I recently recieved an e-mail with the usual requests at forwarding to everyone purportedly outlining Warren Buffet's ideas from an interview on CNBC.
One of these ideas was to tie congressional re-election candidacy with balanced budget goals. You don't meet the goals, you can't be re-elected. while the vengeful appeal of firing all of congress is hard to resist, it could also generate a lot of chaos. The chaos will come sooner or later. Might as well get it over with.
Recently I read a newer history of the Roman Empire and could not help but note that America currently has many similarities to Rome adapting to "one man" rule (about 60 BCE). Nero ruled during this time and the personality portrayed continued my eerie feeling as it had a striking resemblance to Obama. Essentially the senators could not act against Nero because he was well liked by the people due to his propaganda machine. (paying off the palace guard also helped to be fair ^^) "Bread and Circuses" has turned into "Welfare and Food Stamps" which helped break Nero's Bank.
Nero died about 30 years old with the Roman mob after him.
The e-mail further outlines fixes for congress, most having to do with cutting back on their benefits. I agree wholeheartedly.
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