Building Stable Political and Economic Platforms: No strings attached

Candidates can and usually do have good intentions, smart, doable policies and proposals. But it is up to the individual people that make up this country, and world, to decide how money will be spent, and how life will be lived in the future. There is a duty of each individual, running for office or walking to work, to understand these platforms we create. How we can support them and what has been shaking the foundations.

We can have an economy built on building more, and more. And "We the People" can subsidize more alternative fuels, green building, corn, or algae. All lucrative and worthwhile, but none really requiring subsidies. I'm not against spending but spending more never helps when the solution isn't clear.

The job of making the rules, and seeing that the oil companies and eventually the green companies get regulated and do the right thing, is all of ours. But what do we value? The value of the resources or the resources themselves? Make it what you want. The world's work can be efficient and clean, useful and lean.

My best "shot": Buildings built from bullet and bomb proof glass, with solar panels behind them and gutters that catch, direct and store rain water! It sounds crazy but is it really? We'll have solved the three biggest problems facing the U.S. and the world, terrorism, water shortages, and our energy and resource needs. This kind of government spending will create short term production and jobs, community and connections. We the people will take it from there.

Direct current (DC) energy could be freely available from our sidewalks and building walls if they were made with this concoction of safety glass and solar panels. That means freely available, if not simply free, electricity for phones, computers and cars.

If you want to build, build a safe place. I'm tired of oil in my asphalt, in my water, and even in my car. Build a bike lane on the side, maybe an electric train.

Our Veterans, as well as the many inspired students and people who are looking for jobs designing and creating a better future, will need employment. Building clear and stable is the key, like we want our selves to be, like our government and businesses want to be able to be, and like our children will want to see. Don't build in another factory, I believe.