Isn’t it amazing?

Here we live in one of the best countries in human history. And it is best for so many reasons.

Now it seems so many Americans may revert us back to some other less well off times. Some say we are already on that path.

I suspect their intentions of change are good. But intentions are a poor substitute for promoting our citizens…all of us. Our “all of us” quality of life is important.

And no amount of smooth talking will help people who are cold and hungry.

And we have alternatives to improving our quality of life. All that has gone on before may have caused as many problems as were solved. And the alternatives are at all levels, federal, state, county, city, and school boards.

One question as I frame it is: Are we a one-size fits all country with its bureaucracies, or are we a “group of united states” with all its bureaucracies? In other words, what are we today? Are we rural, urban, or something in between? Are we old, young, or something in between?

The consequences, if we can vote, are enormous. The idea of federal social security taxes to take care of our elders has reduced the old idea that one couple must have many kids in order to take care of mom and dad when they get old. In other words, our birth rate went down.

These are momentous times. Ideas like revolt and civil war are coming up again.

Isn’t it amazing? Now we will learn how many of our human ancestors may have thought and now begin to go through our own thought process. Of course, this assumes we can still vote, and our votes count. And voting is so much the American way.

Our Constitution defines two legislative bodies, the House and the Senate. The House stands for election every two years. The Senate members stand for election every six years. And we Americans have financed them, their very expensive staffs, and their pension and medical plans to aid the effort to do good.

As an example, do most Americans know that, for example, Congresswoman Pelosi has three staffs, a speaker of the house staff, a democratic party staff, and a congresswoman staff, and we pay for it. It is such these days that the senate and house staffs have their own exercise clubs, and neither accepts the others, and we pay for these clubs, to include the use of federal buildings.

So what will we do? Vote I hope. It is our country after all. And that idea is not amazing.