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Posted on August 1, 2012 by Rand Strauss

• Together We will Fix American Democracy
• Guide to the PeopleCount Blog
• PeopleCount Overview
• Archive
• The Problem
• What I Want
• Creating A Government We Love
• Healthcare: What are the Issues?
• The State Of Online Political Discourse: How You Can Make An Impact
• 4 Ways Social Media Impacted The 2012 Election
• The Key To Knowing What You Want From Your Leaders
• The PeopleCount Story, Part 1
• How Politicians Utilized Social Media During Superstorm Sandy
• Political Discussions Online: Must They Be Negative?
• The PeopleCount Story, Part 2
• 4 Challenges for President Obama
• The PeopleCount Story, Part 3
• The Power of Online Petitions
• Do People Start Caring Less After Election Day?
• Cooperate with the U.N., or Not?
• What’s Behind the STEM Jobs Act
• Did Sandy Open Our Eyes to Climate Change?
• Is Bipartisanship a Realistic Endeavor?
• Splitting America into Red & Blue Countries
• How Americans Can Actually Save the U.S. Government Money
• Fiscal Cliff: What The Deal Means for Americans
• Is Our Income Tax System Fair?
• How You Can Help Grow PeopleCount.org
• 5 Ways to Give Political Power Back to the People
• 4 Ways to Achieve True Bipartisanship
• 4 Things That Make Bipartisanship Difficult to Achieve
• Do Tax Breaks Boost the Economy?
• On Taxes: What Should Your Government Do?
• Is the U.S. a True Democracy?
• The Top 10 Political Blogs: PeopleCount.org Picks
• Should The Federal Government Be the Universal Solution?
• Slacktivism: Are You Falling Victim?
• Change.org’s Most Successful E-Petitions
• How Self-Learning Can Prep You For Civic Engagement
• Women’s Rights Movement: What Are the Issues?
• What’s Missing: Effective Political Communication
• PeopleCount: being Non-Partisan supports Truth
• There’s no respect, only listening.
• Failure is a Myth
• Truth: There is no such thing as failure
• Oil companies: We should combat global warming
• You make Politics Hard
• the truth about them
• Questions that Matter
• Why Voters are Apathetic
• Actions are Better than Resolutions
• Representative Democracy Isn’t
• Amount of Effort for Your Political Stand to Count
• How PeopleCount Works
• We Don’t Need Campaign Contribution Limits
• If I won the lottery? I’d create the future.
• Comparing Business and Government
• A Real Solution
• Societal Myths
• A Political Alternative
• Solve our Root Political Problem
• Why Technology Hasn’t Aided Democracy
• A New Way to Politically Organize
• We Can Create Our Future
• Rig the Election? Don’t worry.
• Jerk vs Psychopath, Why it Matters
• Jerk vs Psychopath, Part 2
• How PeopleCount Works, part 2
• How PeopleCount Works, part 3, Acting Responsibly
• How PeopleCount works, part 4, Young People
• How PeopleCount Works, part 5
• What Democracy Requires
• The Problems with Polling- Inaccurate on Ballot Measures
• What’s Sociology?
• The Political Divisiveness of the Benghazi Investigation
• What IS Possible?
• How did I think of this solution?
• How did I Think of this Solution? Part 2
• A Life-Changing Experience
• A Life-Changing Experience- Part 2
• How did I Think of this Solution? Part 3
• Ask for What You Want
• True Knowledge
• Best Practices are Missing in Politics
• Real Political Accountability, What is it?
• Mental Cycles
• What is Needed to Create Real Political Accountability?
• We Invent Meaning
• How I Work, How I approach Organizing
• Making Politics Civil
• The Problems with Polling – Poor Questions and Answers
• Dishonesty and Instant Karma
• More political thinking inside the box
• How do you think Outside the Box of Politics?
