WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

There was a film released in 1972 called The Candidate in which a young man runs for  a United States Senate seat. The film ends with his election. He then seeks an answer from his campaign manager. Herewith is the clip.

I am of course very pleased with the outcome of these midterm elections, but I am sure that across the country many of the newly elected representatives are asking the same question. What do we do now? There is much speculation about investigative oversight committees looking into ‘alleged’ corruption. I say alleged as any lawyer would prior to any finding of guilt. There are a number of such committees being contemplated, and put forward as a primary concern, to look at the various activities of convicted felon Donald Trump and his cabinet. There are also speculations about congress increasing the number of Justices on the Supreme Court, in order to restore a balance over certain  judicial leanings of the current Court. The prospect of subpoenas flying out of the Congress calling numbers of people to give an account of their activities under oath, is on may people’s agenda. It seems like a rush to settle accounts.

I would strongly urge the Congress to take a breath and carefully take stock before launching a tirade of investigations. In my view the first priority is to work out just what they can do to deal with their citizens’ actual accounts and lessen their financial burdens. Just what action can Congress take to immediately reduce the price of fuel (diesel in particular), start to bring down the cost of food, bring down the cost of housing and rents, restore access to medical care, affect some adjustment to minimum wages and other programs that have been sadly neglected under convicted felon Trump’s administration. 

At the same time they must work out a way for the United States to extricate itself from the disastrous ‘military action’ embarked on by the convicted felon. That in itself is fraught with difficulty, as the expense will not stop even if the fighting does. I am sure there are those who would seek to replenish the military hardware so carelessly squandered by Mr Hegseth and his gang. There are many democrats as well as republicans who are deeply concerned about United States military capability. Stocks of arms will, of necessity of course, have to be kept up. That is just a reality of the times we live in. Would that it were not so.

Once these actions has taken effect Congress can start their rigorous oversight. Also, by beginning with the basic necessities of governance, I believe the United States can begin to restore it’s relationship with the rest of the world and demonstrate it’s return to a nation more in tune with free representative democratic governments. 

There is a lot to do, and it is essential that it succeed in no small degree if it is to maintain the endorsement of the American voters who have given them this chance to ‘make it so’. They have two years to be getting it right. My answer would be ‘This is what we do now” if there is to be any chance of continuing the work after the 2028 election.