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Only  Conscience, Education,Transparency, Accountability, and Power can yield Responsibility, and reduce Corruption.

A  fact  of  human  nature  that  must  be  understood  and  readily  recognized:
 
(1)   Most people, naturally, seek security and prosperity with the least amount of effort and pain.
There is nothing wrong with that, and most people are ethical and law abiding (otherwise, we would have wide-spread chaos, war, lawlessness, and societal disorder).
However, some people (Cheaters) have surrendered to , which breeds greed and Corruption.
Cheaters will resort to unethical and/or illegal methods (to varying degrees). 
Especially when and where opportunity and Power exists. 
Cheaters will try to tap-into others'  , and use it for their own nefarious purposes (e.g. controlling others;  seducing voters into the circular, divisive, distracting, petty partisan warfare;  pitting voters against each other;  pitting citizens and illegal aliens against each other;  brain-washing voters into believing they must pull the party-lever (i.e. blindly vote straight-party-ticket),  dividing the voters so that a majority can never exist to vote-out the irresponsible incumbent politicians, etc.).

There are other root causes (human traits; what some call the original 7 deadly sins), which in excess, have always plagued people everywhere (to varying degrees, and each category having some over-lap):

  • apathy, complacency, sense of futility, negligence, ignorance, and laziness;
  • greed, selfishness, gluttony, lust for power and control, envy, pride, and exploitation of others and things (e.g. lawlessness, wealth, usury, wars, taxation, etc.);
  • irrational fear, fear mongering, anger, intolerance, hatred, prejudice of others and things (e.g. religion, race, gender, color, ethnicity, etc.);
  • delusion (deception and self deception), misplaced loyalties, partisan-warfare, misplaced compassion, misplaced priorities;
(2) Corruption grows when and where there is:
   þ insufficient  Conscience, which creates a lack of caring, which creates
   þ insufficient  Education, which paves the way for growing ignorance, which creates
   þ insufficient  Transparency, which creates opportunities for self-gain, which creates
   þ insufficient  Accountability, which means there are no consequences, which creates
   þ insufficient  Responsibility,
 þ and  Power  amplifies the problem, as laws are perverted to do the very things they were originally supposed to prevent.
 
Conscience  = the source of moral and ethical judgment; a sense of right and wrong; a sense of caring.  A good Conscience is not merely knowing what is right or wrong, but caring enough to do what is right, and provides the motivation to seek the balance of  Education,  Transparency,  Accountability,  and  Power required for any successful society, government, or organization;
 
    Education  = an understanding of the importance of:   Conscience, Education,  Transparency,  Accountability,  Power,  Responsibility,   Corruption,  and  the human factor (human psychology);  humans naturally seek security and prosperity with the least effort and pain,  and some people will sometimes resort to dishonest, unethical, or illegal methods to obtain it;  Education can also, potentially, compensate for a lack of Conscience (i.e. virtue) and the other components;
 
Transparency  = visibility and simplification of cleverly over-complicated processes to reveal and identify abusers, reveal the truth, create outrage, reduce opportunities for abuse, and discourage abuse and dishonesty;
 
Accountability  = consequences needed to encourage law enforcement, encourage ethical behavior, and discourage abuse and dishonesty;
  
Power  = force required to enforce the laws, discontinue abuse, ensure consequences, punish abusers, and discourage abuse and dishonesty;
     
Responsibility  = Power  +  Conscience  +  Education  +  Transparency  +  Accountability
Corruption  =  Power   -  Conscience   -   Education  -   Transparency  -   Accountability
   
     
 
  THE PROBLEM:
The government is irresponsible and unaccountable and voters allow it.  Government needs  Power  to enforce the laws,  but  Power  without sufficient  Conscience,  Education,  Transparency,  and  Accountability  yields  Corruption.

But, the voters keep re-electing, rewarding, and empowering the same irresponsible incumbent politicians. 

The nation's pressing problems will continue to grow in number and severity as long as:
  • voters continue to repeatedly reward and re-elect irresponsible incumbent politicians.
  • voters continue to throw money at politicians (billion$) to fill their campaign war chests.
  • voters continue to be seduced into wallowing in the circular, divisive, distracting partisan warfare.
  • voters continue to emphasize differences rather than unity and similarities.
  • voters continue to allow politicians to tap-into the voters' laziness and blind loyalties;
  • voters continue to be tricked into blindly pulling the party-lever (i.e. straight ticket).
  • voters continue to fuel the extremely effective, circular, time-wasting, destructive, divisive, distracting partisan warfare.
  • voters continue to allow politicians to pit voters against each other; and pit U.S. citizens and illegal aliens against each other.
  • voters continue to demonize the OTHER party, and make excuses for THEIR own party (emphasizing differences rather than unity and similarities).
  • voters continue to be bribed with the voters' own tax dollars.
  • voters continue to ignore the politicians ignoring the nation's problems.
  • voters continue to believe that pleading with incumbent politicians will lead them to finally pass many badly-needed, no-brainer, common-sense reforms.
  • voters continue to waste valuable time needed to avoid the painful consequences of decades of massive debt, borrowing, spending, and excessive money printing.
  • voters continue to fail to do their duty to peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable too.

