Reflexive Politics a true indicator of your political leadership

How do we as individuals find out how our political leaders are going to protect our freedom from oppressive government. It is a very simple answer... Just look at how the politician react under pressure to provide solutions to problems. If the politicians first "Reflexive Political action" is to jump into a government solution to the issue with no regards or consideration to the American people... he or she is not a politician to be trusted with the protection of your freedom from a government that will grow to rule you versus serve you as an American Tax payer.

For example, lets look at Obama Bush and McCain's reactions to the financial issues that we are all having to deal with. Did they look to the American Business or voter to aid in the solution to the issue?....No they went to a mechanism of govt as the solution to the problem. They developed a government "bailout" bill where the govt elected to dole out monies to the projects and programs that govt believes are solutions to our economic issues. So how is that working for us! Less than 20% of that money has been distributed and it seems a lot of these dollars have been spent on very large signs announcing, "Your Economic Recovery Dollars at work" even though it has not gone un-noticed that many of these projects were already underway.

This was a negative Political Reflex that believes in government over the Economics, dynamics and capabilities of the American people. No matter what they say, if they look to a government solution first and foremost over an "American people" solution this is a man or women that can't be trusted with the reins of power in a county seat, State office or Federal office. They have no faith in the system that is electing them... the people of the district that voted them in.

A positive Political Reflex to the government "bailout" bill would have been to grant a complete and total Tax freeze for all the State and Federal tax payers (individuals and businesses) for a period of 6 to 12 months. This would have gotten all the money out to all the taxpayers (Business and personal) and would have generated a stimulus of investment and business growth that would have diminished the recession that we are currently going through.

If our elected officials (I don't call them leaders because they are not) would have put their faith in Americans instead of Government this recession would have never happened (the cause of all of this... my next blog) or would not have been as severe. Our Govt. officials wanted to dole the money out as a way of control and "re-election" politics instead of solving the problems and because of this game... millions of families are suffering.. while they fiddle with theories and petty debate.

Lets dump those that are Reflexive to govt control ... just ask this question to those running for office, "What would you have done to head off this economic problem?? What do you want to do to solve this problem now that it exists?" If they Reflex to govt... they are not the candidate.

If the person is your current rep... just look at how he voted or proposed regulations....If it is Government first .... he or she is wrong for people and our country....

Solution to Energy Issues

The current issues such as Cap and Trade and the many other efforts by Govt to Tax our current energy sources in the belief this will generate some sort of demand for alternative energies is an ineffective effort. All it will do is open the door to back door, black market or boot leg energy products, similar to what happened with cigarettes, drugs and booze.
The best solution to this is to create an "Energy Portfolio" where all of our energy sources are used to deliver as much energy as our country needs where it is needed. At the same time, the older energies will continue to supply today's needs while the newer energies continue to develop. When an older energy starts losing ground to a newer energy the percentage balance of the portfolio will be modified... the newer energy will gain portfolio share while the older energy source will lose portfolio share. A flexible and all inclusive "energy portfolio" policy is the solution to the efficient delivery of energy to every economy. I'm encouraged by the fact that a similar version of this idea has shown up in the Wall Street Journal and in a couple of publications that are considered Global Warming and environmental advocate journals. Lets use Nuclear, Oil, Coal, Gas, Bio-Fuel, Hydro power, Kinetic, and Solar power as part of our "energy portfolio" but the only way to make this truly effective is to use them all and not "subsidize" or penalize any of these during the process. If each of these energy sources are on equal footing.. the market will drive each of them as they are needed and our economy will be able respond to efficiently utilize them as the market drives them through the up and downs of the supply and demand curve.

The Environment...Ignore the Global Warming stuff

Global warming has gotten in the way of many efforts to solve environmental problems that many of us have tried to solve for many years. Water, air and earth are the areas we should target for improvement on the local level. Every energy source and product type we have today should be used for the growth of our country but each of these must be used in the most efficient manner. Homes, and Businesses must work to make sure they use every resource in its most efficient manner. Government and other political organizations must make sure its people and society as a whole are given every resource to use for current operations and to innovate with for the future growth of its people and society. Global warming is not caused by mankind or mankind's activities but this issue has brought the need to optimize the efficiencies of how we utilize the globe's resources. So ignore Global Warming and lets focus on building a better world through better business and more efficient operations.