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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Baja Days and then the Days: Electoral College- Relevant?
Baja Days and then the Days: Electoral College- Relevant?: I just had this amazing conversation with my brother about the electoral college and it's relevance today. He asked me a question I hadn't t...
Electoral College- Relevant?
I just had this amazing conversation with my brother about the electoral college and it's relevance today. He asked me a question I hadn't thought about since US government in college; how it started. I knew that answer but I had no answer for is it still relevant. We both agree that the President should be voted in BY THE PEOPLE and today that is possible since we now can vote with absentee ballots from ANYPLACE in the world! If you live in the frozen tundra areas you just need to pay attention and cast that vote in a timely manner if you want your candidate to win.
They have served their purpose and we need to make changes so the vote becomes that of the People and by the People again. In case you missed it Congress voted themselves a raise however those of us receiving VA checks did not get our COLA this year. That brought up another issue as to a straight Federal tax. They did not need to raise our personal taxes because they just raised or put a federal tax on other things. He asked me if I ever really looked at the receipt from my hotel bill. I said no I just pay it and he said well the next time check the little tax on there it pays for their utility bills and there is a little for the government. He also asked me about harvesting crops and what did I know about how that works; another issue I was amazed to learn just how it works within the government. I will also be looking into the Fish and wildlife departments; did you know there is one to study fresh water trout and one for salt water trout? We don't need more federal jobs we need the ones that are already there to work efficiently and fire people if they don't. A federal job should not be for life. Do a great job or give an unemployed person the chance to show you up. We are paying them after all and EVERYONE seems to forget that. So we will not settle for complacency anymore. WE are their bosses and we need to get that back in perspective! LIVE WITH LOVE AND LAUGH OFTEN
They have served their purpose and we need to make changes so the vote becomes that of the People and by the People again. In case you missed it Congress voted themselves a raise however those of us receiving VA checks did not get our COLA this year. That brought up another issue as to a straight Federal tax. They did not need to raise our personal taxes because they just raised or put a federal tax on other things. He asked me if I ever really looked at the receipt from my hotel bill. I said no I just pay it and he said well the next time check the little tax on there it pays for their utility bills and there is a little for the government. He also asked me about harvesting crops and what did I know about how that works; another issue I was amazed to learn just how it works within the government. I will also be looking into the Fish and wildlife departments; did you know there is one to study fresh water trout and one for salt water trout? We don't need more federal jobs we need the ones that are already there to work efficiently and fire people if they don't. A federal job should not be for life. Do a great job or give an unemployed person the chance to show you up. We are paying them after all and EVERYONE seems to forget that. So we will not settle for complacency anymore. WE are their bosses and we need to get that back in perspective! LIVE WITH LOVE AND LAUGH OFTEN
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