The Politics of Politics

I'm trying to figure out what an economic stimulus plan is. Citizens pay taxes. That's where the government gets it's money . The stimulus package comes from the government. So it's really the people's money. What's the difference between that and a tax credit?

On Mintax 4 elections were held every 6 years and if a candidate didn't get over 25% of the vote they were executed. And on Virlow's Second Moon you had to where truth detecting equipment at all times if you were elected to office.

But the worst politics I've ever seen was on Furrrbart in the Rexcept system. There if you were found guilty of abuse of power of office they allowed every citizen of the planet to kick the person in what humans would call their ass. The record before death was 7 years and about 5 million kicks and change before death.

But in the U.S., most folks really have no idea what is going on in their political system. It doesn't matter to them that money isn't worth anything, yet most Americans strive to get more and more of it.

On Greegor in the Dfghws star cluster, the citizens all choose a job from a list of needed jobs when they come of age. They then do this job to the best of their abilities and trade their goods or services for everything else they need. Every 10 years, they have the opportunity to change professions to another that is needed. I believe Earthers call this communism. I call it a great way to get a job. Greegor has an open border policy. You can leave whenever you want or come there and be guaranteed a job. Although, I've never met a rich Greegorian. Politicians there are chosen and the person that the citizens choose serves for 10 years. No one nominates themselves, they are nominated by their peers.

But as long as 'Politician' is a job title, the politician's will be corrupt. But it's still a very entertaining process.

The Big Game: You Humans Sure Can Party

Beer. You humans sure love beer. And any excuse to drink as much of it as possible.

Now, this Big Football Game is not so special. The Blarkos of Domnel 8 played a similar game and death or decapitation wasn't at all abnormal. In their championship game one could place bets on the number of deaths or limbs lost. My great-uncle Chiko made the family fortune on a last minute eye gouging that the referee's incorrectly counter as a loss of limb.

But this is commonplace around the galaxy. Most citizens of the galaxy have contests and most of those celebrate the event. But none in my experience do it as well as humans.

Sure the Rax of Rax Prime shut the entire planet down every 15 years to hold what most Earthlings would call a worldwide snowball fight. Although they use the spores of an insect that only breeds once every 15 years. But most of that is used for clean-up.

Not a lot of races use chemicals to alter perceptions. I mean, it makes sense. In most human contests, one does not know how interesting the contest will be. But with a few pints or a couple of joints, ANY event becomes more enjoyable.

So party on humans. I know I'll be enjoying the festivities.