Re-engineering the Social Safety Net

I've had experiences with attempting to use the social saftety net set up by our nanny government and their various corporate partners. IT IS A MESS!! Not only is it a mess, but it is a very expensive mess that costs the taxpayers of Long Island a lot of money. As a State, I believe Long Island could do some significant re-engineering of our participation in these programs that would result in saving tax dollars and delivering higher quality services to those in need. Many of the "needy" are people with severe emotional and psychological issues, others are addicted to drugs, alcohol and other substances. We need to care for these people as best as we can, as humanely as we can and do it efficiently and effectively. I'll post more on this at a later time.

A More Perfect Union

Larry Sabato, a real expert in the US Constitution has not only written a book, but also has an interactive website. I believe one of the advantages of Long Island Statehood would be the ability to craft a 21st Century State Constitution.

Here is the link to Professor Sabato's site:

A More Perfect Constitution by Larry J. Sabato



http://www.amoreperfectconstitution.com/a_more_perfect_constitution.htm

Advantages of Statehood - Part 1

I will be making many posts concerning the advantages of Statehood.  One of the most important is the ability of the State of Long Island to re-invent or re-engineer what a state government would look like in the 21st century. The problem with the USA is that all 50 states are based on models from 200 years ago and more. They just don't work and they are almost impossible to change. California has gone berserk with its initiative process. It has produced more gridlock and more nonsense.

There are some promiment people working on the concept of re-inventing government; including such people as Al Gore and Andrew Cuomo. Additionally there are many academics investigating this issue. I would hope we could attract such people to our cause.

I believe creating a 21st century State Constitution for the State of Long Island would allow us to embed such features as Instant Runoff Voting and Proportional Representation into our government. We could also create a context where County Sherriffs, elected by the people would have some real power to stop the encroachment of the central government into local affairs.

While we could not eliminate "corporate personhood," we could create viable State Constitutional restrictions which would pass US Constitutional muster.

Another idea I have is to completely re-engineer our social safety net at the State level. I'll post more on that later.

Long Island 51st State on Facebook

Here is a link to the Facebook page that others have started. I hope that people will visit both sites and pass information on to your friends.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=523705058#!/pages/Long-Island-51st-State/118269414880715?ref=ts

Welcome to the State of Long Island

I'm just one of many people who advocate a new State of Long Island. I propose that Kings County (Brooklyn) and Queens in New York City join Nassau and Suffolk counties to create a compact, distinct 51st State. There are a number of advantages, which I will write about on these pages.I hope that others will contribute their ideas and follow this blog as well. It would be really cool if this blog went viral. I'd like to see this develop as a functional blog with many leaders. I will remove anything that is comical, profane, innane, inflamatory or just plain stupid. It is important that this movement become a serious effort before we promote the comedians. When Jon Stewart invites me to appear on the Daily Show, maybe I'll change my stance. Hopefully you get the idea.

If you haven't already checked out the Long Island 51st State Facebook page, I suggest you do so. It is administrated by other people; which is cool because this movement will hopefully be decentralized as much as possible.