You’ve now got number 41… something that gives you some power in how things are enacted in Washington. You’ve got a candidate that has so much popularity, even the President has seen fit to meet with him and appear buddy-buddy. You’ve sent a message that’s either a referendum on the healthcare debate, Obama presidency, congressional ineptitude, or some other cause you find dear, but now what?
Your detractors have called you the “Party of ‘No’” – a title I liken to kids complaining about their parents’ not allowing them to do irresponsible deeds – for obstructing a wildly unpopular healthcare system overhaul. You’ve been called out for not brining new ideas to the table – despite the fact that you have. But these are all superficial claims… I want the substance.
Now that you do have the power to push debate on serious issues, and seem to be getting some momentum in the elections, will you actually be constructive or just do what you, and the Democrats have continually done: Be more divisive, and wave the party banner while accomplishing little positive, and much negative?
Will you use your new-found power to enact simpler legislation for the healthcare calamity in the US? Such as truly reducing the liability medical organizations face? Not just a cut, but a reasonable reduction while still protecting the people?
Will you concentrate on lower government spending? Not just on social programs for the ‘wanty’, real cuts in wealth re-distribution (for wealthy or poor), or the defense budget that funds us to fight two wars, one of which we needlessly started?
Will you clean up congress? Not just the Senators/Representatives you don’t agree will, but will you enact legislation to keep special interests from literally bribing our national politicians to send votes or appropriations their way? Will you put in real teeth to findings of ethics committees?
Will you push through fair taxation for businesses and people? Not just the top or bottom brackets, but everyone and every business with a flat tax with fewer loopholes that simplifies the tax code, thus making it easier for small business, and regular Americans to complete their taxes, and fewer government employees to audit them?
Will you be more transparent? Not just on bills you don’t like, but on every one, especially when it comes to earmarks (pork)?
Will you actually do something meaningful rather than point fingers, and rattle the banner of “vote for us because we’re not in the OTHER party… which is evil”?
We’re waiting…
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