Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Reasons to agree : If you don't have clear leadership, an organization can be like a car with two steering wheels: more likely to go in the right overall direction but less likely to stay on the road. If you had 2 steering wheels, and whoever turned the hardest would get their way, you might be going in the right direction more often. In the same way, some people say that 2 heads are better than one. This is true to a degree, but every organization needs to have clear responsibility so that someone can take responsibility, conflict is reduced, etc. Challenging bureaucratic groupthink encourages innovation and creative problem-solving. It promotes diversity of thought and can lead to better decision-making processes. Challenging groupthink can expose and correct inefficiencies within the system. It helps prevent the "blind leading the blind" scenario and potential cascading failures. Logical Arguments - Cons: Constantly challenging bureaucratic groupthink can disrupt effic...

Reasons to Agree: Lack of Unity Among Nonmilitary International Resources – The State Department, USAID, and other diplomatic entities operate independently, leading to inefficiencies and conflicting policies. No Clear Leadership and Authority – Diplomatic and foreign policy efforts suffer from bureaucratic confusion and overlapping jurisdictions. Military Model for Coordination – The Department of Defense has resolved inter-service conflicts by creating "joint commands" with unified leadership, which could be applied to diplomatic efforts. Organizations Need Clear Leadership and Accountability – Without structured authority, organizations struggle to implement cohesive strategies. Political Bureaucracy Slows Down Action – Uncoordinated decision-making in foreign affairs weakens diplomatic effectiveness and response time. Every organization needs clear leadership, lines of authority, and responsibility .  Reasons to Disagree: Foreign Policy Requires Flexibility – Unli...

Reasons to agree : Campaign critiques highlight bureaucratic paralysis In his 2012 campaign , Mitt Romney’s An American Century white paper identified structural inefficiencies as a major obstacle to effective U.S. foreign policy. Even a decade later, these concerns remain relevant —delays in decision-making weaken America’s global standing. In today’s fast-moving world , slow bureaucratic responses undermine the U.S.’s ability to project strength. Bureaucracy strangles foreign aid and diplomacy Romney criticized the cumbersome process of U.S. foreign aid, where funds and relief efforts are often delayed or diluted due to red tape. Diplomatic strategy requires speed —yet, bureaucratic inefficiencies often render U.S. aid less effective than it could be. He advocated for performance-based reforms to ensure aid is strategic, efficient, and impactful. Foreign policy agencies operate in silos The State Department, USAID, and Defense Department frequently work...

Reasons to agree : During the Clinton Administration, our intelligence community was critically weakened. The CIA workforce was slashed by almost 20% and recruitment was reduced dramatically, undermining effective human intelligence. Score : # of reasons to agree: 1 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: - 0 Total Idea Score: 1 Don't like the score? It is easy to change the score. Just post a reason to agree or disagree with the overall idea, or any of the reasons and the score will change

We should allow users to suggest  books  as  reasons to agree or disagree  with an idea.  If these books were used as data points and were associated as reasons to agree or disagree with a conclusion, we could use an  algorithm  to lend strength to an idea based on the books strength. Data is readily available from  Amazon  or  E-bay  or the  New York Times  best selling list of how well a book has sold. So there would be three fields. One place where you submit the item that agrees or disagrees with the original idea. The second field would let you classify the object. Is it a  book , a  website , or simply a logical argument . The third field would be a place where the user explains why he thinks the book supports the conclusion that he/she has come to. Of course, people would be allowed to vote weather or not the book actually does support the side that the original user said that it would. This is where the a...

Reasons to agree : Clinton decreased military personnel by 500,000. Clinton decreased military spending by about $50 billion a year. Under Clinton the U.S. Army lost four active divisions. Under Clinton the U.S. Army lost two reserve divisions. Under Clinton the U.S. Navy lost almost 80 ships. Under Clinton the U.S. Air Force saw its active personnel decrease by 30 percent. Under Clinton the Marines' personnel dropped by 22,000. We need more troops than we have in order to win a war in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is about the size of Military that we should have. Weather Bush 1, Clinton , or Bush 2 were right or wrong in their actions in Iraq , we need to have the capacity to win the war that Bush 2 tried to fight. It was wrong for the Clinton administration to dismantle the military. Reasons to disagree:   Interests Probable interest  of those who agree: Making it look like Bill Clinton was a bad president, so that independents won't vote for democrats in the future. ...