• 27 - Doctor, fix me! I’ll pay you anything!
    Oct 19 2024

    If we have healthcare insurance, we can agree to whatever treatment our doctor recommends. We don’t care if the cost is unreasonable. The forces of supply and demand do not apply to medical services and products.

    Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon.
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    12 mins
  • 26 - You kids get off of my lawn!
    Oct 16 2024

    We need laws and we must follow them. If a despot should gain control of our government, they get to rewrite the laws. It is never pretty. At that point, democracy ends. No citizen militia can overthrow a dictator in control of the nation’s armed forces. The only medicines for despotism are preventative ones.

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    13 mins
  • 25 - Education - My poppa tole me what to think!
    Oct 15 2024

    “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~ Aristotle

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    11 mins
  • 24 - What do you mean I “have to” work?
    Oct 15 2024

    While we work, we think of the sacrifices and struggles of our forebears, how they helped us and how we wish to help our children in similar ways.

    Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon.
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    12 mins
  • 23 - This country is run by socialists! Leave me alone!
    Oct 14 2024

    The “nanny state” is a symptom of a broken government system. Like in a dictatorship, other people decide what is best for us, whether we agree with them or not.

    Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon.
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    13 mins
  • 22 - Let’s make the kids run the government!
    Oct 8 2024

    A big issue related to the secondment of fresh people into bureaus, the staffing of deliberation teams, and getting non-politicians into legislative roles, is how these programs will be staffed.

    Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon.
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    18 mins
  • 21 - Government Service – How about Conscription?
    Oct 7 2024

    If we acknowledge that we, the citizens of our nation, are responsible for governing ourselves and that, as a citizen-body, we are the government, it is in our best interests to contribute, individually, to its wellbeing.

    Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon.
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    11 mins
  • 20 - Government Bureaucracy: How to fix a broken bureau
    Sep 18 2024

    Privatizing the government bureaus is NOT the solution for busting up bureaucracy. The solution is in staffing systems where fresh ideas come from fresh people within the bureaus themselves.

    Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon.
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    17 mins