• The Top Problems with Polling that make it Bad for a Democracy
• In our Democracy, Polling disempowers us from Inventing
• The Myth about Self-Selection Bias in Surveys
• Empathy
• Stuck in the Political Context with You
• Are we Stuck in the Political Context?
• Should you be Responsible for how you Listen for Accountable Government
• Political Accountability- Why it Seems Difficult to Deliver
• We need Political Accountability for Syria, too
• Myth: The Private Sector is more Efficient than Democratic Government
• Why our Democracy is Broken? Old thinking instead of Political Accountability
• Choosing the Political Context with You
• How does Political Accountability impact Being Right?
• PeopleCount is Unimaginable
• Why we don’t Fix our Political System, We can’t Work Together
• Why we don’t Fix our Political System, The Myth of the Lazy American
• To be less Biased Politically, be Accountable for it
• The Fate of Politics Hinges on Accountability
• The Fate of Politics Hinges on You holding Us Accountable
• We Create the Status Quo Daily
• Is there any New Thinking in PeopleCount?
• Design a Future where Democratic Government is Accountable to the People
• Americans want Political Accountability, not a Third Party
• Since Culture is an Invention, Let’s Invent Politics with Accountability
• We can be Responsible for our Culture, from Slavery to Democracy
• We can Create a Culture of Political Accountability
• Only You can Create Political Accountability that Supports Real Democracy
• American Democracy was not Designed to handle Political Parties
• Why You should help PeopleCount bring Political Accountability to Democracy
• Parties have always Corrupted American Democracy
• PeopleCount will free Congress from the Corruption of Parties
• Life and Death are Yours to Design, so are Politics and Democracy
• We design Life, Death, Democracy and Politics
• Hold PeopleCount Accountable to Transform Politics
• Can you hear a New Political Possibility?
• How I found a way to Fix Democracy
• How might PeopleCount fail?
• Is Fixing Democracy Possible? Versus: Will PeopleCount work?
• Rand’s Background
• Rand’s Background – Part 2, Return to Landmark
• What happened that I Tackled Politics?
• What happened that I began to Look for a Solution?
• What Happened that I Discovered a Solution?
• Was GovTrack a Good Idea? Not really.
• JT is Mistaken, Fixing American Democracy is Possible
• What should we do about radical Moslems?
• Why Moslems Are For Peace
• What are our War Options with ISIL?
• Writing Good Questions about Political Issues
• Congress Accountable to Citizens – the Boss/Employee Relationship
• Answerability is Key for Congress to be Accountable to Citizens
• Informed Voters are required for Fire-ability
• The History of Rand and PeopleCount
• A New Solution for the Problem of the Influence of Money in Politics
• The Status Quo Solutions for the Problem of the Influence of Money in Politics
• How can we make the World a Better Place?
• Your Help is Needed to make Congress Accountable to the People
• PeopleCount is a Good Idea Only If You are Responsible
• American Political Apathy and Ignorance are not Causes of our Political Problems
• I’m not Cut Out for Transforming Politics, Working Far Outside my Comfort Zone
• To Design our Future is the Purpose of Politics. The Purpose of Government is Building it
• Partnership in Creating Political Accountability
• Seemingly Insurmountable Opportunity and Political Accountability
• We’re Wasting our Power because Political Accountability is Missing
• The Cultural Justification for Lies – How Honesty can Return to Politics
• Fixing our Dysfunctional Political Culture is Possible
• Self-Definition is Key to Creating Political Accountability for Democracy
• Why is Democracy Broken? Money and Partisanship
• Lack of Representation Prevents our Democracy from Working
• Can you Hear a New Possibility for Political Reform?
