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Real Politics
Make wise use of your Elected Government Officials
Welcome to Real Politics
Do not confuse real politics with party-politics! This is a crash course on understanding how government is structured and staffed by elected officials and institutions with the responsibility of brokering the transactions for the proper functioning of the economy. Consider that Politics is more practical than we think and needs our involvement and contact with our elected officials to ensure the best value for our communities. Beware that electing our officials and not providing them the guidance on the programs, needs, and issues that concern us may not be a smart autopilot move in politics for any constituent.
Managing your understanding of politics and taking an organic approach to what is politics and what is your involvement is key. Understand politics from it's proper perspective and not be disillusioned by what is called party-politics.
Foremost is the rigorous adherence to, practice, and implementation of the United States Constitution (https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/) in the observance of life, liberty, equality, and justice for all as identified in the articles and amendments.
Introduction
Why do you have an elected tribal, county, city, state, and/or congressional official? The reason is that as an economy and a society we need elected officials who can represent us and advocate on our behalf on diverse subjects, needs, programs, and issues. We need this central representation from the most tactical level (usually at our State, County, Local, and Tribal levels) to the most strategic level such as at the national or federal level under the Senate's (https://www.senate.gov/committees/index.htm) jurisdiction and under the House's (https://www.house.gov/committees) jurisdiction, at a central level. The question then becomes, what is the language of negotiation on behalf of all the peoples for the equitable sharing of resources and smooth management of the national economy? The answer is Politics!
What is Politics?
You may not know that politics is ubiquitous in life. As you found out politics exist in the home, the office, at school, and of course in the government. It's about managing very limited resources for the good of all without preferential treatment or without bias. It is non-negotiable and must be performed at the national economy level and outwards. The process of politics must flow in both directions, local to central, and central to local.
In the process of politics there are numerous roles which must be fulfilled for the safety, success, and survival of everyone. These roles are filled by people. People may go and come but roles must withstand time in order to be beneficial to society and the economy. Elected officials who do not meet the standards of meeting the needs of these roles must step aside and allow elected officials who are better qualified and competent to achieve the objectives of roles in the political process.
The key point to remember is that the process of politics allows the sharing of limited resources for the benefit of all and not only for some.
Availability of Resources
At the end of the day it comes down to a party, but at the beginning of the day what is it? A national economy is a basket of resources to be made available to each and every citizen and resident. For this reasons we have laws, procedures, policies, and protocols to allow the equal and equitable sharing for all. At the same time, any one individual is not limited by the economy but is limited only by one's own capabilities. As such the potentials and opportunities are always available for any individual to aspire to and to achieve any heights. Here is where elected officials represent the people and to ensure that there is the proper diversification and availability of resources for the people.
Advocacy
Why? It's impossible for each constituent and each issue to be heard at the central level but our elected official can make our collected voices or individual voice heard at the respective levels of government across tribal, local, state or federal levels. It is our civic duty to understand the issues that face us as a country and a society and make our concerns heard by our elected officials who can then champion the good of the people at their elected official hearings. Our elected officials develop legislation in the form of bills which can be researched here for the Senate (https://www.congress.gov/advanced-search?raw=%5B%7B%22op%22%3A%22AND%22%2C%22conditions%22%3A%5B%7B%22op%22%3A%22AND%22%2C%22inputs%22%3A%7B%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22field%22%3A%22text-update-date%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22yesterday%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%5D&showParams=true) and here for the House (https://live.house.gov/).
Governance
Governance consists of the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal jurisdictions. Overarching are the three branches of government which are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Roles and responsibilities are shared, overarching, and some autonomy.
Elections
This is your opportunity to decide who you shall cast your vote for, the elected representative that will most likely represent your goals and ideals as a citizen.
Familiarize yourself with your individual State's board or department of elections (https://www.usa.gov/election-office) well before you set out to vote. Be sure to understand the laws and protocols.
Understanding Your Chain of Elected Officials
The entire chain of elected officials whom we've elected and who must be ready and available to discuss and understand our needs are as follows:
1) Elected Officials at the Congressional Level
Roles and Responsibilities
Funding the Government - Funding the government is of course the hot topic of the day. Click for
more details on the Appropriations Bill and status of one shutdown.
What is the status of the Appropriations Bill (at issue regarding the Government Shutdown) as a Congressional Record? Find (https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/1/4/senate-section/article/s32-4?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22appropriations+bill%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1)
Courtesy of Congress.gov
What is the overall status of the Federal Government? Find
Courtesy of opm.gov
a) Elected Officials at the State level
b) Elected Officials at the County level
c) Elected Officials at the City level (https://www.usa.gov/local-governments)
d) Elected Officials at the City Council level (https://www.usa.gov/local-governments)
e) Elected Officials at the Tribal level (https://www.usa.gov/tribes)
f) The Attorney General (https://www.usa.gov/state-attorney-general)
h) Health
i) Courts (https://www.usa.gov/state-courts)
Study and understand the structure of your government and elected officials in order to make the best use of these scarce and critical resources. Your elected official is an ear and a voice for your concern. Understand their term limits and the election schedules. Be an informed and participating constituent.
