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christoff eddleman

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Member since : May-27-2009 (Verified)
9 Ideas, 17 Comments, 189 Votes

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if your a conservative liberal or democrat we all know we have huge debt problems to deal with, perhaps by posting proposed ways to decreace our debt expenitures give people more access to there money and how it is spent,holding forums, generating ideas creating better enviroments for learning about these things, more interaction and less spending on areas that generate nothing but a bigger shortfall in the long run, id like to see no debt from my government because by projecting this spend spend spend image says to much about us as a nation, my experience is nobody really cares untill we are in a crisis.....perhaps we should revaluate what we are doing and why we are doing it?
i appreciate our armed forces for protecting me for so many years but for the life of me i dont understand what we are being protected from nowdays in todays climate,creating openness and transparancy to me does not say lets build fences to keep people out it means lets build bridges so that people have a better sence of how flow can change socity ,keeping that flow going is difficult but essential , so to break terms up and clarify meanings so that people can apply this to there lives and be more prosperous, missmanangement of monies to areas that are so out of control need more address, roles need to be clarified ,more action needs to happen in areas that people are confused about and i believe we spend to much monies on defining out national interest , and not enough of it is directed at improving our common ground as a race of people who strive for peace proserity and happiness!!!!!
seems to me that the current ways that concerned citizens what to be involved blends the old with the new in not so effective ways,proposing ideas that make it more user friendly for more people to voice there concerns on the net and bring these ideas into a live forum to be heard, im tired of calling my congressman when i dont even know he knows what my concerns are and seems to me the whole processes in place are watered down and ineffective in so many ways, that so many could be left out of the process in order for technology to work and grow all people need direct access to excutive branches and all other areas of our government ,it takes so many years to understand our system and to keep things moving forward you give accessability to the processes
its been my experience to find our current system hard to navigate and a very complex system for the privilged few, perhaps opening up more avenues for people to have access to there government all the way to washington would be nice, i dont want to ask my senator to represent my issues i want direct contact with the truth. that way there is no way i can misinterpurt what you are saying
i dont know what kind of world mister obama lives in but my world is paying the rent getting food and surviving, now if thats a problem mabye you should look at ways to make a enviroment that feels safe for all people, personaly i dont know what they do in washington but make a big mess of things and give the next guy a clean up task thats imossible, why not focus on solutions and not internal parts problems, id like to believe that there is equal opportunity for all out there but i know this to not be true, fact of the matter is we as people are controlled by huge corporate interest looking to make a fast buck from american consumerism... not the kind of world i would want to explain to a child in real terms
im interested in knowing all the government knows about me and why should an open government be allowed to hide any of this from any person, a more informed citizen is one who can trust there government right?if you have nothing to hide they should open the process for all to benifit
take back how where we spend our money on real terms. not some made up monoply money that if stacked up would reach the moon.create micro economys where people know what they are buying and from whom it comes from.because when it comes down to it we dont have the money to pay our debts and what we do have we should preserve for our childeren.Mabye this would encourage our rouge government that it is not ok to make up numbers that do not add up and to not hold anyone accountable to this selfish greed infested oligards!!!
this is self explanatory gather all our resources together, explore the possibilities of people, and move forward to solve all the problems that the world has right now. link this so that people are the ultimate source of the process that way your gain is my gain and my gain is yours.
our government is currently 12 trillion in the red, perhaps its time to look at, and consider ways to fully gather what is left in our world , resources and information and combine these then make a full scale assesment of what can be done . look at the ZEIGIEST movement they propose ways that are non monotary and make a whole lot of sence to alot of people not wanting to compete but would like to survive and help other people have all that they need and want..... first our governmet needs to acnowledge that these ides have possibilities and since we or I will never live to see this dept go awaythen let us rewrite the constitution and propose the current system is abloished by the people and reworked in there favor
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christoff eddleman 9 months ago
and why do our kids have to bail out the banks and cars companies,?perhaps if people had a opportunity to vote or at least look at all the deciding factors mabye the people would make the right choice
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
well this is a great idea because being a convicted felon i can tell you that feelings of hopeleddness is a very real thing even if i choose to vote which i do, in other areas i feel that my chances to suceed are limited in scope
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
hey i would like to see the memo you posted on transparency and history
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
whos your psychiatrist?
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
why are they not open to the public do you have to be a elected senator to see these document?
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
great ideas
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
i agree if this is a big secret why is it a secret and what does the government have to gain by keeping this information from citizens
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
public participation is key , the current system is pressured to change from the very old to what people need now,our lawmakers only voice what they can take in as being the most important issues ,perhaps looking at how outdated this infrustruture is now and public pressure to change these old methods that simply do not work
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
you should not have to train a leader to lead then he or she would not be able to lead, perhaps being open minded about all possibilities would work
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
here here we need solutions for the whole not just replacing the parts, i need a vision about the future not just a big mess to look at everyday
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
streamline the process and make it work for all people not just the rich who by the way dont pay taxes, i dont know of a single person who does not cheat the system which should tell you somthing honest about it
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
yeah but how can we trust an open governmet when so many people depend on it to survive, we should learn that the governmet is there to govern for the people , not for self interested back ally politics,if you educate the people then the people rule right?simple enough
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
a better assesment of people would be nice, and to let ideas flow in all areas of the company, give people access to the development and imlementing process create a more balanced and natrual less hostile environment,create situations that encourage growth and not hinder it
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
is this supreme court issue?to bad people dont know what the right thing to do is
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
carol i understand that this is a good process , but say i am a small contractor who has genuine leadership skills naturaly , i would like to be a part of the process with the end result making enough money to sustain myself and other people?how do i work with people with fixations on the way things should be built with no reguard for me as an artist creator buisnessman and most important humanitarian?
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
i do agree that communities need to be more responsive and hands on about social problems, but lets address the real problem and how it affects all people and me .and for me we have been stuck in the industrial revolution 30 years to long out planet is dying a fast death and we have nowhere to go and what do we do to acknoledge this? Id have to say not enough, can a computer program solve this?or can all people agree we must do things now to move away from a life that has nothing to offer future generations?
christoff eddleman 9 months ago
good idea lets look at that