Tuesday, April 23, 2013

abolish congressional districts

 A scourge of our times- when the economy is in peril, a backward and determined group of House or Representatives repeatedly act to further weaken the economy, punish voters they purportedly represent, and  by making and following extra-governmental commitments in clear conflict with their duty to use their best efforts to promote prosperity and public well being. They are in effect sabotaging the economy and depriving Americans of the one means we have to directly create jobs and industry in America- to spend our collective resources to create jobs and industry.

A Representative's pledge not to raise taxes made to a campaign funding group is in a fundamental sense a conflict of interest, in a broader sense a violation of an Oath of Office. A clear duty exists in the Constitution a unique power of the House of Representatives to levy taxes.
It might be more clear to the vengeful progeny of the business of international conflict if a President to  a pledge to a group of rich philanthropists never to wage war.  We would all - especially if it were a man or woman of color- immediately be thrust into a Constitutional crisis- It might sound a little like this:
what do you mean we wont go to war-- we force the poor to pay enough in taxes to be able to maintain two wars at any time!!!
So this pledge on taxes is a deeper problem than wrapping one's self in a cloak or RIGHTeousness and talking about keeping your money while taking every benefit in sight-- i chuckle at all of the tax rebates that have come from business lunches to discuss "no more corporate taxes". Yes. those ungrateful Bastards for whom we spend more for defense than the next 5 highest nations combined, for whom we maintain peacekeeping nearly worldwide so that they can safely export our economy to Singapore and the Philippines. Those for whom we enforce patents and incredible debt collection laws, give them a safe and trade-able international benchmark currency.
So, we need to explore this urgently: can we abolish these gerrymandered Congressional Districts- probably not without  an amendment to the Constitution but - can we broaden each to be co-terminus with the boundaries of a State? Essentially remake all of them like Montana or Wyoming- places with two Senators but barely enough population to have two House seats?  I doubt John Boehner would win in a State race in Ohio, I mean unless the amount of idiots per square mile has suddenly increased in Ohio; OOOhh and that jerk in Texas who apologized to BP for having to pay for nearly destroying the Gulf of Mexico; and Michelle Bachmann- who has single-handedly proved women are not superior- the list goes on-- yes.  We who love this country, need to go on attack against the bought and paid for House Republicans- it really is a matter of them or US. It has been shown by their conduct- debt ceiling blackmail, the sequester-  they will not rest as long as there is a breath of life in our Nation's economy.

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