Good ideas are what are lacking from A.O.C.’s Green New Deal. Hubris in presenting legislation that was so costly and radical without actually reversing global mass extinction or Greenhouse gassing globally (just getting a Hydrogen superconducting line infrastructure built along both coasts and I-10 to provide in-line recharging for electric cars would have been difficult yet worthwhile) brought out two points common to politicians. One is the egoism without sufficient education of politicians, and second was the desire for publicity and power rather than moving good works forward. Good ideas in any politicians that can actually reform society positively are rare. Being young isn’t a qualifier or disqualifier for good ideas that are self-standing.
If a politician had ten good ideas with ten good details of each good idea that alone might be worth electing them to the White House. A President is lucky to get four good ideas accomplished per term, and few do nearly that much.
Youth does not have experience enough sometimes and so sophomoric, half-baked concepts are thrust forward as if they were worth using. Consider how much engineering and review goes into aircraft design. Vastly expensive reform of the nation’s economy requires at least that much work investment, and like jet aircraft they cannot be allowed to fail.
Bernie Sanders is another example of ideas rather than age disqualifying him. The U.S.A. isn’t a socialist nation and Sander’s political philosophy isn’t mainstream. What is lacking is a reform of capitalism and a transition toward sustainable ecological economic policy. Sen. Sander’s was the sole Democrat to vote against tax cuts for the rich that President Obama forced through Congress. Though Sanders was right in that he is wrong about the economic direction the nation should go. Capitalism needs reform toward democratization and the rich should not be permitted to become so wealthy as to afford to own the media and politics thereby.
It is ideas that matter rather than the age of politicians. Good ideas are welcome at any age. Americans have heard so few for so long they have nearly forgotten what they are.
If a politician had ten good ideas with ten good details of each good idea that alone might be worth electing them to the White House. A President is lucky to get four good ideas accomplished per term, and few do nearly that much.
Youth does not have experience enough sometimes and so sophomoric, half-baked concepts are thrust forward as if they were worth using. Consider how much engineering and review goes into aircraft design. Vastly expensive reform of the nation’s economy requires at least that much work investment, and like jet aircraft they cannot be allowed to fail.
Bernie Sanders is another example of ideas rather than age disqualifying him. The U.S.A. isn’t a socialist nation and Sander’s political philosophy isn’t mainstream. What is lacking is a reform of capitalism and a transition toward sustainable ecological economic policy. Sen. Sander’s was the sole Democrat to vote against tax cuts for the rich that President Obama forced through Congress. Though Sanders was right in that he is wrong about the economic direction the nation should go. Capitalism needs reform toward democratization and the rich should not be permitted to become so wealthy as to afford to own the media and politics thereby.
It is ideas that matter rather than the age of politicians. Good ideas are welcome at any age. Americans have heard so few for so long they have nearly forgotten what they are.
