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Sunday, October 25, 2009

The American evolution continues

Times are hard for 1/10 of our fellow Americans without jobs. Our declining property and even sales tax bases for many local and state governments are causing a lot of problems for keeping the past going. One State is even cutting the school time to 4 days a week in order to keep all present teachers employed, even those that might teach “pet care” as an elective. One city may even lease its water system for “its” city monetary needs to the probable detriment of its taxpaying citizens who will probably pay more for what they now pay to the city for water and other such things.

Now we already pay considerable taxes to all our governments like school boards, cities, counties, states, and our federal government. Most consider our common good as a good reason to do all this.

The problems that are becoming apparent in this recent evolution are the priorities of those politicians we have elected to lead us in our common goals, like educating our kids in such a way that can make them successful and happy (as in run a home family and do a good job that gains self respect).

There is one obvious friction. Many present politicians will maintain the present status quo as best as they can. After all, for lack of knowing what to do, they do what they know. And there are alternatives, like assigning priorities that benefit most of us citizens. Home security (police and fire protection for example), clean water and waste water treatment, national defense, and promoting families come to mind. And in the end, all solutions are local for local reasons. And in the recent evolution we simply can’t afford all these good intentions.

While there are obviously poor moves that some fellow Americans have made towards an imperial federal government, the rest of the country is just working and paying the taxes that provide for our common good. And never assume conspiracy when simple incompetency will do. This is the nature of evolution, even an American evolution. And never forget even we Americans can have “educated fools”. At all levels, I think.

So as we do evolve, three ideas bubble up to the top. Promote and protect our families. And recognize and benefit our vast size and differences. And third, do things at all levels that promote the first two ideas.

Like the title suggested, we Americans are evolving. And we are doing so in our new world with all it financial and other problems.

The best way to evolve is to vote, at all levels.

Many believe that the main fault with our form of government here in the USA is the ability for the have-nots to vote themselves benefits paid for by the haves. I think this is correct. Entire organizations, like “community organizers” milk this idea to the max. And our American national character to help our less well off gets exploited, it seems. But in our American evolution in our new world, we can do things differently. Again, vote at all levels. The have-nots are a minority in the end, and we majority can help them as we choose. This is another example of evolution. And I live and have worked in a very poor area of our Country, Appalachia, so I have some experience in this subject.

Yes, the American evolution continues, and this evolution still attracts so many fellow humans in our world.

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