America’s Founding Fathers were ahead of the curve when they put together the constitution for the new country and a unique system of checks and balances. They fully expected successive generations to improve on their version of a fair and equitable system. Alas, the progressive document of the past has become outdated and regressive.
Founding Fathers made concessions to the smaller, less populated, independent colonies/states in order to make a viable and potentially strong country. Principles of democracy were sacrificed to create a republic and a system of the electoral college to elect a President. Thus, we have the strange situation of states with a population less than that of many of our bigger cities having two US Senators and one Congressman. The House which was supposed to reflect the will of the people is now routinely outvoted by Senators who collectively represent less than half the population.
The electoral college has twice in recent years “selected” an American President (Bush II and Trump) while the majority of people voted for their opponent (Gore and Hillary). Instead of the much-feared tyranny of the majority, we now have the tyranny of the minority. Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, violated the Constitution and precedent when he denied President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merritt Garland from being considered by the full Senate. He is now “fast tracking” Trump’s nominee to the vacant seat of Justice Ginsberg. A sad day for the constitutional process and enduring precedents of the Senate.
There are other fundamental issues that have taken our political system away from Lincoln’s “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” It is now a “$” directed process where both presidential candidates spend a billion dollars each to get elected, legislation is controlled by lobbyist through “owning” congressional committee Chairs and unelected agencies like IRS and CMS can decide who to tax, what deductions are permissible and who gets healthcare. The same is true for EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), SEC (Security & Exchange Control), and FTC (Federal Trade Commission).
The COVID-19 crisis has been like a mirror held in front of the face of this nation. The absence of a federal public health policy and inadequate crisis management leadership resulted in the highest death rate among industrial-economic powers and the steepest economic decline precipitated by the pandemic. More importantly, it showed economic inequality perpetuated at birth by an educational system funded by real estate taxes. The economic recovery is favoring the educated and wealthy over the less educated and poor minorities.
As the nation is on a “pause” because of COVID-19, it may be the perfect time to put forward ideas for the fundamental reform of our political system. It must be “rescued” from the lobbyist representing varied interests, fundamental inequities and inequalities must be addressed both constitutionally and operationally and reviewed in the context of forming a government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” Yes, these need repeating!!
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