One thing we have heard from pundits and politicians is that Donald Trump must "change
his tone" and "be more presidential" for him to have any chance of winning the presidency.
These suggestions are coming from some of the very people who said he will never win
the Republican primary, no less the presidency.
So is such advice worth anything? I'll leave it to Donald Trump to answer this question.
But, I will offer our next president, whomever it will be, a couple of suggestions based
on what I learned this primary season, beginning with two statements Donald Trump
made in the first debate.
Trump's own words when he launched his campaign, "all politicians do is talk" and
"anyone who will donate millions to politician wants something in return" offered us
a view of two of the biggest impediments to responsible representative governance,
incompetence and corruptibility; which none of his challengers refuted!
If we begin with attacking these two obstructions we have taken the first giant step
to improve our nation.
The "incompetence" comes in the form of continued spending tens of billions on
programs already proven to be failures Such programs operated by dysfunctional
agencies must be replaced and the incompetent personnel who oversee them fired!
The "corruptibility" come with the contributions by donors who purchase access for
a small fee, thousands of dollars in donations for millions in government contracts.
Congress is already structured to address the "incompetence" with oversight, but
has refused to do so; even failing to implement recommendations of the General
Accounting Office which documents and reports what needs to be done. Congress
must follow through or incompetence will remain a resident rather than an unwelcome
guest in Washington.
Congress also needs to act to end even the appearance of "corruptibility" so the public
can regain confidence in the integrity of their representatives. This can only be done
if individuals and businesses are not permitted to do business with govt. agencies inside
two years of contributing to members of Congress. This would immediately end the
all too obvious quid pro quo relationship between contributors and elected officials.
This may not seem like much until you look in the direction of entrenched bureaucracies
and elected officials who will be affected. Neither agencies or Congress would
willingly accept this overhaul, and perhaps this is reason enough both be pursued.
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