I've been wanting to talk about this for a long time now. I'm tired of not involving this blog with stuff that I feel truly matters, to me and every American. After reading two articles, one about Congress failing to do its job and the other about ineffectual leadership, I feel compelled to talk about my take on politics. I go to a very conservative, mainly Republican, Catholic school, so speaking my mind about certain issues is never a good idea, especially because I am a moderate Democrat and an idealist. I try to see things in an objective light, and enjoy getting opinions of politics from others. That being said, here are some things I think we need to do to make our nation more effective is serving all its people.
Reform the system I truly think it's time to reform our political system. If you read the article about Congress, you'll see that at present, our political parties have become politically coherent, and as such, parties disagree with one another in unanimous voice. Since the country has changed, it's time our system accomodates so that we can get things done.
Involve the Youth One of the greatest cripples of politics is the fact that the youth cannot easily get involved. No one listens to a twenty five year old just out of college when they can listen to someone who has worked and lived and owned a house and raised a family. But by neglecting the voice of the younger generation, we embaress the idea of politics altogther. Politicians always say they do the things they do for our children, but when we aren't listening to the ones that come after us, why should we do anything for them?
Enough of the rhetoric Everytime I turn on the TV, I hear something to the affect of "What would the Founding Fathers do?" We have to realize that our nation has changed dramatically since the time of GW and TJ. The truth of the matter is we honestly have no idea what they would do, because they, like us today, disagreed with one another on how they felt the country should be structured. Instead of wondering what the Founding Fathers would do, we should do what the Founding Fathers did: compromise and find solutions that help as many Americans as possible.
Separate Church and State Seriously attempt to keep religion out of politics. Look it's impossible to elect all atheists to Congress, but to allow our government to be dominated by what our church tells us isn't government at all. Let's remember that Law was given to us by God is a way we could comprehend. Therefore, because we create laws, they are automatically inherently flawed. But justice is a divine institution. We must learn that our religion blinds us to what is righteous from a godly standpoint. As such, we must think logically in aspect to our lawmaking, not spiritually.
So that's my take. Please read the two articles and leave a comment about how you feel about politics. Thanks for reading.
You made my day by this line: "Instead of wondering what the Founding Fathers would do, we should do what the Founding Fathers did: compromise and find solutions that help as many Americans as possible". Mainly, the word compromise. Too many people these days have trouble compromising because they feel they give up their moral beliefs. This is simply not true.
ReplyDeleteI think you need to clarify what you mean by "reform the system". I don't feel our system is broken. People are ruining the system, not the other way around. You have actually hit part of my conservative beliefs here. I feel that the core of how the system works today is why we are America, and changing it or reforming it as you say would be to me one of the largest mistakes in American history. Our system works, it's the idiots that are in the system that can't seem to get the job done. This is where one of your points, I think, comes into play. The youth need to see the inability of Congressmen to get the job done, and vote better people in. Because as much blame as we can put on these officials, they were elected by us, and part of that is our fault. Once again, I feel you should specify what you mean by reform.