Where Are You, Ross Perot?
I’m not a fan of big solutions and certainly not where government is concerned. My support gravitates toward the small, local tryouts of this or that scheme to make things better. It’s an innovation thing. I don’t think much innovation comes from committees and think-tanks and larger-than-life philosophies.
Having said that, our government in Washington is in such deep obligation to deep pockets that I’m not sure small fixes can get us back. The back I’d like to see us get to is representative government that does a job for constituents instead of lobbies.
Remember Ross Perot? The funny-looking guy with the big ears and the bigger wallet who wanted to be President in ’92 and ’96? Ross was a patriot and a true believer in American democracy whose only failing was that he wasn’t personally suited to be president of the country. Even if he had been, president isn’t the branch of government that needs fixing, it’s the congress.
But a billionaire could go a long way toward the fixing …