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[Guest guest]

It's called a Republic,...but I think, I understand what u r saying.

 

Jessika Stone <remindersofthen wrote: I've been trying to

explain this to my boyfriend about the war and other political issues.

The government of the United States is set up to serve the people. We the People

are its boss. We like to talk about all the freedom we get as a result of this,

but the truth is that when the few of us who actually do vote go to do so, we

think we are voting for a leader. No. We are supposed to be the leader. The

elected officials are just supposed to represent our wants and needs as we

direct them to.

[Guest guest]

There are a number of different forms of government throughout the world

including thocracies, dictatorships, monarchies, democracies, and republics.

We indeed live in a republic. Most people confuse our government with that

of a democracy where everything is run by an actual vote of every single

person involved. In a republic, we do in fact choose a small group of

people to represent the whole body. Think how confusing it would be if

every single person in the country was required to cast a vote for every

single piece of legislation being disucssed. We choose these

representatives based upon the theory that they most closely represent our

point(s) of view. That does not necessarily mean they will vote the way we

want them to every single time because they are a representative for a lot

of people, not just us and those that think the same way.

 

The obvious thing is that they are supposed to reflect the will of the

people they represent. However, once in place, they tend to make choices

based upon their own preferences and unless we as the electing body of

people are willing to make our voices heard, there certainly is no guarantee

that our officials will represent what we want. Even if we do speak up,

often times opposing views may speak louder than we do or the elected

officials simply choose to ignore the people they represent.

 

The real problem is that too few people vote and generally speaking, most

elected officials get where they are because only a small portion of the

people they actually represent took the time and effort to make a choice in

the first place.

 

Your voice really does make a difference, on the whole. Many, many

decisions made by our elected officials have been decided by a single vote.

Two prime examples are the fact we primarily communicate in English instead

of German. Another was the impeachment vote of Andrew Johnson. Both of

these events were decided by one vote. There are more than 100 other major

things our federal government has been involved in that were also decided by

one or two votes at most and the potential for influence on our officials

becomes critical as the value of the decision rises.

 

Therefore it becomes extremely important that you be involved in the initial

choice for elected officials. It stays important that you make your

personal opinions known to those who represent you. The average elected

governmental official hears from less than 1/100th of 1% of his constituents

during his elected tenure. If only 1 person at most in a thousand voices

his opinion at any time, and it does not reflect what you think, how in the

world can you possibly hope to have your views heard and understood?

 

Regards,

 

Bruce Guilmette, PhD

Author: THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST LIVING, A Personal Story About

Cancer Survival

Survive Cancer Foundation, Inc.

http://survivecancerfoundation.org

 

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