====== Politics ======

  * [[https://statisticalatlas.com/United-States/Overview|Statistical Atlas]]
  * Democrats say "Climate change is bad, vote for us.  We'll ban fertilizer"
  * Republicans respond saying "We want to eat.  Banning fertilizer is bad"
  * In reality, Fertilizer run off is causing algae blooms.  Ok, why didn't you just say that?
  * But Democrats still respond with "We need to ban fertilizer"
  * Maybe there is a better solution to this problem.  
  * Perhaps capturing the water before it runs off to the rivers using a french drain type of setup.
  * Why do we have to go straight to "Ban this thing"
  * Maybe if you describe the problem instead of political propaganda, unique individuals can rise up with solutions

===== Political Action Committees =====

  * [[:wiki:projects:school|School]]
  * health insurance
  * pro 2nd amendment (GOA, FPC)
  * school choice
  * ranked choice voting
  * law firm
    * every case
    * one side takes the prosecutor
    * one side takes the defendant
    * work pro bono cases
    * work political issues
  * finance political candidates
    * candidates that want to solve problems
    * good values
    * good character
    * similar politics
    * freedom caucus?

===== Sole of the shoe =====

the ultimate solution for government: [[:wiki:research:politics:gov_process|here]]

  * separation of church and state
  * Separation of culture and state
  * property worth verse burden on city
    * [[https://bestneighborhood.org/best-neighborhoods-colorado-springs-co/]]
    * [[https://youtu.be/JPbfdcvv0to|What makes for a "strong town"? - Chuck Marohn - TEDxMidAtlantic]]

===== Starting Point =====

  * Hire a community outreach person
  * Seek to understand the community
  * seek to understand what issues are of concerned for the community
  * Seek to understand how best to resolve the issues
  * Focus on connecting other members in the community to resolve the issues
  * if there is no one in the community work with other communities to see if they can help
  * once a month have a community event
  * maybe once a month get 2 communities to share an event
  * this way neighboring communities can work out issues that cross community lines 

===== Merge Up =====

  * if there are similar news stories at the community level
  * merge those up to a city level
  * if there are similar news stories across cities
  * merge those up to the state level
  * if there are similar news stories across states
  * merge those up to the nation level

===== Research =====

  * Historical research
  * market research
  * community research

===== News =====

  * research
  * present findings
  * Provide context, not political biased opinion.
  * political news is community centric
  * all other news is separate and not political

===== Politicians =====

  * each community has a [youtube] channel
  * each political position is debated and discussed on this channel
  * each political issue with the community is discussed
  * each community has a regularly scheduled Q&A
  * is this a news channel?

===== Schools =====

  * [[wiki:projects:school|Idea]]
  * [[wiki:ideas:schools|Idea2]]
  * mentorship, not grades
  * Gender separate schools
    * it's currently run by women for women
    * need a male focus curriculum
    * merge them together, just after puberty
  * Practical knowledge.  Why do I need to know this.
  * A teacher of that culture to represent each culture. To broaden people's understand of other cultures.

===== Lawyers =====

  * need them
  * need to be as skilled as the news people

===== References =====

  * STNG
  * Sliders
  * Babylon 5
  * history channel: real history of the bible
  * https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271582/
  * https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586676/
  * leverage
  * lie to me

===== Prisons =====

  * mirror homeless
  * judge decides if it's an accident or not
    * if it's an accident, weak to no sentence
    * if its not, give the option to reform or full sentence
    * if they chose reform,
      * weekly psychology assessments
      * job training
      * this should help at most 30% of the prison pop
    * if they chose full sentence
      * they are labelled a career criminal and get the full sentence very time no parole
      * if someone chooses reform but the psychologist says there is no chance for reform
      * they become a career criminal
      * or if they reform but come back, career criminal