Written September
12, 2016
I have been writing
a blog since 2005, and I started writing this blog in 2010, when I
realized that we needed to have some radical changes in our country.
In the middle of what is essentially the beginning of a Red vs. Blue
Civil war over the Presidency of the United States, I find myself
thinking about two books that Orson Scott Card wrote in 2006. and 2009
“Empire (2006) is a novel by
Orson Scott
Card. It tells the story of a possible second American
Civil War, this time between the Right Wing and Left Wing in the
near future. It is the first of the two books in The
Empire duet, followed by Hidden
Empire with the video game Shadow
Complex bridging the two. (Wikipedia,
of course).
The book follows A U.S. Army Special Forces officers, as America
falls into a civil
war after the assassinations
of both the American
President and Vice
President. A radical leftist army calling itself the Progressive
Restoration takes over New York City and declares itself the rightful
government of the United States.
Can you say Right
vs. Left?
Can you say “Donald
vs. Hillary”?
Can you say, that,
“the Donald” needs to be taken to task for his insinuation that
someone with a gun that believes the second amendment should take his
rival if he loses?
The concept of a
Left vs. Right (Blue vs. Red) civil war is quite scary.
It brings me back to
my top 10 list, that still isn’t completed.
One problem we have
had, continue to have and WILL continue to have is the major
discrepancies that occur because of race, income disparities, and a
lack of opportunities for advancement in our country.
My 10 step plan
covers and resolves these problems with the following programs:
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Federally paid (and locally run) day care starting at 6 months. First six months would be mandated as a paid tax credit for worker. These services would continue until school started and would include “head-start” type programs to help the under-advantaged.
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A national year of service (starting in 12 years: current K-12 children would be exempt). This program would start gradually (say a monthly hour for a kindergarten class at a nursing home), and would eventually prepare our next generation for their year of service, either military, non-military, or community service, depending on their interest.
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A national re-thinking of the “Eisenhower Highway System”, that would include new rail tracks along every national road (publicly owned, but interoperable with current rail system). This system would be built from ground up to be:
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Green (including solar/wind generation)
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Hyper Efficient/technological Advanced (think EZ-pass on steroids),
- The system would be intelligent enough to pick up a trailer in California, and get it to Maine, without human intervention!
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Able to transport ANYTHING (including oversized loads) that travels on the US highway system with, or without a driver (a Trailer, a Tractor/Trailer, or just a Boat, on way to it’s new home.
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Would be able to accommodate autos, and regular passengers.
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A public works and training project that will allow our middle class a new right to work, and the guarantee of a good paying job, the way we had in the 1950’s.
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Extendable, so that truck warehouses would also eventually connect to this system
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Interconnected with the existing rail system, but not owned by the current railroads.
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A method to reduce the impact of Truck travel on our economy (and become more energy efficient in the process)..
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