I have opened the door so I must define myself.
On a national level it is hard to put a label on myself as I have been and still am a FENCE SITTER.
I Have strong feelings about areas that are National in scope like the Interstate HWY system, major waterways, a standing military, Medicare and Social Security staying under NATIONAL CONTROL.
I would like to see National Standards set for education, healthcare, law enforcement, and National funding provide to be sure they are available to all.
National regulatory groups like the IRS, FED,SEC, Health & Welfare need to be almost redone from the ground up.
I would like to see business controls that allow for a level playing field in the business world.
I would like to see a major shift in each of our national and global attitudes when it come to tolerance toward others.
On the state and local level I am like a Hybrid of Jeffersonian democracy
I think in a Metro setting most services should be provided at a county level. Things like a County Heath care system providing basic healthcare at a minimal fee.
Local road systems should be built and maintained under county control. 911 systems should be control and funded by the county.
Major Park systems, airports, Hwy law enforcement, social services, airports, water ways, sanitary sewage systems, public recreation like hunting and fishing areas are best provided at the county level.
I find that cities, villages and townships provide us with many expensive, duplicate and sub par services that are better provided at the county level and drive people out of the cities because of higher tax rates to support them.
The State should provide for funding for a fair and equal education system in support of the local school systems both public and private if needed.
Higher public education systems should be managed and funded at the state level. The states need to develop a better technical education system for people going into the trades given that very few are at this time.
The States should provided for healthcare standards and funding like Medicare, Medicaid and aid to uncovered children and adults that are unable to provide for themselves.
The State should govern over issue that state wide in scope. They should be in charge of intrastate highways, railways and waterways and insure there are safe and in a high level of repair. They need to greatly improve our aging flood control systems, locks and dams. They need to ensure that state income and property tax laws do not drive business out of our country.
The States need to take better control of regulating our utilities to ensure that they are providing healthy, and an adequate power grid at fair prices.
On the Constitution I agree with Thomas Jefferson
The United States Constitution was written in order to ensure the freedom of the people. A strict view of how the constitution was written is kept. However, "no society can make a perpetual constitution or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation." [11 ]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian_democracy
On religion I believe in:
- The wall of separation between church and state is the best method to keep religion free from intervention by the federal government, government free of religious disputes, politics free from influence by religion and religion free from corruption by government. [6] T Jefferson
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- I do not agree with all religions but I defended your right to your beliefs, but do not try to impose them on me or my family!
At times I will play the devil's advocate to try to get more people to open up.
The silent majority is still to large of a group of people in our country.
In my review of some of the post I see that this group stays in contact with Congress witch I think is imperative these days.
I also find that the posts in most of these groups can be very lengthy. I am more to the point than most.
I feel that compromise is very important in a true Democracy.