Monday, November 9, 2009
“The future is startling”
I first want to say is I agree with this argument for the most part. The things I agree with is the part about how people are allowed to have their own opinion, but I feel like some should just keep it to themselves. I agree that it would be nice to have more then two parties to choice from. The thing that I do not agree with and am very concern about is the quick to protect those politicians when not really knowing if they are doing what is best for our country. Not sure what this writers background is but I remember a year or two ago when the house of Texas got together to make their votes on bills and other issues, but for some members they felt like they did not need to go. Therefore, they have their key to their desk which controls there votes. So for those that where there voting they would vote the way they wanted to, so how is that doing everything to make the country better. What a great example to those under them which is pretty much everyone in the country. I mean how can you sit there and stick up for them. I do believe a lot of them go it with good intensions but you get sucked in the evil just overwhelms those good and descent beliefs but they soon fade away. Just like those good old boys that join the military. First you good and have your morals but then you rise up in the ranks and fine ways to find the easy way out and the fastest way to make a buck. Therefore, I would have to disagree when you say for people not to give these politicians crap because truthfully, they cannot satisfy everyone but they will make sure they are and that is just the way it goes.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that most Americans believe that the bedrock premise is that government is not the answer to our problems and government is the problem. An overwhelming majority of Americans perceive, that the size and cost of government have gone up in the past four years, when Republicans have had a grip on the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House. Discretionary spending grew from $649 billion in fiscal year 2001 to $968 billion in fiscal year 2005, an increase of $319 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.Texans and Americans had a slightly different perspective when it came to the specific issue of promoting traditional values. A slight majority -- 51 percent -- said they thought that was an appropriate activity for government, while 43 percent said it should not favor any particular set of values.It is known that the number of people who believe government has its hand in too many areas of American life has reached its highest point in more than a decade.The question asked by Gallup was, "Some people think the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses. Others think that government should do more to solve our country's problems. Which comes closer to your own view?" Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed say government is doing too much, while 38 percent say it should do more. Five percent are undecided. The number of people who believe government is doing too much is up sharply from early March, when "47 percent" said government was doing too much and "42 percent" said it should do more. The last time the number of people who believe government is doing too much hit 57 percent was in October 1994, shortly before voters threw Democrats out of power in both the House and Senate. It continued to rise after that, hitting "60 percent in December 1995", before settling down in the later Clinton and Bush years.In Texas, government doesn't have a hand in every aspect of Texan lives'; however, this trend is starting to grow. Lawmakers are doing it wrong and often times they ghost vote, even though House rules state that "a member must be on the floor of the House or in an adjacent room or hallway on the same level as the House floor, in order to vote."
ReplyDeleteLawmakers readily acknowledged that the practice of ghost voting – asking colleagues to vote for them when they are away from their desks – is still an honored tradition, even after a
nationally broadcast video two years ago embarrassed the House by catching numerous members scurrying from desk to desk to punch the voting buttons of absent colleagues.
And even after the House spent thousands of dollars to mitigate the problem, on technology that's never used. "There was a whole lot of [ghost voting] going on. It's not perceived as a problem to us as much as it is a people's perception about it, this is a disservice and proof that government is doing it wrong often times too much.