As many of us understand; in this technological age, it’s sometimes necessary to press that Reset Button.
Either your PC locks up and there’s nothing else you can do, or the DVD player or Internet router just lost it’s mind. In all these cases, we depend on the Reset Button to get us back to a normal state so we can start over.
Now, in politics, the Reset Button is called “an election”. At the national level it occurs in two forms; the off year Congressional elections (a partial Reset) and, every four years, the Presidential election (a Full Reset).
With a faltering economy, high unemployment and ever increasing debt, it looks like aReset is called for. You know, that Reset you have to do before the hard drive burns up or the fans inside the PC spin out of control.
Not only do we need a Reset; we also need to adjust some of the wiring.
- Term Limits – Often talked about, but never accomplished. We’ve allowed ourselves to be placed u under the rule of a Political class. Senators and Representatives 12 years
- Judicial Appointments – No more of this once in always in stuff. A federal judge should be required to be reconfirmed periodically while serving on the bench; say every 16 years.
- Disclosure – If the politicians expect us to give them the keys to the car, we should expect the politicians to provide us sufficient proof that they are who they say they are and that they are qualified. No more of this sealing of school records, tax returns and other information pertinent to the electorate. If they were applying for a job, and refused to provide their college transcript, the prospective employee would point them at the door and wish them luck at their next interview.
- Legislation – No more of these mammoth bills that number in the thousands of pages. Bills that no one understands; that no one can fathom how it will impact the country.
- Tax System – A fair tax system for all. No more taxes on top of taxes; death taxes etc. No complex rules about what is and is not income. The current tax system is obviously too complex. How else can you explain the difficulties that some in the Congressional and Executive branches have with filing tax returns. The fairest would appear to be a consumption tax. You buy it, you pay taxes on it.
