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Politics is all about getting elected, and about showing how
the other side shouldn't get elected next time.
Governance, in contrast,
consists of dealing with the challenges of the real world as they come, and of
taking leadership to help ensure that what comes is best.
Americans, and indeed many other free nations, have long
expected effective governance from our elected leaders.
What is too often
missing is the same expectation of our voters and citizens.
In nations where
freedom lasts, the regular people must get past participating in politics and
become effective contributors to governance.
The first step to such citizenship is reading.
Good citizens
have learned to read analytically and as independent thinkers, and they apply
these skills to reading the following:
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The federal and state constitutions
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Local documents of governance
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Proposed and enacted laws at the federal, state
and local levels
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Supreme Court cases--both the major historical
and current decisions--including the commentaries of the Justices
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Proposed and ratified treaties
The second step, with such reading under one's belt, is
political involvement: getting the best officials in place in our government.
The third step is on-going participation in governance.
This
takes different roles for different people. Some fund the right candidates and
causes, others write or comment on current affairs, and still others organize
callers, voters, events and awareness.
Some establish organizations to directly
fix societal problems, and others impact society in other ways.
Which of these steps is next for you?
And when you arrive at step three, what the focus of your
citizen governance be?
All of us need to get involved.
This is how
freedom wins the current battle for our future.
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