| Well, our Founding Fathers sure seemed to | | | | anyway. Still, when our founding fathers stated |
| understand the issues of power, dictator tyranny, | | | | that they wanted a citizen run government, they |
| human nature, primate politics, and government | | | | meant all citizens should be involved; wealth and |
| didn't they? Indeed, the documents they drew up | | | | privileged crowd, and the average citizen who just |
| were pretty decent along with their ideas for a | | | | wanted to make things better. |
| citizen run government, which makes a lot of | | | | All too often our population and media seems to |
| sense when you think about it. But before you | | | | think that a citizen run government to mean |
| get all warm and fuzzy, why not consider the | | | | regular people and not successful entrepreneurs, |
| challenges this causes, and what happens when a | | | | wealthy elite, or blue blooded Americans. This |
| "pure democracy" is granted, when those very | | | | causes a huge problem as it divides classes. Also, |
| citizens are promised something by the duly | | | | when this tact is taken out of context, it is used |
| elected, which they simply can never deliver, | | | | to alienate successful business people, wealthy |
| those duly elected being citizens. | | | | citizens, and historical lineages from getting a fair |
| Likewise consider if you will the citizens who'd be | | | | shake. Some of which have achieved great things, |
| so duped into voting for such non-sense, and the | | | | built companies, and given back to the common |
| unethical citizen that might promise such, knowing | | | | good out of their own good nature. |
| full well it's not achievable. We have an ethics and | | | | Our founding fathers wanted a citizen |
| integrity problem in our society, and we must | | | | government - that would mean all citizens could |
| draw upon our citizens to volunteer to lead in our | | | | run for office. Many of them were of the wealthy |
| society. Well, as the percentage of those with | | | | class, and they considered themselves citizens |
| integrity and honest dwindles and more folks who | | | | too, as we all should. It only takes a little |
| are unethical run for office; this whole concept of | | | | observation of the current political climate to see |
| a citizen run government comes under challenges. | | | | that there are many citizens who do not belong in |
| And mind you, aren't we seeing that now? | | | | public office and clearly do not have the ethical |
| The reality is that we are all citizens here, well all | | | | fiber to lead this great nation at any level of |
| those except non-resident visitors and illegal | | | | government. I hope you will consider this when |
| immigrators. Normally, they do not run for office, | | | | you vote, and deeply think on the consequences |
| because they cannot prove citizenship, so really | | | | of your previous voting actions. |
| they are not able to become our political leaders | | | | |