The only purple I support in Utah is Weber State University. However I don’t mind having a few Democrats around to help keep the Republicans feet to the fire, I just don’t want Democrats in power.

Ken,

Have we had some rousing success with Republicans in charge of all those committees and cabinet positions that I was unaware of? The fact is that both parties are riddled with issues. Better to have power change hands on occasion than to decide that one party is permanently the better choice for our government leadership.

Cliff

We are like the Isrealites wondering the wilderness not allowed into the promised land till an enire generation died off. The Replican party may not be able to revitalize itself until the current political generation is gone and a new uncurrupted and princlepled group take their place. Unfortunatly the Republicans we got when we were in the majority were more interested in power than staying true to principle. Cliff, I think even a liberal like you would actually support a Republican party that stands for liberty, and fiscal responsibiility, and promotes opportunity for all.

There are some things that I hope Democrats can accomplish in the next Congress. I don’t want to see crippling regulation on business but I would like to see some legislation that makes business more responsible. Corporate responsibility needs to become as engrained in our society as personal responsibility. Americans believe in a strong work ethic but we don’t hold corporations to that same high standard.

I would like to see Democrats repeal one of the worst peices of legislation to come out of the Republican controlled Congress and that is the bankrupsy Reform Act. Not that I think bankrupcy is a good thing but this bill was written by credit card companies, for credit card companies. It was designed to make consumers more responsible but instead it made lenders, credit card companies, and morgage companies less responsible. Loaning money should be a risky proposition. Risk makes lending companies more responsible and carefull to whom they loan money to. Responsibility is a two way street and we shouldn’t expect comsumers to be responsible while giving business a pass.

I also would like to see Democrats reign in credit reporting agencies. If ever there was an industry that I believe should be regulated to the teeth its this one. They keep information on people that can ruin thier lives, and even keep people from getting jobs. Credit reporting agencies should be held financially responsilbe for any errors in thier data. Even one error should carry massive penalties so severe that credit reporting agencies double and triple check every peice of data that comes thier way. We have a system now were the burden of proof is on the consumer to make sure thier credit reports are accurate. This needs to change where credit reporting agencies have the burden of proof and if they cannot absolutly prove there data is correct then then it is incumbant on them to remove erroneas data and compensate the consumer for damages if it results in a denied loan or loss of a potential job. Our credit system keeps people in poverty and makes it very difficult to get out it is in fact a modern version of a debtors prison. Credit reports should be for credit period. It should be illegal to consult a credit reporting agency for job referals except in some limited occupations that is directly related to finance.

So there are some things I would like to see Democrats do and if they don’t go overboard and it is based on personal and corporate responsibility then I would support it.

Cliff

The rule should be “The greater the power the greater the responsibility”. Greater rewards for success should come hand in hand with greater penalties for failure. Obviously we cannot punish a corperation the same as we do an individual, but we can hold the leaders of corperation personally responsible. The law of the sea demanded that the captian go down with the ship. Captains of industry should suffer the same fate. Simply because a company fails should not land a CEO or executive in jail but when the failure was a result of curruptoin then heads should role and that CEO be made to share a cell with a guy named Bubba.

Yes corporations should be held at a higher standard because their actions effect hundreds if not thousands of people. Customers, employees, and stock holders and even tax payers suffer when the currupt actions of corporations is the cause of thier failures.

Government should be held at an even higher standard because they are a public trust. Currupt politicians should also become aquainted with Bubba as well.

I would hope to see more political balance in Utah. I am a Republican, and even I feel suffocated by the Republican dominance here. I think if we had more competitive elections, we’d have better statesmen. An incumbent Republican here knows he will win no matter what, which makes it hard for him to promote ideas that are different and positive.

If it weren’t for the years of Republican dominance we’ve had in the country lately, perhaps we wouldn’t have so many neoconservatives in power promoting their philosophy of polite totalitarianism.

I hope we can get some balance and competition going here in Utah, so we can focus on ideas instead of power, and policies instead of politics.