The  Cheaters'  Philosophy
  The ability to recognize and reject it is vital to the health of any organization, society, government, and individual.
It is not said with malice, but is simply a common-sense fact of human nature. 
It is rooted in   and greed.
Some people (Cheaters) will try to tap-into others' , and use it for their own nefarious purposes.
It is the:

        Cheaters'  Philosophy
 
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 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.
 
 
As for problems facing the U.S. now, the most serious problems are excessive levels of human traits that have always plagued people everywhere (to varying degrees and each category having some over-lap):
 

One of the most fundamental problems is rooted in .  Some will contend that it somewhat over-laps with greed.  It is a natural human tendency, but it is immoral to surrender to it completely.  Some people, with strong morals or fear of consequences (i.e. law enforcement), will rarely, or never resort to unethical or illegal methods. 

Hence, often, some incumbent politicians use the Cheaters' Philosophy to divide and control the voters, to ensure that a majority of voters can never be formed to vote out the irresponsible incumbents, and somehow convince voters to return every election, to empower them to keep doing it !?   It is a vicious circle. 

The Cheaters' Philosophy requires a detractor .

The favorite detractor these days is:   partisan warfare.
Politicians love to fuel it, because it is so powerfully effective at distracting voters and pitting them against each other, while ignoring the politicians' own incompetence and malfeasance.

But, there are other commonly used detractors (e.g. illegal immigration, race, religion, gender, class, profession, wealth, etc.), which are all used to cleverly divide and pit people against each other.

No matter what the detractor is, the invisible Cheaters' Philosophy aims to create a circular pattern to control both the conflict, resolution of differences, and then lead everyone involved into a new cycle of conflicts (often the same detractor, or perhaps a different one). 

Whatever the detractor, the goal is to create a circular pattern of thought and behavior to divide the voters, to distract them from more substantive issues being neglected by the Cheaters,  and prevent the voters seduced into the circular pattern,  from ever realizing that they are being manipulated.  It is very powerful.  I too was once seduced into the circular pattern of the Cheaters' Philosophy (petty partisan warfare).  Parties are not the problem.  The Cheaters in all parties are half the problem, and the other half of the problem is the larger population of voters that do not realize or believe they are being manipulated.

Thus, it is important to understand this fact of human nature, and become educated about the signs and clever tactics used to manipulate others.  Learn to identify Cheaters and how they:
 
  þ distract you;
  þ divide you;
  þ control you;
  þ trick you with non-sequiturs and truths mixed with half-truths;
  þ obscure the facts and cloud the issues to distract you and keep you within the circular pattern of thought and behavior;
  þ cherry-pick facts to suit their argument, while cleverly ignoring the overwhelming evidence to the contrary;
  þ lure you back to the detractors (e.g. petty partisan warfare, religion, the blame game, etc.);
  þ seduce you into the frenzied circular pattern of thought and behavior (i.e. petty partisan warfare);
  þ shift blame, and avoid from ever being held accountable;
  þ pit people (voters) against each other (e.g. based on party affiliation, wealth, religion, race, nationality, citizenship, etc.) using one of various detractors;
  þ stack-the-deck to secure their power and cu$hy, coveted seats of power, and reward themselves generously at tax-payers expense;
  þ pervert the laws to do the very thing the laws were originally supposed to prevent:   legal plunder;
  þ out spend you;  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 abuse of vast wealth to control government? 
    Government should not be FOR-SALE.
  • The other class has power only in numbers, and that power is largely ineffective due to their inability 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.
  Not that any profession is necessarily the root of any problem, but Cheaters gravitate to certain professions (i.e. those with power and opportunities for self-gain) more so than other professions.  Cheaters gravitate to politics or professions that are often in-league with government.  Cheaters are everywhere among us, and they do not only exist only in the realm of law and politics.  You've probably met a few. Many Cheaters do not even realize they are, nor would ever admit to being a Cheater.  Some do realize it, and do not feel bad about it, and they are the most dangerous.  They are often the Master-Cheaters.  They are numerous in government,  because that is where the power and opportunity for self-gain is.  When there is sufficient  Responsibility, and common-sense reforms, adjustments, and simplifications have been implemented to reduce cleverly overly-complicated processes, Cheaters can not thrive, and eventually move on to search for more vulnerable targets.

Most people, naturally, seek security and prosperity with the least amount of effort and pain, but some (Cheaters) often resort to unethical (even illegal) methods.  Without sufficient   Conscience,  Education, Transparency, and Accountability, Corruption grows, and  Power can exacerbate the problem.  A lack of  Conscience  creates a lack of emphasis on  Education, which creates an environment ripe for Corruption.  A lack of Transparency creates opportunities for self gain.  A lack of Accountability means there are no consequences, and results in a lack of all Responsibility.

Only   Conscience,  Education,  Transparency,  Accountability,  and  Power  can yield  Responsibility,  and reduce  Corruption:
      
   
    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:
  • reward irresponsible incumbent politicians by repeatedly re-electing them.
  • send politicians billion$ to fill their campaign war chests.
  • be seduced into wallowing in the circular, divisive, distracting partisan warfare.
  • allow politicians to tap-into their laziness; cleverly tricking them to blindly pull the party-lever (i.e. straight ticket).
  • demonize the OTHER party, and make excuses for THEIR own party.
  • fuel the extremely effective, circular, time-wasting, destructive, divisive, distracting partisan warfare.
  • allow politicians to pit voters against each other; and pit U.S. citizens and illegal aliens against each other.
  • be bribed with the voters' own tax dollars.
  • ignore the politicians ignoring the nation's problems.
  • believe that pleading with incumbent politicians will lead them to finally pass many badly-needed, no-brainer, common-sense reforms.
  • waste valuable time needed to avoid the painful consequences of decades of massive debt, borrowing, spending, and excessive money printing.
  • fail to do their duty to peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable too.

Ignorant Voters = Bad Politicians = Bad Government

We are ALL culpable.
 
 
  THE SOLUTION:
    Voters need  Education  to understand the fundamental elements above,  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, 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 people through the centuries have 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 incumbent politicians,
    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 by 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. 

But, if voters want it enough and they probably will eventually, when the misery level provides sufficient incentive, voters can 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:   vote out (or recall) all irresponsible incumbents, always,  repeatedly,  every election, until simple, common-sense, no-brainer, responsible reforms are passed to peacefully force government to be Transparent,  Accountable,  and  Responsible too!
 
  Pressing Problems Facing the U.S.
  The Growing Disparity Trend (these did not all come about by mere coincidence over the last 30+ years)
  CONGRESS' To-Do List (see what Congress has done since the NOV-2006 election)
  Irresponsible Incumbents (see what Congress does 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)
Interest on the National Debt (it will take 153 years to pay off)
  Excessive Debt and Money-Printing (the Federal Reserve)
  Consider the Following Scenario (must we always learn the hard way?)
  Plunder of the Environmental (population, arable land, global warming)
  Solutions ; Help  Educate  Others (peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable too!)
  Congress is Violating Article V of the U.S. Constitution
  Badly-Needed, Common-Sense Reforms
  Frequently Asked Questions
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