecting-garbage to brain-surgery! With own website and dedicated on-line support means to explain the statistics.
*The DoD no longer allowed to subsidize post-secondary education, which will be treated as designated above. (Except for courses directly related to their specific military needs.)
 
A PROPOSITION



So, just what is it that they (secondarily-school graduates) need? Mostly the repair is sociological in nature. We are a country fascinated by riches, and the lifestyles of Hollywood actors. Our heroes!

We need higher taxation, not to get rid of the Wealthy, but to mitigate their ability to collect riches. Taxation has to change for upper-incomes beyond 2 MegaBucks a year to a level close to confiscation. As well as the ability upon death to leave a huge bundle of riches to somebody who never earned it. That is, Death Taxation at a confiscatory rate of 95% beyond the 2 MegaBuck limit. (Or something like that.)

And then this:
*Free or nearly-free tuition (funded by the Federal Government in state post-secondary schools) to pursue an advanced degree in either a skill or any subject of one's liking. Not-including private institutions of higher-learning except for specific sectors considered of key-importance and subsidized by the national Department of Education. (Which is also allowed where necessary to fund the creation and running-cost of such schools.)
*Public-knowledge of Mean (average) Income Levels in all the Main Employment Sectors. From collecting-garbage to brain-surgery! With own website and dedicated on-line support means to explain the statistics.
*The DoD no longer allowed to subsidize post-secondary education, which will be treated as designated above. (Except for courses directly related to their specific military needs.)
It is a shame your warped view of corporations has created this desire to destroy corporations in their infancy. You also don't understand the distinction between salary and stock ownership. You should appreciate the fact that many who inherit wealth fritter it away--that is good for the economy too.

Regarding your tuition proposal, does that come along with limits on teacher/administration salaries at those institutions? Many of those make "MegaBucks".
 
It is a shame your warped view of corporations has created this desire to destroy corporations in their infancy. You also don't understand the distinction between salary and stock ownership. You should appreciate the fact that many who inherit wealth fritter it away--that is good for the economy too.

Regarding your tuition proposal, does that come along with limits on teacher/administration salaries at those institutions? Many of those make "MegaBucks".
Sorry to disappoint you but I've had a long career in industry. (Eat your heart out!)

Instead of frittering-away ill-gotten gains because the Replicants started reducing upper-income taxation. Instead of going into the bank-accounts of the Filthy-Rich, if taxed, that tax-money could have been better spent on a National Healthcare System. In that manner, you-plural in the US might get an extra two-years on your lifespan as we have already here in Europe.

Uncle Sam is missing-out on two key-elements to a better future for Americans. The first much-lower-cost National Healthcare System and the second a Post-secondary Education that is affordable by all who desire it.

Both Healthcare and Post-secondary Education have become monumental cost-ripoffs to the American people ... !
 
Sorry to disappoint you but I've had a long career in industry. (Eat your heart out!)

Instead of frittering-away ill-gotten gains because the Replicants started reducing upper-income taxation. Instead of going into the bank-accounts of the Filthy-Rich, if taxed, that tax-money could have been better spent on a National Healthcare System. In that manner, you-plural in the US might get an extra two-years on your lifespan as we have already here in Europe.

Uncle Sam is missing-out on two key-elements to a better future for Americans. The first much-lower-cost National Healthcare System and the second a Post-secondary Education that is affordable by all who desire it.

Both Healthcare and Post-secondary Education have become monumental cost-ripoffs to the American people ... !
Plenty of people have had a long career in business without being successful or wanting to do them serious harm.

Shame you didn't actually answer my question. Those are the statements that end in ?.
 
Uncle Joe is doing a pretty good job already - taxing the rich instead of showering them with tax breaks:


 
I'm seeing that most of the problem with our "democracy" is that the rules in the house and senate change at the whim of whoever is in control of each house. it makes the entire branch of government rather schizophrenic and inconsistent.

what if we had a constitutional amendment that restricted the rules in the house or senate to only being changed every10 years. this does not keep them from performing their intended functions, it just keeps the rules from flipping around ever couple of years. this would not favor one party over another as it would apply to all parties equally.

alot of people talk about flaws in the constitution, or how it is out of date or no longer relevant, but we rarely hear about the desire to use the built in function of adding amendments for its intended purpose: keeping the constitution up do date and relevant.

too many major issues are being bandied about based purely on partisan lines. Packing the court is one in particular. that may help the democrats now to pack the court in their favor, but eventually it will turn against them, and then predictably we can expect the democrats to be all about changing the size of the court
 
I'm seeing that most of the problem with our "democracy" is that the rules in the house and senate change at the whim of whoever is in control of each house. it makes the entire branch of government rather schizophrenic and inconsistent.

what if we had a constitutional amendment that restricted the rules in the house or senate to only being changed every10 years. this does not keep them from performing their intended functions, it just keeps the rules from flipping around ever couple of years. this would not favor one party over another as it would apply to all parties equally.

Would you fix the rules after the Democrats have altered them or the Republicans ?

alot of people talk about flaws in the constitution, or how it is out of date or no longer relevant, but we rarely hear about the desire to use the built in function of adding amendments for its intended purpose: keeping the constitution up do date and relevant.

What "desire" ?
The Constitution is very hard to amend
And yes, it is woefully out of date, so much so, IMO it is beyond the power of amendments to fix
We need a whole new constitution

too many major issues are being bandied about based purely on partisan lines. Packing the court is one in particular. that may help the democrats now to pack the court in their favor, but eventually it will turn against them, and then predictably we can expect the democrats to be all about changing the size of the court

So it will remain while there such antipathy between the parties.
 
He took no-action-whatsoever in the most deadly invasion of an epidemic in the history of the country.

No action whatsoever.

He declared a national health emergency the day after the World Health Organization did.
 
No action whatsoever.

He declared a national health emergency the day after the World Health Organization did.

Big Deal. The WHO is not an elective authority. It's head is not elected either.

In fact, it's major financial backer is Uncle Sam ...
 
AMERICA AND ITS "WOKE CULTURE"

What is it? This (from here):
This usage was popularized by soul singer Erykah Badu's 2008 song "Master Teacher", via the song's refrain, "I stay woke". Merriam-Webster.com defines the expression "stay woke" in Badu's song as meaning, "self-aware, questioning the dominant paradigm and striving for something better"; and, although, within the context of the song it did not yet have a specific connection to justice issues, Merriam-Webster credits the phrase's use in the song with its later connection to these issues.

Call it whatever you like, it is simply a "passing fancy". For legal-systems (the structure of "law-of-the-land") to change and adapt takes considerable mental-effort and action (called "laws" or "political determination").

And people yelling in the streets to "Stay Woke" wont help a single bit because the word has no definitional standard. It means, more or less, "stay with and support the present public-emotion until it passes".

The Woke Culture will not develop a political-party and thus never actually have an effect on the nation's governance. It is a passing fancy of a given set of the population who want enthusiastically to promote their sentiments out of a profound desire for change. Fair enough!

Although key to any political-opinion as personal sentiments might be, it is only at the ballot-box that we-the-sheeple can change the manner in which we are governed. If such is our truly collective desire.

That is the heart of any Real & True Democracy ...
 
Big Deal. The WHO is not an elective authority. It's head is not elected either.

In fact, it's major financial backer is Uncle Sam ...

He banned travel from China, the source of the virus, and dealt with silly accusations of racism from the left for it.
 
No action whatsoever.

He declared a national health emergency the day after the World Health Organization did.

LOL, it was Trump's bungling of the pandemic - a mix of incompetence and indifference - that cost him the election.

He didn't take it seriously, declaring it a "Democrat Hoax".
 
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