what are 5 things we as citizens can do to make sure our governments deliver?

Answer 1

In order of importance:

1-Choose representatives based on their views, not their party.
2-Let them know your opinion
3-Be informed and educated.
4-Hold them accountable.
5-Remember that they work for us, not the other way around

Answer 2

I may have more than five. Really fast.

*Go on a nationwide strike until the government gets its sh!t together.

*Quit paying taxes until we get what we pay for, which is a democratic capitalist society, not an Oligarchy, not Fascism, not inside-trading, not collusion and price-fixing, which is what we have and what we're paying to keep (and get much more of.)

*None of that wussy million-man march stuff. I want to see a hundred-fifty million American men and women all out in the streets at once, and I want you to sound like you have a pair, be they testicles or ovaries.

*Don't let one more millionaire build one more house or golf-course until there are no more homeless people who used to work and who want to work again.

*Make politicians' kids go to public school.

*I think it would be a really good idea if just one senator's kid or one congressperson's kid was also fighting in Iraq. Better yet, the next time we go to war, since it's only the filthy rich who are gaining anything, let them go to war and we'll all sit back and watch it on CNN.

*The next time, let George Bush and his newly targeted "insane dictator with weapons of mass destruction" fight it out like in wrestling. Two men, locked in one steel cage, Texas Death Match style. If there are no winners, there will still be no losers. And, like in wrestling, there should be other bouts scheduled before the main event. Dick Cheney vs. Martin Sheen. Donald Rumsfeld vs. Alec Baldwin. Condoleezza Rice vs. one of the Dixie Chicks. Pat Robertson vs. Al Sharpton.

* Seriously penalize American businesses that move overseas instead of giving these swine corporate welfare for being traitors.

*If Martha Stewart is the best example our gov't can find of white-collar crime in America, then let's put all of the senate and congress through the same rigorous investigation. Then let's do Boy George and Little Dick last. Can you say, "Enron" and Halliburton"?

*The main thing is, quit voting for these idiots unless you're willing to sign a waiver that says, "I'm an admitted idiot so I'm allowed to vote for my peers."

Answer 3

1. Vote
2. Pay taxes
3. Enlist in the armed services
4. Question the status quo
5. become educated and stay informed!

If everyone did these 5 things, the world would be a different place.

Excellent question!

Answer 4

Inform yourself by getting information from many different outlets (not just Bill O'Reilly or just NPR, for example).
Vote.
Actually do research on candidates.
Stand up for what you believe in instead of going along with the crowd
If a politician irks you, call his/her office and write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper and copy the politician in on it.

Answer 5

Vote for a president whose policies are in line with what we feel needs to be done.

Continue to bear arms.

Pray for our government leaders for their wisdom in all situations.

Impeach presidents that are causing problems.

Hold our government accountable for the decisions they make.

Answer 6

1) Vote
2) Stay in contact with your representatives
3) Stay informed of local and national politics
4) Write to your local newspaper... most local politicians will read those letters
5) Join your local branch of your political party and participate in events and fundraising
6) Run for office... best way to make a change is to do it from the inside

Answer 7

Deliver what?
Governments don't create - they destroy. Whatever they're delivering, I'm not interested in.

Answer 8

Actually, we only need to do one thing ~ Don't vote Republican in the next Presidental election.

Answer 9

Vote
Stay informed
Contact your represenitive when you have a problem
VOTE
VOTE

Answer 10

you believe in the government ????????????????????/