2) Elected Officials at the Judicial Level
The Judicial is another branch of the federal government with the sole responsibility as the final arbiter for deciding the interpretation of the laws, making decisions, and establishing precedents in balance and fairness for all. As always the golden rule is that justice is impartial to anyone. It's creed is "equal justice under the law".
Although Justices are political appointees by being elected by the Executive Branch and the President, they are beholden to the rule of law, justice, and fairness. However, Justices being people may have various ideological perspectives. Whether Justices identify as having certain perspectives, or behave in a manner that demonstrates certain perspectives, or are perceived by the constituents as demonstrating certain perspectives, is to be determined.
Justices must make decisions without bias or preferential treatment and in deference to the laws and statute and what is moral, ethical, and right. Decisions are made with a balance for individual civil liberties, life and death, economics, politics, and other considerations of equity and equality. Opinions of Justices are sometimes written in volumes which in itself speak volumes.
The US Supreme Court is the top Court of the land. Visit the Supreme Court's website (https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/about.aspx) to learn more.
Learn more about Court roles and structure from the US Courts website (https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure).
a) What is the structure of the Federal Judicial System?
b) What is the structure of the State Judicial System?
c) Who are the appointed Justices?
3) Elected Officials at the Executive Level
The Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice President, the Executive Office of the President, and the Cabinet.
All branches of the government are expected to work in unison (bi-partisan) for the common good of all, to do what's right for all, and to uphold the Constitution of the United States and all its Laws.
Visit the White House's website (https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-executive-branch/) to learn more.
Do not confuse real politics with party-politics! This is a crash course on understanding how government is structured and staffed by elected officials and institutions with the responsibility of brokering the transactions for the proper functioning of the economy. Consider that Politics is more practical than we think and needs our involvement and contact with our elected officials to ensure the best value for our communities. Beware that electing our officials and not providing them the guidance on the programs, needs, and issues that concern us may not be a smart autopilot move in politics for any constituent.
Managing your understanding of politics and taking an organic approach to what is politics and what is your involvement is key. Understand politics from it's proper perspective and not be disillusioned by what is called party-politics.
Foremost is the rigorous adherence to, practice, and implementation of the United States Constitution (https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/) in the observance of life, liberty, equality, and justice for all as identified in the articles and amendments.
Introduction
Why do you have an elected tribal, county, city, state, and/or congressional official? The reason is that as an economy and a society we need elected officials who can represent us and advocate on our behalf on diverse subjects, needs, programs, and issues. We need this central representation from the most tactical level (usually at our State, County, Local, and Tribal levels) to the most strategic level such as at the national or federal level under the Senate's (https://www.senate.gov/committees/index.htm) jurisdiction and under the House's (https://www.house.gov/committees) jurisdiction, at a central level. The question then becomes, what is the language of negotiation on behalf of all the peoples for the equitable sharing of resources and smooth management of the national economy? The answer is Politics!
What is Politics?
You may not know that politics is ubiquitous in life. As you found out politics exist in the home, the office, at school, and of course in the government. It's about managing very limited resources for the good of all without preferential treatment or without bias. It is non-negotiable and must be performed at the national economy level and outwards. The process of politics must flow in both directions, local to central, and central to local.
In the process of politics there are numerous roles which must be fulfilled for the safety, success, and survival of everyone. These roles are filled by people. People may go and come but roles must withstand time in order to be beneficial to society and the economy. Elected officials who do not meet the standards of meeting the needs of these roles must step aside and allow elected officials who are better qualified and competent to achieve the objectives of roles in the political process.
The key point to remember is that the process of politics allows the sharing of limited resources for the benefit of all and not only for some.
Availability of Resources
At the end of the day it comes down to a party, but at the beginning of the day what is it? A national economy is a basket of resources to be made available to each and every citizen and resident. For this reasons we have laws, procedures, policies, and protocols to allow the equal and equitable sharing for all. At the same time, any one individual is not limited by the economy but is limited only by one's own capabilities. As such the potentials and opportunities are always available for any individual to aspire to and to achieve any heights. Here is where elected officials represent the people and to ensure that there is the proper diversification and availability of resources for the people.
Advocacy
Why? It's impossible for each constituent and each issue to be heard at the central level but our elected official can make our collected voices or individual voice heard at the respective levels of government across tribal, local, state or federal levels. It is our civic duty to understand the issues that face us as a country and a society and make our concerns heard by our elected officials who can then champion the good of the people at their elected official hearings. Our elected officials develop legislation in the form of bills which can be researched here for the Senate (https://www.congress.gov/advanced-search?raw=%5B%7B%22op%22%3A%22AND%22%2C%22conditions%22%3A%5B%7B%22op%22%3A%22AND%22%2C%22inputs%22%3A%7B%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22field%22%3A%22text-update-date%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22yesterday%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%5D&showParams=true) and here for the House (https://live.house.gov/).