• Hearing a New Possibility for Political Reform
• Political Accountability is Uncommon in our Culture, so seems Complex
• Politics is Cultural, so Fixing Democracy is Possible
• Fixing Democracy is Possible because it’s Cultural and Disliked
• Name-calling in Politics Should Stop- PeopleCount can Help
• Democracy is dead. There’s no Political Accountability and it’s not because of Citizens United
• The Distance between Congress and the People prevents Political Accountability and Kills Democracy
• Being a Positive Force in Politics, Making People Count
• In a Functioning Democracy, The President is not so Important
• What if Money were not an Issue? How to Fix American Democracy on $657 per day
• Holding Hillary Clinton Accountable for Reversing her Stand on Gay Marriage
• Holding Accountable Marco Rubio on Immigration and Amnesty
• America Lacks Support Structures to be a Democracy Accountable to the People or to be Representative
• Accountability aids Productivity
• Politicians are Busy without Accountability in a Dysfunctional System
• The Threat to Fixing Democracy: How might PeopleCount Fail to Execute
• The Threat to Political Accountability: More Challenges to PeopleCount’s Success
• Unfair Criticism Of Hillary Clinton’s saying a Woman is an Outsider
• 1- Obama, Help make Politicians Accountable to The People
• 2- Obama, Orient Government toward Political Reform
• Citizens United did not cause Money to Influence Politics
• There’s More to Politics than Power
• The Quality of Life is based on my Accountabilities
• Why Trump Supporters Love Trump and Anger
• Why Attend a Trump Rally? For Political Theater
• What are our Chances of Transforming Democracy in America?
• Update: The Hard Work of Political Reform
• The Real Fraud is our Political System in the 2016 Presidential Election
• Extremist Candidates Win in a Democracy without Accountability
• There’s no problem with Empathy
• The Political System doesn’t Work. No Systems Work.
• Trump’s Honesty is Good for a Recovering Racist America
• Trump’s Honesty is Good for a Recovering Sexist America
• Flak about Racism and Sexism in America
• Passover Reminds us: the Impossible can Happen, with Our Support
• Listen for Freedom. Be Ready for Liberty, the End of Slavery
• How PeopleCount helps you Communicate to Elected Officials
• At Passover, we Commit: the Impossible CAN Happen
• Being Conscientious about our Politics
• Day 1 of the Rest of my Life
• Day 6- Mucking with Angular
• Why Members of Congress are not Politically Accountable to Citizens
• What IS PeopleCount? How will it Work?
• Politics is all about Emotions
• America has Political Accountability in its Blind Spot
• What IS Real Political Accountability?
• A System to Deliver Political Accountability to America
• A System to Deliver Political Accountability to America- 2
• Some of the Benefits of PeopleCount
• More Benefits of PeopleCount
• The Difference between a Republic and a Democracy
• Closer and Closer to a Representative, Accountable Democracy, despite Failures
• Integrity is much higher in Sports than in Politics in America- Why?
• Comparing Sports to Politics, for Integrity and Accountability
• What New Rules could Shake Up Congress?
• The Secret to Success: Traits
• We are Still Burning Witches
• We Burn Witches in Politics. We sell out Democracy and Ignore Accountability
• If I were the Author of my Life Story, what Story would I Write?
• What would the Next part of my Life’s Story be?
• I’d make the Character Honorable
• PS: Some disagree about me being honorable
• Free Market Ideology Perverts Democracy
• Should we Lower Sentences for Some Sexual Offenses?
• America’s Political System was not Designed to handle Corporations
• Why does Violence seem so Desirable?
• Britain could Stay in the European Union
• Am I Okay?
• Is Representative Democracy Needed Because We’re Lazy?
• Accountability is a Relationship, not a Thing
• Political Correctness makes America Strong
• Politicians don’t Listen because they Can’t
• Convincing is the Wrong Tactic for Changing Politics
• Do you know what Political Accountability is?
• Startups are not for Wimps
• Single Founder Challenges
• Ginsburg has no Conflict of Interest with Trump
• Sexism is Pervasive
• In the American Political System, Voters are Almost Powerless
• Why’s the World of Politics so Uncivil?
