Foundation for Better Government

The goal of this non-partisan Foundation is to present and invite ideas for improving the structure and the quality of government performance on a continuous basis. Every government must be responsive, responsible, efficient, economical, and free of corruption.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

An Appeal To All U.S. Citizens By T.S.Khanna, August 23, 2018

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An Appeal To All U.S. Citizens 
By T.S. Khanna, August 23, 2018.

More than one and a half year has passed since President Trump was elected.   Until today, he has not been given a chance to devote full time and attention to work he was elected to do.   He is constantly burdened with some investigation or the other.  His opponents in both parties have still not accepted his Presidency and continue to obstruct the performance of his public duties.  They do so at the cost of public interest and national interest.

In spite of the unprecedented opposition, President Trump's achievements, during the short period of his presidency, are remarkable at home as well as in foreign affairs: great economy---highest stock market, lowest unemployment rate (especially for minorities and women, who are getting back their lost self-confidence and pride, so important for mental health) in the U.S. history, increasing wages, and tax cuts for everyone, moving the U.S. industries and jobs back to America, reorganization of relationships with foreign countries to protect American interests without exploiting others, handling of North Korea, ISIS, illegal immigration, China, and Russia.

George Washington, in his farewell address, had warned the nation about the negative effects of the political parties system.  Those negative effects are being felt now.  

The nation has psychologically divided itself into fanatic party loyalties, no less than religious fanaticism.  It is a slow inadvertent suicide of democracy.   It is hurting the national interest.   It is the time for everyone to do some clear thinking in terms of national interest where all your self-interests reside.  It is the time for everyone to break loose from party prejudices and refuse to be incited/misled/exploited by vote seekers.  It is the time for independent analysis of facts, not of the fake/fabricated news.

Judging from a non-partisan viewpoint,  President Trump has done a Herculean job in serving the American people.  But for the constant obstruction, he could have probably achieved more.

Hereby, we appeal to all U.S. citizens, regardless of their party affiliation (a) to forget the party loyalty and protect your and your family's interest, (b) give full support to the President, (c) remove all encumbrances of investigations which are a heavy burden on tax-payers with negative returns for the nation, (d) allow the President to devote full time and attention to his duties, (e) Look at the scenarios of alternatives created by not supporting, not cooperating, or opposing the duly elected President.

President Trump may not be the best politician but he is showing the potential to be the one of the best presidents, when judged by his services to protect and promote the national interests.

Forget the party loyalty fanaticism and GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO DO YOU GREATER GOOD.

Monday, August 13, 2018

PRESIDENT TRUMP: VOTERS' DILEMMA By T.S. Khanna, August 13, 2018.

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PRESIDENT TRUMP: VOTERS' DILEMMA 
           BY T.S. Khanna, August 13, 2018.

 One of the few vicious joys in the dirty world of politics is to cause your opponent placed in a hole and keep shoveling dirt on him.  At times, this vicious pleasure is drawn at one's own expense because of the inadvertent misjudgment.  This seems to be one of those times.

The case in point is President Trump, who is not wedded to either political party nor divorced from them.   He has supporters and opponents from each party. A nation so deeply divided by the two parties has been in great need of a party-neutral president.

The President, as head of the nation, must essentially be non-partisan.  Unfortunately, the U.S. Constitution is flawed in this respect.  Incidentally, as discussed elsewhere in the blog, our present form of representative democracy, fueled by the Bill of Rights and diversity, has set in centrifugal forces in the society that keep splitting the society while we keep erroneously  blaming our leaders.  An elected non-partisan president should be able to provide a centripetal force to keep the society integrated.  Details discussed elsewhere in the blog.

President Trump has become a voters' dilemma; they are split between his personality and his policies.  They do not like his unpredictable, unsteady, undiplomatic, and emotional personality that runs counter to the presidential dignity.  Yet they are appreciative of his achievements in the economic front at home and in foreign affairs abroad.

 For minorities, the economy has never been better in decades: Tax-cut and the lowest unemployment rate.  The success in foreign affairs has been creditable: ISIS, North Korea, fairness in foreign trade agreements.  The world is readjusting its course with a new self-protective America, giving full opportunity to all Americans.

Another enigma: Trump's policy to stop illegal immigration has been advertised by his opponents as the policy against the non-white immigrants: legal or illegal.  Yet, there is no evidence that Trump has done anything wrong to hurt legal immigrants: white or non-white.  Moreover, the Hispanics are the most hit by his border control policy and they class themselves as white.