Governance
Governance consists of the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal jurisdictions. Overarching are the three branches of government which are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Roles and responsibilities are shared, overarching, and some autonomy.
Elections
This is your opportunity to decide who you shall cast your vote for, the elected representative that will most likely represent your goals and ideals as a citizen.
Familiarize yourself with your individual State's board or department of elections (https://www.usa.gov/election-office) well before you set out to vote. Be sure to understand the laws and protocols.
- Know the list of all electoral candidates on the Election Ballot
- Who are the Presidential candidates
- Who are the Judicial candidates
- Who are the Congressional candidates for your Congressional District
- Who are the Delegates to the Conventions for your Congressional District
- Who are the Circuit Court Justices - all are non-partisan
- Did you know you can find out your place of voting with the polling locator? (https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/)
Understanding Your Chain of Elected Officials
The entire chain of elected officials whom we've elected and who must be ready and available to discuss and understand our needs are as follows:
1) Elected Officials at the Congressional Level
- Class 1 Senators (https://www.senate.gov/senators/Class_I.htm)
- Class II Senators (https://www.senate.gov/senators/Class_II.htm)
- Class III Senators (https://www.senate.gov/senators/Class_III.htm)
- Who is your Senator? (https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm)
- Find your Congressional Representative by Zip Code (https://ziplook.house.gov/htbin/findrep_house?ADDRLK51643111051643111)
- Find Congressional Representatives by State (https://www.house.gov/representatives)
Roles and Responsibilities
Funding the Government - Funding the government is of course the hot topic of the day. Click for
more details on the Appropriations Bill and status of one shutdown.
What is the status of the Appropriations Bill (at issue regarding the Government Shutdown) as a Congressional Record? Find (https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/1/4/senate-section/article/s32-4?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22appropriations+bill%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1)
Courtesy of Congress.gov
What is the overall status of the Federal Government? Find
Courtesy of opm.gov
a) Elected Officials at the State level
- Find your State's Governor (https://www.usa.gov/state-governor)
- Your State's Legislature (https://www.congress.gov/state-legislature-websites) is also active in developing bills and laws for your state
b) Elected Officials at the County level
- You can locate your County Executive here (https://ce.naco.org/)
c) Elected Officials at the City level (https://www.usa.gov/local-governments)
- Depending on the size of your city you may have a Mayor (https://www.usmayors.org/mayors/meet-the-mayors/)
d) Elected Officials at the City Council level (https://www.usa.gov/local-governments)
e) Elected Officials at the Tribal level (https://www.usa.gov/tribes)
f) The Attorney General (https://www.usa.gov/state-attorney-general)
- The State's Official who can investigate and prosecute crimes committed against the people of the State
- Your State offers protection against consumer fraud and provides the agencies (https://www.usa.gov/state-consumer) to handle these concerns
h) Health
- A critical component of any economy and your State offers health resources (https://www.usa.gov/state-health)
i) Courts (https://www.usa.gov/state-courts)
- Very crucial to the proper legal functioning of any economy. Courts exist to review, hear, adjudicate, arbitrate and settle legal disputes and other legal remedies.
Study and understand the structure of your government and elected officials in order to make the best use of these scarce and critical resources. Your elected official is an ear and a voice for your concern. Understand their term limits and the election schedules. Be an informed and participating constituent.
2) Elected Officials at the Judicial Level
The Judicial is another branch of the federal government with the sole responsibility as the final arbiter for deciding the interpretation of the laws, making decisions, and establishing precedents in balance and fairness for all. As always the golden rule is that justice is impartial to anyone. It's creed is "equal justice under the law".
Although Justices are political appointees by being elected by the Executive Branch and the President, they are beholden to the rule of law, justice, and fairness. However, Justices being people may have various ideological perspectives. Whether Justices identify as having certain perspectives, or behave in a manner that demonstrates certain perspectives, or are perceived by the constituents as demonstrating certain perspectives, is to be determined.
Justices must make decisions without bias or preferential treatment and in deference to the laws and statute and what is moral, ethical, and right. Decisions are made with a balance for individual civil liberties, life and death, economics, politics, and other considerations of equity and equality. Opinions of Justices are sometimes written in volumes which in itself speak volumes.
The US Supreme Court is the top Court of the land. Visit the Supreme Court's website (https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/about.aspx) to learn more.
Learn more about Court roles and structure from the US Courts website (https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure).
a) What is the structure of the Federal Judicial System?
b) What is the structure of the State Judicial System?
c) Who are the appointed Justices?
3) Elected Officials at the Executive Level
The Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice President, the Executive Office of the President, and the Cabinet.
All branches of the government are expected to work in unison (bi-partisan) for the common good of all, to do what's right for all, and to uphold the Constitution of the United States and all its Laws.
Visit the White House's website (https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/the-executive-branch/) to learn more.
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