Irresponsible Voters = Bad Politicians = Bad Government

We are ALL culpable.
 
 
  THE SOLUTION:
    Voters need  Education  to understand the fundamental elements above,  to recognize the clever manipulations and controlling mechanisms (e.g. partisan warfare) of cheaters,  and  remember that no reforms will ever be possible until voters do the one simple, common-sense, no-brainer, non-partisan, inexpensive, safe, peaceful and responsible thing that voters were supposed to be doing all along: 
   
    RECOMMENDATION:

Stop  Repeat Offenders.
 Stop  Re-electng  Irresponsible  Incumbent Politicians ! 

Peacefully force Congress to finally pass many badly-needed, common-sense, responsible reforms that incumbents have refused to pass for so many decades.   Peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable too !
 
    The irresponsibility of the federal government and slumbering voters is threatening the future and security of the nation.  The United States is facing many pressing problems,  but these problems can never be resolved and no reforms can ever be passed without, first, following our Conscience to do what is right, to peacefully force government to be  Transparent,  Accountable,  and  Responsible  too!   And, without merely shifting power, or stripping government of all Power to accomplish anything.
     
 
  CONCLUSION:
  The human factor, , must be understood and accounted for.  Some wise people, through the centuries, understood this very well, and tried to build in checks-and-balances.  But, the voters have neglected to maintain sufficient levels of  Education, Transparency, and  Accountability required to prevent the Cheaters that are always striving to circumvent or pervert the rules and laws for self-gain and legal plunder.

 Education is needed to understand how the root problem ( ):

    þ   works  for  irresponsible incumbents,
    x   works  against  voters.

Politicians have Power by virtue of their office.  Power coupled with yields Corruption, because Cheaters can simply create more opportunities for self-gain by simply doing nothing, or breeding chaos.  Cheaters also get paid hand$omely while doing it on the job, giving themselves more unfair advantages, and making their incumbency more secure and cu$hy.

The voters' works against them, because their lack of motivation to observe and monitor politicians, reject the partisan warfare, and go vote out irresponsible incumbents (always) takes time and effort for the voters, and voters don't get paid for their time or effort. Also, it requires time and effort for the voters to maintain sufficient levels of  Education, Transparency, and Accountability.

Therefore, corrupt incumbent politicians have many unfair advantages.  One major advantage is money.
There are  two  classes in this country:
  • One class derives concentrated power from its concentrated wealth.  1% of the U.S. population has 40% of all wealth.   83% of all federal campaign donations (of $200 or more in year 2002) are from a mere 0.15% of the 200 million eligible U.S. voters.  How can the remaining 99.85% of the U.S. population compete with that ?
  • The other class typically only has power in numbers, and that power is largely ineffective due to The People's failure to organize or realize the one simple, inexpensive, common-sense, no-brainer, responsible thing voters were supposed to be doing all along, always.  Just simply stop re-electing irresponsible incumbent politicians.

But, if voters want it enough (and they probably will eventually, when the misery level provides sufficient incentive), voters can easily restore a balance of power between government and the people, by simply doing the one simple thing voters were supposed to be doing all along, always:   simply Don't Re-elect Irresponsible Incumbent Politicians.  Vote out (or recall them) all irresponsible incumbents, always,  repeatedly,  every election, until simple, common-sense, no-brainer, responsible reforms are finally passed to peacefully force government to be Transparent,  Accountable,  and  Responsible  too!

  Pressing Problems Facing the U.S.
  CONGRESS' To-Do List (see what Congress has accomplished since the NOV-2006 election)
  Irresponsible Incumbents (see what irresponsible incumbent politicians do while troops risk life and limb)
PROs and CONs (why to stop re-electing irresponsible incumbent politicians)
The massive $Loading...  National Debt (and growing fast), Social Security Debt ($12.8 trillion)
  The Growing Disparity Trend (these did not all come about by mere coincidence over the last 30+ years)
  Interest on the National Debt (it will take 140 years to pay off)
Excessive Debt and Money-Printing (the Federal Reserve)
Consider the Following Scenario and these existing factors (must we always learn the hard way?)
  Plunder of the Environment (population, arable land, global warming)
  Solutions ; Help Educate Others (peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable too!)
  Badly-Needed, Common-Sense Reforms (that can never be passed until voters make it happen)
  The Cheater's Philosophy (learn to identify them)
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