Speculation about what would happen should the current system of government in America collapse goes past just speculation. We'd have to invent a new word for the uncertainty that would occur, but some people are thinking about that and are coming up with scenarios. I've read through some of them, even introduced a few ideas of my own, but I don't see anything that would work until we're forced into the necessity to make it work. Necessity is the mother of invention, you know.
Government in America is pretty much in the crapper across the board. The federal government is screwed up with politics, mismanagement, indecision, gridlock, and ineptness. It fumbles and stumbles along, manages to keep things going, and for one reason - wealth, and that comes from the American public's tax dollars. Economic forecasters do a decent job most of the time in predicting what will come . . . in the short run. Nobody in this country actually does much long range planning. If they did, we'd be big time involved in what to do about water shortages in the country, a concern that's drawing attention and getting worse by the day. We don't have a uniform plan. States are grappling with the problem as are local governments, but not much is being done most places . . . just talk, and talk is cheap.
Democracy is from the start a fumbling, inefficient way to manage an economy. Too many hands in the pot - that's part of the problem. Lack of expertise is another, but nothing happens when problems arise until the problem is already full-blown. And sometimes that means it's too late to fix the problem. What then? If it gets too broke to fix, what do we do? The answer is simple: we find something to replace it. The good thing about us as a people is that we've always been pretty good at doing that. We get caught with our pants down lots of times, and we seem to find ways of working out of it . . . but at enormous expense.
If you study government around the country, these united states, you'll find a lot of differences in how various states, counties, and cities are managed. Some states do better than others, and the how and why of that is sometimes hard to pinpoint. Is it good government structure at work? Good managers at work? Are some states and communities just higher class than others, and therefore in a position to better take care of business? Probably, and if that's the case, there's a lesson here. Are liberal leaning states better places to live than conservative areas? Well, not in some cases. Texas is conservative, and it's one of the best places in American to live, if you want a job and a decent place to live. We're not all corn pone and cow ponies down here. Austin, for instance, is one of the most up-beat, lively, attractive places in the country, and people are flocking there like crazy. That city, like all metropolitan areas, has lots of problems, but they've also go fairly good leadership there.
Nebraska is another conservative state that's drawing attention as a good place to live, especially in Omaha. I don't know exactly why, but I can make some educated guesses, like - there's a good work ethic inherent in places like Nebraska. Keep it simple stupid kind of work ethic, just buckle down and do it, and that keeps them on top of things. And, they're the only state in the union with a unicameral legislature . . . one house. It's a state with a good attitude, and that helps. Texas thinks big, and even though we don't get there with our big ideas a lot of the time, we get somewhere. Some states are going nowhere . . . except in the same direction the federal government is going.
My point? Maybe it's time somebody paid attention to little brother. Maybe it's time big brother took some lessons for someone who's doing it better than they are. Wise up, Uncle Sam. The grass is greener where you're not trampling it down all the time. The window to success is sometimes a keyhole, so you'd best be taking a peek.
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