“I wish we had another choice”

And we USA Americans actually do have new voting choices in 2010. And the good news is that it is evolving as a peaceful revolution of sorts.

Leadership 101 includes treating people with respect. Most of us respect our seniors, “some more than others”. One might even think of the golden rule. I suspect most do in their own way. Another idea from Leadership 101 is that leaders “act” vice “react”. Two most “recent” examples come to mind about “reacting”. First is that city of Philadelphia is proposing to raise property taxes 10%, on top of a raise in city income taxes last year. This appears to this person to be “reacting” to preserve the status quo. Second is that writing pundits write about “anti-incumbent” trends in elections and the electorate. That theme implies “reaction” again, when perhaps, this portion of American electorate is really “acting”, and peacefully to boot, i.e., using their vote vice pitchforks in the street.

So we do have many choices as long as we can vote. Now this person accepts that there are professional masters at getting votes, and manipulating the USA American voting system. As much as I may not like it, that is just how things are these days. Now, of course, all this varies depending on where you live, and what level of government we are talking about. Bottom line, as long as we USA Americans can vote, that is good enough for this person.

And we do have voting choices for our near and far future, still. And we can still “act” for our families and our children’s benefits. No wonder all the present emigration patterns are towards us. There is something pretty good still going on here in the USA new world. Some is obviously economic, and some is political.

As long as we can vote, we still can decide our future. So we do have other choices, after all.