Doing What’s Right Should Maybe Stand For More
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
Over the past few months (and actually going back to the 2009 Nevada Legislature) the Party has been in control of legislative actions at the state and national level. We’re supposed to believe that because they have the majority of votes, they should vote, in unison and pass whatever legislation they want implemented. The socialism they desire to implement should not be delayed.
Those with the pen and in support of the replacement of private enterprise and capitalism suggest that we need to give the American people the outcome that we supposedly voted to accept.
Having spent the last few months reading the accounts of the activities that took place during the founding of our country (the deliberative process which lead to the creation of the Declaration of Independence as well as the U.S. Constitution) it struck me the way in which these time-tested concepts were prepared. First, unlike the Nevada Legislature, the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, the differing views were exchanged in a public forum. They decided these weighty matters in open, not behind the closed door negotiating sessions that have become the norm for the more politically-inspired “solutions” the guys of our day are working to address.
Not only did the representatives involved in early times weigh and debate each word and concept, they also read what they were suggesting should become the outcome of the process…as opposed to nearly 1,000 page documents (with Trillion dollar price tags) that get voted on without the time or the effort given to read (let alone study and understand). Then again they also didn’t have the 24-hour news cycle to pander to or for. They were more interested in getting the ideas they wanted right – as opposed to fast.
Yes, things have changed in these United States of America…just like the campaign slogan we heard so often repeated. It’s too bad that we couldn’t have voted for “Improvement” instead of getting “Change”. That should be something we shoot for in 2010…
Over the past few months (and actually going back to the 2009 Nevada Legislature) the Party has been in control of legislative actions at the state and national level. We’re supposed to believe that because they have the majority of votes, they should vote, in unison and pass whatever legislation they want implemented. The socialism they desire to implement should not be delayed.
Those with the pen and in support of the replacement of private enterprise and capitalism suggest that we need to give the American people the outcome that we supposedly voted to accept.
Having spent the last few months reading the accounts of the activities that took place during the founding of our country (the deliberative process which lead to the creation of the Declaration of Independence as well as the U.S. Constitution) it struck me the way in which these time-tested concepts were prepared. First, unlike the Nevada Legislature, the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, the differing views were exchanged in a public forum. They decided these weighty matters in open, not behind the closed door negotiating sessions that have become the norm for the more politically-inspired “solutions” the guys of our day are working to address.
Not only did the representatives involved in early times weigh and debate each word and concept, they also read what they were suggesting should become the outcome of the process…as opposed to nearly 1,000 page documents (with Trillion dollar price tags) that get voted on without the time or the effort given to read (let alone study and understand). Then again they also didn’t have the 24-hour news cycle to pander to or for. They were more interested in getting the ideas they wanted right – as opposed to fast.
Yes, things have changed in these United States of America…just like the campaign slogan we heard so often repeated. It’s too bad that we couldn’t have voted for “Improvement” instead of getting “Change”. That should be something we shoot for in 2010…
Posted by Doug Busselman at 11/11/2009 6:10 AM 
Categories: Government
Tags: U.S. Congress Legislative Process 2010 Election
Categories: Government
Tags: U.S. Congress Legislative Process 2010 Election
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