Totally agree with your lament this a.m, as with most major administrative bodies the World over, notably as you opine, the U.N, City, Regional, State and National Governments, many when you look under the hood have truly abdicated their core constituency and obligations, their “raison de etre”.
Totally agree with your lament this a.m, as with most major administrative bodies the World over, notably as you opine, the U.N, City, Regional, State and National Governments, many when you look under the hood have truly abdicated their core constituency and obligations, their “raison de etre”.
So many spend frivolously, pouring prescious resources into non core services, if you take the U.N as a case in point, you correctly point out the wasteful spending that denies the provisioning of said core services and functions, instead the minuscule budget relied upon gets spread ever more thinly each year the appropriations are confirmed, the U.N administrators agonising over which, or what level of the many non essential services they need consider reducing, instead of being likely able to fully fund the core services as defined their charter, indeed, wonder of wonders, a surplus, heaven forbid might even result, but alas as we know with public agencies such as this, you can never have enough nor dare never spend all you’ve been given, such would convey the wrong message, instead much better in U.N group think to both under perform and deliver, it’s safer for those whose snouts are in that International trough.
Cities, regions, states and national governments are much the same, part of the same subset of people, captured the same ideologies and group think, spend, spend, spend, even that which they don’t have, when short, just tap their constituents for more or worse, add it to the tab.
There exists many programs and activities that can and ought be cut from these entities expenditures, areas of involvement that these entities have no business being involved in or with and when challenged, as with those who covet War in lieu of peace, the same old trope of fear is rolled out, if we cut who will look after those most in need, missing the point entirely that those who most need support would get more than they presently receive if the spend on non essential was replaced with spending on those areas deemed required.
National governments require to provide governance per a nations Bill of Rights, Constitution or both via the activity and administered of government, they then are required to enforce and uphold a nations laws (Justice), protect its citizens (Law Enforcement Police, Intelligence etc..) Defend the nation and its people (Defence), House those in need, provide an income to those unfortunate to be sick or disabled and to assist those who find themselves unemployed lending support for a finite period, administer access to the nation, administer the nations resources environmental and otherwise e.g Oil, fisheries, what can and cannot be done on lands within a nation etc…administer the nations currency with oversight its financial institutions, developing and protecting heritage and culture, their business is not in owning any non core assets, maintaining Galleries, museums, theatres etc by the dozens, Airlines, or any other such like activity best left to the private sector.
We are living in a debt fuelled society, a ponzi, debt upon debt, more required each fiscal year in order to maintain the charade that all is well, life is good and given the present are close to financial Armageddon which when it arrives will underscore just how far they have all overreached, many City, States, Regional indeed national Governments actually insolvent as I write this.
Bottom line, prepare for what is to come, we in the West are going over a fiscal Cliff, 2008 many better qualified than I surmise will be a picnic in contrast to what is coming… yet our leaders aided their cheerleading Media continue to champion all is well, like I said look under the hood, do your due diligence, learn, discern and thus prepare, best to you from New Zealand, Kia Kaha…
Dr’s Malone,
Totally agree with your lament this a.m, as with most major administrative bodies the World over, notably as you opine, the U.N, City, Regional, State and National Governments, many when you look under the hood have truly abdicated their core constituency and obligations, their “raison de etre”.
So many spend frivolously, pouring prescious resources into non core services, if you take the U.N as a case in point, you correctly point out the wasteful spending that denies the provisioning of said core services and functions, instead the minuscule budget relied upon gets spread ever more thinly each year the appropriations are confirmed, the U.N administrators agonising over which, or what level of the many non essential services they need consider reducing, instead of being likely able to fully fund the core services as defined their charter, indeed, wonder of wonders, a surplus, heaven forbid might even result, but alas as we know with public agencies such as this, you can never have enough nor dare never spend all you’ve been given, such would convey the wrong message, instead much better in U.N group think to both under perform and deliver, it’s safer for those whose snouts are in that International trough.
Cities, regions, states and national governments are much the same, part of the same subset of people, captured the same ideologies and group think, spend, spend, spend, even that which they don’t have, when short, just tap their constituents for more or worse, add it to the tab.
There exists many programs and activities that can and ought be cut from these entities expenditures, areas of involvement that these entities have no business being involved in or with and when challenged, as with those who covet War in lieu of peace, the same old trope of fear is rolled out, if we cut who will look after those most in need, missing the point entirely that those who most need support would get more than they presently receive if the spend on non essential was replaced with spending on those areas deemed required.
National governments require to provide governance per a nations Bill of Rights, Constitution or both via the activity and administered of government, they then are required to enforce and uphold a nations laws (Justice), protect its citizens (Law Enforcement Police, Intelligence etc..) Defend the nation and its people (Defence), House those in need, provide an income to those unfortunate to be sick or disabled and to assist those who find themselves unemployed lending support for a finite period, administer access to the nation, administer the nations resources environmental and otherwise e.g Oil, fisheries, what can and cannot be done on lands within a nation etc…administer the nations currency with oversight its financial institutions, developing and protecting heritage and culture, their business is not in owning any non core assets, maintaining Galleries, museums, theatres etc by the dozens, Airlines, or any other such like activity best left to the private sector.
We are living in a debt fuelled society, a ponzi, debt upon debt, more required each fiscal year in order to maintain the charade that all is well, life is good and given the present are close to financial Armageddon which when it arrives will underscore just how far they have all overreached, many City, States, Regional indeed national Governments actually insolvent as I write this.
Bottom line, prepare for what is to come, we in the West are going over a fiscal Cliff, 2008 many better qualified than I surmise will be a picnic in contrast to what is coming… yet our leaders aided their cheerleading Media continue to champion all is well, like I said look under the hood, do your due diligence, learn, discern and thus prepare, best to you from New Zealand, Kia Kaha…