[AZ-Observing] Re: My two cents to idiot legislation
- From: "Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 09:34:49 -0800
Agreed, but on the other hand, another definition of politics is that it is
the process whereby the rules of the game are established. If we don't like
the rules, then we, as citizens, have to get actively involved. One problem
with this, though, is that our politicians can simply ignore us, calling us
fringe groups or some other term, as Bush did with the anti-war demonstrators.
A saying I have heard is "The best government is the government that governs
the least". I think a better definition, my own, is "The best government is
the government that requires the least amount of input by the citizenry and
still provides a life of freedom and opportunity". This probably will never be
possible because the human situation is always changing. But, it seems to me
that we have a system that is increasingly requiring more and more input and
involvement by the citizens who, in the end on many issues (such as zoning
ordinances, eminent domain, light pollution, etc. (including war)), get
stomped on. We all have jobs (except me, retired) and other interests. If we
have to increasingly spend more and more of our free time on other issues
because our system is not working well, just how free are we? Where would we
fall on the "Freedom Scale", if one could be constructed, at present and
compared to the past?
My 2 cents worth (which may actually be worth a mill or less).
Stan
"Bob Erdmann at ngcic.org" wrote:
> Welcome to the wonderful world of politics!! If a bit of legislation
> doesn't seem to pass the sanity test, then the first rule is to follow the
> money. It works every time. Once you understand that the word "politics"
> is a synonym for "corruption", you'll have much fewer frustrations in
> understanding what goes on in the legislature, or in Congress, for that
> matter. As a friend of mine once said: "A politician is just a nice name
> for unconvicted felon." I personally haven't seen much to counter that
> argument.
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