• Bernie’s “Our Revolution” Seems like the Same Old Politics
• Immoral Politicians are usually Self-Righteous
• Free elections are necessary for Fire-ability, a key part of Political Accountability
• Choose Good or Evil- Create Accountable Politics or Status Quo
• Politics and Democracy Occur, they don’t Exist
• Apple Software Quality Stinks
• Does Anything Exist? Do People?
• Party Unity above Morality
• With PeopleCount, American Voters will be Better Informed
• Fire-ability: Fair Elections mean No Gerrymandering
• Fair Elections are also needed for Fire-ability
• Answerability is Powerfully Delivered with Interactive Reports
• Is America Racist?
• Is America’s Constitution Good?
• A Puzzle: What if Trump is Good for America
• My View on the Presidential Race
• The Myth of Campaign Finance Reform – The Supply of Money
• Should Trump be Prohibited from Owning a Gun?
• What are Moral Politicians?
• The Paradigm of Politics: Trump’s Childish efforts to Dominate
• The Paradigm of Politics: Adolescent effort to Win
• What is Political Operational Accountability?
• Lack of Press about Political Accountability
• Corruption and Money in Politics are Secondary Problems
• Teddy Roosevelt: Corporations are not People
• Problem Solving in Politics requires Exploration and Not-Knowing
• Problem Solving in Politics requires Understanding Context
• The PeopleCount Theory of Political Accountability
• We can Learn about Political Accountability by Using It
• Can you Imagine Real Political Accountability?
• Partisan Politics is Not Inevitable
• Our Politics are Bankrupt, based on Rhetoric, not Accountability
• Trump is a Willing Partner with the Devil
• How would a Democratic, Accountable Country Declare War?
• Do you want to Vote on the TTP and the TTIP?
• Hillary Clinton is a Pragmatist, not a Capitalist
• Are there Plans to Fix our Democracy?
• Letter about Political Accountability
• How Hillary Clinton Turns Skeptics To Supporters
• We Should Create the Future We Want
• Will the First Presidential Debate Make a Difference?
• Issues Americans Want but Congress Doesn’t
• Words are not Powerful
• How You Listen is the Most Important part of Communication
• PeopleCount is About Accountability in Politics
• How Imperfect is American Democracy?
• Personal Quirks and Food for Thought
• What We Don’t Know that We Don’t Know about Politics and Accountability
• Thinking vs Stupidity: The Difference Matters
• Imagine a Better Voting Method, like Approval Voting
• A New System of Voting for America
• Regressives dislike Change or are Greedy
• Progressives have Challenges
• Foreign Aid is Inexpensive, Let’s not End it
• Let’s Solve the Basic Problem in Politics
• A Purpose-Built System for Political Accountability- Benefits
• Will Term Limits Help America?
• A Term Limit Amendment will need PeopleCount to be Passed
• Not just Term Limits, but a Robust Solution
• Direct Democracy is Not what PeopleCount Creates
• The Conversation is Stale about Fixing our Broken Democracy
• My Political Philosophy: Reluctant Pragmatism
• Forward and Backward Reasoning about the Future
• The Advantages of Term Limits
• Compromise on Term Limits
• Are Democrats Better at War?
• PeopleCount would lead to Better Energy Policy
• George Washington warned of the Evil of Political Parties
• Keeping Congress Broken- the Myth of Elections
• A Presentation Today went Well
• Political Correctness is Not Bullying
• PEOPLEaCOUNTability
• Millennials are Willing to Sacrifice Broken Democracy
• Keeping Congress Broken- It’s their fault
• Keeping Congress Broken- Fight Harder!
• Post-Election letter to Progressives- End the Stress
• Let’s give Trump a Chance
• Who can be a Successful Entrepreneur?
• I’m a Lousy Entrepreneur
• Stop Working Harder to Make Democracy Work
• Help Fix American Democracy
• Hillary Should Not Have Run
• America’s Failed Elections
• The American Political System is Lousy
• Why it’s Dumb to Say Blue Lives Matter
• Introducing Rand and PeopleCount
• What’s in a Name? Redskins and Primitive Sports
• Shall We Fix Politics or Complain?
