When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail.

~ Abraham Maslow

This morning I found this quotation from one of my sources that sends them out either in email or RSS feeds. It struck me because it really explains the issue with the US Government attempting to solve every problem, we as a government simply do not have enough tools.

Now I carefully wrote that sentence, and some would believe I used the wrong word, but I did not.

I do not hold any official public office at this time, nor do I really aspire to serve in any capacity other than citizen and potentially adviser to people I believe in and agree with, so how can I really use the word “we”?

“We” stems from the idea that the US system of Government is not a top down, king, emperor, or other traditional form of government; instead the highest decisions … the ultimate power is in the hands of the citizens. If not the citizens, I am willing to go as far as the hands of the legal voters, and realistically that might be a more accurate description, since a portion of people have disqualified themselves from governance through not following the rules or laws. [Read more…]