I'm saying it's a bad idea, because it's already a bad habit. Our nation is too deeply in debt. If politicians want a small raise in the ceiling in order to facilitate the necessary shifts and condensions that will shrink our federal government to a manageable level, that's one thing, but we can't keep this up for ever. Maybe getting spending under control is a process that will take another decade, but we have to start somewhere, and that somewhere is not spending money we don't have.
The obvious place to start is the shear amount of pork barrel projects that do not benefit the nation as a whole, but one small congressional district. Granted, everyone likes a museum to visit, or some natural wonder to be a state or federal park, but I've already spoken my mind to that. Reduce the amount of money spent on parks overall, and let the actual running of parks be handled by the lowest levels. So we could probably afford to trim a lot of the fat there and streamline operations.
I think the same could be said for a lot of other operations. I think the federal law enforcement should be more of a coordinating force, than a full scale law enforcement. The only exceptions should be the military branch law enforcement. And that's only because there are many crimes that are fairly specific to the military, and many of these crimes can involve classified information that doesn't need to be released to the lowest levels. As far as local police departments and sheriff's offices go, why can't they have someone with a security clearance, or multiple officers with clearance working in the department. The fact is, the tiny town out in the sticks isn't going to have the terrorist threat that a larger metropolitan area will have. So, you would just need to have a FBI agent with a security clearance, who can coordinate with other police departments and state police, who makes a stop at that sheriff's office twice a month, as opposed to having a whole office of field agents, all working cases separate from local police, many of which don't actually require a security clearance, merely qualification to be a peace officer. Strip that out, and move the bulk of operations to the lowest levels.
It's a simple matter of looking at all the redundancy we have in our combined governments that isn't necessary, followed by a broken tax system, with a bureaucracy that is overgrown in and of itself on top of it all. Let the people be strong and sort it out, and let the higher levels only provide broader oversight. With modern technology, if we continue to grow it, it is very possible.
Look at skype, and other such services. It's almost not necessary for congress to fly in every representative and senator for sessions anymore. If the congressional offices were set central to the districts and states represented, with coordinated meeting times for sessions, our government could save millions on the travel costs of our legislators. And our legislators would be in our home states and districts more, allowing us to deal with them more often.
The fact is, government jobs is usually not the most viable sector for an economy, because the burden has to be paid for by someone. And the wealthiest people always find a way out of a good portion of their taxes. So we must find a way to shrink our government overall, so that it still does the same jobs, but without the redundancy, and can still manage our country.
The obvious place to start is the shear amount of pork barrel projects that do not benefit the nation as a whole, but one small congressional district. Granted, everyone likes a museum to visit, or some natural wonder to be a state or federal park, but I've already spoken my mind to that. Reduce the amount of money spent on parks overall, and let the actual running of parks be handled by the lowest levels. So we could probably afford to trim a lot of the fat there and streamline operations.
I think the same could be said for a lot of other operations. I think the federal law enforcement should be more of a coordinating force, than a full scale law enforcement. The only exceptions should be the military branch law enforcement. And that's only because there are many crimes that are fairly specific to the military, and many of these crimes can involve classified information that doesn't need to be released to the lowest levels. As far as local police departments and sheriff's offices go, why can't they have someone with a security clearance, or multiple officers with clearance working in the department. The fact is, the tiny town out in the sticks isn't going to have the terrorist threat that a larger metropolitan area will have. So, you would just need to have a FBI agent with a security clearance, who can coordinate with other police departments and state police, who makes a stop at that sheriff's office twice a month, as opposed to having a whole office of field agents, all working cases separate from local police, many of which don't actually require a security clearance, merely qualification to be a peace officer. Strip that out, and move the bulk of operations to the lowest levels.
It's a simple matter of looking at all the redundancy we have in our combined governments that isn't necessary, followed by a broken tax system, with a bureaucracy that is overgrown in and of itself on top of it all. Let the people be strong and sort it out, and let the higher levels only provide broader oversight. With modern technology, if we continue to grow it, it is very possible.
Look at skype, and other such services. It's almost not necessary for congress to fly in every representative and senator for sessions anymore. If the congressional offices were set central to the districts and states represented, with coordinated meeting times for sessions, our government could save millions on the travel costs of our legislators. And our legislators would be in our home states and districts more, allowing us to deal with them more often.
The fact is, government jobs is usually not the most viable sector for an economy, because the burden has to be paid for by someone. And the wealthiest people always find a way out of a good portion of their taxes. So we must find a way to shrink our government overall, so that it still does the same jobs, but without the redundancy, and can still manage our country.
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