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Time for a Third Party (EP.94)
Summary:
No, I am not talking about a new party that will rise up and put us back on the right path. I am not talking about taking over one of the lesser parties and having that one rise up and take over.
I am talking about infiltrating each and every one of the existing parties, including Independents and Unaffiliateds, with a return to common goals, common sense, and a focus on what is best for America--not what is best for the individual politicians and their parties.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what this would mean to us individually and to our country.
Transcript:
No, I am not talking about a new party that will rise up and put us back on the right path. I am not talking about taking over one of the lesser parties and having that one rise up and take over.
I am talking about infiltrating each and every one of the existing parties, including Independents and Unaffiliateds, with a return to common goals, common sense, and a focus on what is best for America--not what is best for the individual politicians and their parties.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what this would mean to us individually and to our country.
I don’t believe for a moment that we the people and our political parties are nearly as divided as the leaders, both in politics and in the media, want us to believe. The division we see and hear about every day is largely manufactured by the press and the parties. It is in their selfish best interest to create and widen the divisions that make them look good and their opposition look bad. And keep us focused on them, and not the issues that we all face.
Let’s look at some of the most controversial issues and ask ourselves why we are seeing all the snarling, insults and accusations--and little, if any, progress. Ready?Immigration Reform. Stop with the wall/no wall shouting and posturing. Start with secure borders, including walls where engineers deem them the best solution, then build a path to legal residency for the 10M-20M who reside here illegally. This would include DACA, E-Verify and visa tracking. Yes, this would be amnesty, but with a secure border, the last one. And as we all know, repeat amnesties is another way of creating open borders. But this clear and workable solution would expose the people, on both sides, who want open borders, and are not yet ready to ‘fess up.Healthcare. Enough Single Payer yelling back and forth. Start with tort reform, and the ability to sell health insurance across state lines. Perhaps add some sort of drug price monitoring. Tort reform would greatly reduce the crippling medically-related legal fees--and most of Congress is comprised of lawyers. Social Security. When it was first enacted in 1940, the payoff age, 65, was 3 years past the then current life expectancy of 62 years; today it is 82 years. We could immediately fix Social Security by adjusting the payoff age by half of the increasing life expectancy. Not retroactively, but going forward. Social Security would then be solvent, and retirees would be getting far more than when it was first enacted. Seems like a win-win.Charter schools and school vouchers. The loudest voices want more money and have all the money go to public schools. Let’s tackle this issue with a look at what I believe should everyone’s goal. The best Pre K-12 education with the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars. Test every solution against that goal. Are the voices demanding that all the money go to public schools willing to have this as a goal?
The list goes on and on; even the most controversial issues can be reduced to common goals, and a path to reach them. All of these--I believe obvious--solutions have two major ...
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By Will LudenSummary:
No, I am not talking about a new party that will rise up and put us back on the right path. I am not talking about taking over one of the lesser parties and having that one rise up and take over.
I am talking about infiltrating each and every one of the existing parties, including Independents and Unaffiliateds, with a return to common goals, common sense, and a focus on what is best for America--not what is best for the individual politicians and their parties.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what this would mean to us individually and to our country.
Transcript:
No, I am not talking about a new party that will rise up and put us back on the right path. I am not talking about taking over one of the lesser parties and having that one rise up and take over.
I am talking about infiltrating each and every one of the existing parties, including Independents and Unaffiliateds, with a return to common goals, common sense, and a focus on what is best for America--not what is best for the individual politicians and their parties.
For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what this would mean to us individually and to our country.
I don’t believe for a moment that we the people and our political parties are nearly as divided as the leaders, both in politics and in the media, want us to believe. The division we see and hear about every day is largely manufactured by the press and the parties. It is in their selfish best interest to create and widen the divisions that make them look good and their opposition look bad. And keep us focused on them, and not the issues that we all face.
Let’s look at some of the most controversial issues and ask ourselves why we are seeing all the snarling, insults and accusations--and little, if any, progress. Ready?Immigration Reform. Stop with the wall/no wall shouting and posturing. Start with secure borders, including walls where engineers deem them the best solution, then build a path to legal residency for the 10M-20M who reside here illegally. This would include DACA, E-Verify and visa tracking. Yes, this would be amnesty, but with a secure border, the last one. And as we all know, repeat amnesties is another way of creating open borders. But this clear and workable solution would expose the people, on both sides, who want open borders, and are not yet ready to ‘fess up.Healthcare. Enough Single Payer yelling back and forth. Start with tort reform, and the ability to sell health insurance across state lines. Perhaps add some sort of drug price monitoring. Tort reform would greatly reduce the crippling medically-related legal fees--and most of Congress is comprised of lawyers. Social Security. When it was first enacted in 1940, the payoff age, 65, was 3 years past the then current life expectancy of 62 years; today it is 82 years. We could immediately fix Social Security by adjusting the payoff age by half of the increasing life expectancy. Not retroactively, but going forward. Social Security would then be solvent, and retirees would be getting far more than when it was first enacted. Seems like a win-win.Charter schools and school vouchers. The loudest voices want more money and have all the money go to public schools. Let’s tackle this issue with a look at what I believe should everyone’s goal. The best Pre K-12 education with the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars. Test every solution against that goal. Are the voices demanding that all the money go to public schools willing to have this as a goal?
The list goes on and on; even the most controversial issues can be reduced to common goals, and a path to reach them. All of these--I believe obvious--solutions have two major ...