The Economics of Politics

While, no doubt, common knowledge among the business and mercantile congnicenti, politics is a matter of economics. Money drives special interests. Money drives campaigns. Where money is spent drives voter interest.

Money. Money. Money.

However necessary money is to the wheels of government and the economy of the nation, just like your home budget, the country needs to set priorities. The moral standard we set for home should be echoed in the governments planning, but then our home budgets are a reflection, a mirror image, of the priorities the government sets.

For instance: We budget more for medicine when the government budgets less
We budget more for education when the government budgets less.
We budget less for self defense when the government budgets more.

OK and on a personal note: I spent thousands educating my children in private schools that didn't give a rats patooty about their aptitudes interests or desires. I spend thousands every year on medicines I don't really believe in, Dr's tests and hospital bills. I also have guns but not for self defense. I wouldn't want to waste the cost of the bullets (or the legal fees but that's the subject of another post I think).

The point here is: A better general study of the economics of everyday life needs to be made. Or made public. To include an accurate definition of what the "average" family spends their money on. Then figure the up and down sides of the bell curve. You know... One and two standard deviations each way? Lets see how the "deviants" live as well. Some people can make very little money and live well. Others can make "stupid" money and always be in debt. We need a thorough public study of the economy presented with scenarios everyone can relate to .

The economy is the root of our society. Not the root of its strength or the root of its problems, just the root. Always been that way. Before Rome fell the Emperor needed to keep the people happy in order to maintain order and therefore power. Several did this by ordering months of feasts and circuses where they literally fed the populace for free and entertained them all day. Most of the people in Rome went to the circuses so there was little business being done. The economy of the state quickly declined, which prevented the Emperor from paying for the bread and circuses, and the Army which revolted, killed the Emperor and replaced him with another who stole enough money to provide bread and circuses. This sounds a lot like the last few elections in the US. Slick Willy and Dubyah. What a pair of con men.

We the people need to realize the economy runs through our hands and so does the economy of politics. We don't have to take the crap politicians that are handed to us. We don't need to look for the circus. What we need is to present the pols with a coherent plan.

Do this. This is our Manifesto.