I have an opinion about how the upcoming USA Presidential should be done. I am a Democrat and very happy being part of the party which has a heart and a soul and which really cares. It cares about the many diverse groups that compose the party including the very rich and the very poor. I believe that with the money and the people available to the Democratic Party that it could win both the White House AND the Congress and I hope it does.
I would like to see the campagne run on electing BOTH the party's presidential candidate and the representatives and senators of the party in all districts. I would like to see that stated boldly and everywhere and I hope all the candidates can be in agreement are certain basics such as climate change, taxation, Social Security, education, homeland security, universal (or near universal) health care, human rights for all, and other issues which are national and political in nature.
All political issues are also economic issues. We get what we pay for and if we pay less and less into our pooled resouces, which is our government, then we will get less and less government and the fact is that there is good to government.
What is good about government? Government protects all of us. With less taxes coming into to government for police departments we get less police protection and we need private security and private, company police departments which are paid for by those rich enough to pay for such things. The same thing happens with education. I suspect the fall of good public schools for all has been mirrored by the rise of private schooling for those who can afford it or otherwise need it. Those who otherwise need it probably and sadly include those who have beliefs which are narrow and prejudiced. Thus there has been a general abandonment of public schools in many places. And the home-schooling movement is part of the declines in public funding for schools. This is rational to a point. Why would a home-schooler want to pay for public schools they are not using. The same thing may be said by the rich who send their children to private schools and who figure out how to pay as little in taxes as legally possible. THE LAWS NEED CHANGING. Everyone should pay their fair shares for the good of all AND I would go further and say that all Americans should spend some time together in public schools so that understanding and knowledge and connections can be experienced.
We need to pay for education for all, protection for all, and there are other things that effect us all and which needs to be paid for!
(I left off my list of issues abortion because I think, first of all, itis a human rights issue, secondly, it is a generally settled issue, and thirdly is is a matter of personal conscience and choice for a women and her most local commuunities (family, religious, town, etc). If a women chooses to have an abortion I hope all communities would support her in that decision but if some do not then I don't think those opposed can be forced to be accepting although everyone needs to be civil within parameters which are respectful and that privacy for all should be maintained. NOTE: this is a complex and personal issue which may be beyond the realms of the political but which has been brought into the realm of the political so that other broader and more universal issues get sidetracked or held hostage. YES there are those who argue that it is THE issue which MUST be decided one way or the other but I think that the issue is best decided privately as are so many aspects of sex and families and marriages and values are essentially personal and private. Having said this I know that some will not let this issue alone and some will contend for ever for the rights of those they think need to have certain rights. I think there are limits which apply to the born and the unborn and those limits are hard to define and really settle on for all. Therefore, personal, private choice in each instance should be well honored and known. (but I am vague here, am I not! The abortion issue is very difficult to rationally and comprehensively discuss as the two basic sides seem very uncompromising. SO..moving on... and beyond this true quagmire....)
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