Just a quick comment. Your description of the goals all democrats share -
"democracy, civil equality, economic fairness, the rule of law." seem to me, if you take one
more step back, to be all about fairness. Democracy is fairness of access to voting, civil equality is fair access to resources like schools and gov services, economic fairness has it in the
name, and rule of law is fairness in access and treatment by the law. It's all about fairness - like
what most of us learned in kindergarten or from our parents.
I think further destruction of established congressional norms is a bad idea. This will just continue the race to tear apart checks and balances. Things may be better for democrats in the short term but payback is a bitch. I’d rather see an effort made to get a government that works together back in place so the country can end this madness and actually concentrate on improving live and eliminating corruption .
There’s a lot to agree with here but one thing that doesn’t get discussed nearly enough as a huge barrier to all if this is how beholden so many congresspeople are to their donors.
The problem here lies with any kind of ‘court reform’ where currently big business enjoys the fact that they pretty much get what they want at the expense of not just working people but everyone. Billionaires hold massive amounts of power and influence, and they’re not going to give it up.
Just in my home state of California there are plans to put hundreds of millions into business friendly ‘moderate’ campaigns, both R and D, and against a couple of ballot measures through billionaire funded non profits and PACs.
I don’t really know how this country can truly be a democracy until we find a way to get money out of politics.
Just a quick comment. Your description of the goals all democrats share -
"democracy, civil equality, economic fairness, the rule of law." seem to me, if you take one
more step back, to be all about fairness. Democracy is fairness of access to voting, civil equality is fair access to resources like schools and gov services, economic fairness has it in the
name, and rule of law is fairness in access and treatment by the law. It's all about fairness - like
what most of us learned in kindergarten or from our parents.
I look at it like everybody’s special. We all matter. Just like in kindergarten, everyone gets a trophy.
I think further destruction of established congressional norms is a bad idea. This will just continue the race to tear apart checks and balances. Things may be better for democrats in the short term but payback is a bitch. I’d rather see an effort made to get a government that works together back in place so the country can end this madness and actually concentrate on improving live and eliminating corruption .
There’s a lot to agree with here but one thing that doesn’t get discussed nearly enough as a huge barrier to all if this is how beholden so many congresspeople are to their donors.
The problem here lies with any kind of ‘court reform’ where currently big business enjoys the fact that they pretty much get what they want at the expense of not just working people but everyone. Billionaires hold massive amounts of power and influence, and they’re not going to give it up.
Just in my home state of California there are plans to put hundreds of millions into business friendly ‘moderate’ campaigns, both R and D, and against a couple of ballot measures through billionaire funded non profits and PACs.
I don’t really know how this country can truly be a democracy until we find a way to get money out of politics.