Today mate!

I'm afraid that my life is just not very interesting. I got up, went to work, came home, had dinner and went to dance class with Rochelle. Dance class wasn't especially exciting. We are in swing right now, and I enjoy that. It is my favorite dance, and although I already know most of the steps, it's fun to dance them, especially when Rochelle and I dance together. But now we are home, and the day is all but gone, and I have little to report here. And so, the best I can do for this blog is find some issue that I have feelings on, and speak my mind about it. Today's issue is found here: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=296414 It's about the senate, and how they are elected. This may seem like a strange idea to many, but the senate has not always been voted for by the people, and it really isn't a good idea to have them voted in office by the people. They used to be voted in by the state legislature. It gave the states more power. Right now, the states have very little power on capitol hill. Right now, if the senate is to be concerned with state rights, it is because the people from that state are concerned with state rights. But honestly, how many people do you know who worry about the state government that they are in? In general, people feel that as long as the kids have a school to go to, and we have roads to travel on, I don't care who is in charge. But when the states don't have power, it destroys the structure that the founders set up for us. The founders gave us a very week national government, because they knew that there would be very little that the national government could do better than the states. Those few things (such as armies, and international affairs) were given to the national government to worry about, and the rest to the state government. So why should the states have power? Wouldn't that just mean that more states would mess everything up? No, not really. Every state wants to do well, otherwise they too get kicked out of office. The difference that is created here is that every state gets to do things a little different... they experiment, and the states that do the best get imitated by everyone else. So if we are having problems with our schools, let the states experiment with it, and keep the national government out. One or more of the states are likely to come up with some good ideas that work, and then we can all benefit. If the National Government is in charge, they aren't as likely to find a good solution. And we also have to consider the fact that every state is different. They are made up of different cities, and different people, and so maybe some states need one type of program while other states need another. The national government can't account for this. They simply give everyone the same plan, and hope it works for most of them. Of course, there are times when the national government needs to step in. When the civil rights movement was going on, the national government took control of some schools in some states because the states were not doing things right. This is a check on the states power, and is good. But this check does not mean that the states no longer get to make any more decisions. It means they made one very bad decision, and the national government needed to stop it. And so while I think it is unlikely, I want the 17th amendment repealed, and power given back to the states.