• A Letter to the President
• The Real Cause of America’s Political Problems
• I Failed to Launch the Solution to our Political Problems
• Real Democracy is Possible for the Future
• Is Trump Evil? Does Trump-Bashing Dishonor America?
• Life is Illusions
• PeopleCount is very different from Surveys
• America’s Political System was Poorly Designed
• Having Two Major American Political Parties is Bad
• Why Marching is Not a Political Solution
• How Trump can Benefit from the March #TrumpRights
• What was the Purpose of the Womens March on Washington?
• The Solution to US Political Problems is Outside the Box
• Transition to a Better Democracy
• Am I enlightened?
• Think Different and Fixing Politics is Possible
• How to Improve Education
• America was Never Designed to Deliver Accountable Politics
• The Nuts and Bolts of PeopleCount
• The Nuts and Bolts will Matter
• Introduction to PeopleCount, Political Power and Accountability
• The First Big Challenge of Life, Mastering Love
• American Heroism, No Saving Officer Ryan
• PeopleCount offers Real Political Transformation
• Please take PeopleCount Seriously
• We’re all Looking for Someone or Funding
• What’s a New Paradigm in Politics?
• How to escape the Win/Lose/Fight Paradigm
• Would you like to Fix America’s Democracy?
• If People don’t Research, can PeopleCount work?
• Accountable for being Humble
• Accountable also for returning to Reality
• Strategically, Is Political Fighting the Only Option?
• Imagine You Run for Congress
• You Run For Congress: Your Campaign- Week 1
• Summary of PeopleCount
• PeopleCount’s Launch Schedule
• America- We Ignore our Central Problem and Fail
• Support Accountability and PeopleCount
• Your Reality is Not Reality
• PeopleCount has been an Adventure
• Accomplishments
• Life is Over, Time to Begin Again
• Why Tech has failed Politics
• Is an “Accountability System” for politics possible?
• Acceptance is Embracing YOUR Reality
• Toward a more Accurate Theory of Mind
• Democracy does not Exist- It’s Just an Idea
• We could have Wonderful Politics, in Six Months
• What PeopleCount will Cost
• The Benefits of PeopleCount: You’ll Love Politics
• When we Feel Certain, Simple Concepts can be Difficult
• Contest Entry: Accountable Democracy with PeopleCount
• You can’t Prove that Fixing Democracy is Impossible
• A High Level Summary of PeopleCount
• For Political Parties, Incumbent Benefits
• For Political Parties, Campaign Benefits
• How does Spiritual Enlightenment relate to Political Accountability?
• Transforming Politics – September 2017 Newsletter
• Brigade.com Upgrades to Same Old Features
• The Motive behind the Las Vegas Mass Shooting
• Politics Lacks the Foundation of Accountability
• Hating Trump doesn’t Help
• Problems worsen amidst misunderstanding
• What could have been? A wonderful political system.
• Good Luck with a Dysfunctional Democracy
• Bad Question: Is Social Media Bad for Democracy?
• When are Problems in Politics not Problems?
• Status of PeopleCount.org
• Better than Results, a Foundation that Guarantees Democracy
• Is There a Way to Reach “Them”?
• Context is Key: Why the Infinite is Small
• What’s Wrong with our Political System?
• The state of American Politics Today
• Let’s End Racism in America
• Problem: Political Opinions Don’t Matter
• The US Constitution is Flawed
• Successful (for-profit) New-Politics Sites
• Well-Funded New-Politics Sites that Failed
• Political Sites
• “Impossible” is for the Little People
• PeopleCount is a Solution, much more than an Idea
• Politics is Much More Complex than our Truisms
• Summary of PeopleCount
• Inefficiency brings Disruption to Politics
• PeopleCount Will Lessen The Political Power of Money