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I often hear people use the phrases "why can& #39;t we have nice things?" and "career politicians"
While the career politicians are the ones holding back those nice things...WE are the reason that we can& #39;t have those nice things.
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While the career politicians are the ones holding back those nice things...WE are the reason that we can& #39;t have those nice things.
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The career politicians are career politicians for a reason: they blow in the direction of public sentiment in order to keep their jobs (ie, a career politician)
If we, as a society, overwhelmingly demand something enough...they move that direction
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If we, as a society, overwhelmingly demand something enough...they move that direction
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We saw it in the Democratic primaries. One of the big reasons Warren and Harris& #39; campaigns took huge hits is because they sat on the Medicare for All fence for too long while they took the temperature of the electorate
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If enough people demanded something like Medicare for All or the Green New Deal...Nancy Pelosi would be wearing Medicare for All t-shirts and Chuck Schumer would change his last name to GND. Hell, even Mitch McConnell would offer free college if enough people demanded it
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I often get discouraged about the direction of the Democratic Party (you& #39;ve all seen it), but the silver lining is we got something like 35% of the party demanding universal health care and free college and climate action. That& #39;s still not enough, but the needle is moving
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It& #39;s up to us to keep pushing the "career politicians" (which is why I& #39;m so hard on Biden and other Democrats for what I think are their short-falls) so that we can have nice things. But those nice things won& #39;t happen unless we demand them
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We pay enough in taxes that we *should* get these things. Instead, we settle for half measures, an increased defense budget, and wasted spending on god-knows-what (from both parties). And a freaking global pandemic is the time to demand these things
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We all need to aim higher in terms of our expectations of government. These people work FOR us. We pay their salaries.
Do you ever get mad at your favorite team& #39;s coach for making a bad call or trade? Do the same with your favorite politicians. It& #39;s ok to criticize them
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Do you ever get mad at your favorite team& #39;s coach for making a bad call or trade? Do the same with your favorite politicians. It& #39;s ok to criticize them
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I don& #39;t have the silver bullet answer on how to make this change happen (call your senator/representative, donate to activist funds, strike/protest if you can -- safely!). But I think the first thing that needs to happen is a shift in mindset.
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If enough of us want (and demand) nice things...the "career politicians" will give us nice things. But if we don& #39;t advocate for ourselves...we get what we deserve.
Happy Tuesday!
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Happy Tuesday!
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