Governments should represent the people...

We are controlled by big business and industry and by our governments who support those organizations. We are so slow to react to the harms that come to our people from pollution of our environment be it our air or water. The resulting deaths and physical and mental maladies tend to be either hidden or downplayed.

As an example, how well has the government protected the people from drugs that have had side effects that were harmful to patients and sometimes to children born to mothers who were treated using particular drugs? What has been done to eliminate from the air those pollutants that have harmed men, women and children?

It is so easy for governments to institute commissions and studies that would cause the people to believe that something was being done. The resulting reports that provide directions for change are not always adopted and often those reports are filed or placed on shelves for use by scholars for historical studies.

If we look at any recent studies or criticism of our educational or training systems, we can find that the same territory had been explored in the past with recommendations that are quite familar. If we look at our medical and health studies of the past ten years, can we identify changes that have taken place, and if yes, we still find ourselves with ongoing problems with our health systems. Where are our governments? We hear so much at election times but after the election all settles back to where we were before.

Governments should represent the people and should react in positive ways to improve the lot of all citizens.