Accountable
Several months ago I designed several shirts. I had an online t-shirt store print them. One of the shirts came out looking crappy because they forget to print the white part of the shirt. This was the second time this company made this mistake so I have moved onto another t-shirt printing company.
About six months ago I ate at a Greek restaurant. The food tasted disgusting and was unappetizing. The service was terrible and so I tipped about 10 percent. The server decided that was not enough tip and reported to the credit card company that I had tipped more, about three dollars more. Needless to say I have not, and never will eat there again. Fortunately there is another greek restaurant that I now eat at.
I’m not a big fan of Wal-Mart. The place always seems dirty, fellow customers are rude, and I deplore the decor. Usually the only time I will shop there is when it’s late at night when none of the other stores are open. Even though things are a little more expensive I prefer to shop at Target because the service is good, the store is clean and fellow customers don’t seem as rude.
Starting in January, a new administration has been running our country. He has already enacted several polices that I vehemently oppose and has increased the budget by four times its previous amount. He is running a massive deficit. He is going to push for the mother of bad policy and try to get universal health care enacted. Suffice it to say, I would like to replace him with another administration. I would like to get a fiscal conservative as the president to help us weather this recession. However I can’t despite being told that politicians are more accountable then companies.
If companies are less accountable than politicians why am I able to change what companies I wish to do business with but have no recourse when it comes to political administrations. When those that run companies do things I disagree with I hold them accountable by refusing to give them my business. When political administrations do things I disagree with the absolutely best I can do is vote against them once every four years. However, even this is not a sure thing, since I voted against the current administration and they somehow still got elected.
How do I hold the current administration accountable for the wretched economic policy they are putting forth?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:21 am
I hear prayer works wonders.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:58 am
That’s why we have the Second Amendment.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Darwin supports eliminating the second amendment so he can’t argue it as a potential means for accountability.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Without knowing which policies he has passed (aside from the bailout), I’m limited in my advice.
1.) you could leave the country.
2.) you could work to establish groups of folks that think like you and try to change politics on a local scale. Afterall, the midterm elections are not too far away. If you change public perception, the right wingers can easily get back in office and stop the policies of BHO.
3.) you could move to a different state where at least state and local governments might have a similar mindset… For example, libertarians often like New Hampshire - well, with the exception that they have to be near Vermont.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:40 am
1. where is more free than here? especially by libertarian standards?
2. good point.
3. I’d like to not have to sacrifice what i’ve got in the warm south just to be free.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:40 am
btw I know freedom requires some sacrifice, but that doesn’t mean that it SHOULD require sacrifice.