Post by notbob on Jan 24, 2023 10:13:10 GMT -5
There seems to be a disconnect in the messaging we receive. Though I may speculate, I'm not sure why.
I've been wondering for a long time why pundits and some politicians fail to fully connect the dots for us. Republicans don't want us to connect the dots, but Democrats - Democrats could have a huge advantage if they would simply spell things out.
I saw Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe. As anti-big money as Warren is, even she didn't fully connect the dots. She attributed Republican tax cuts to (paraphrase) "helping their rich friends." Let's make one thing clear. There are no "friends" when it comes to politics. Politicians aren't helping "friends." They're doing what they were "hired" to do. They've agreed to deals with their wealthy sponsors in order to obtain campaign financing and/or to keep those lobbying perks flowing. Instead of saying Republicans are giving tax breaks to help their rich friends, why not say, "They're giving tax breaks to their sponsors?" If the general public understood that Washington is the way it is because it is owned by some of the wealthiest people in the world, and if they understood that politicians enter into agreements to obtain funding for campaigns and to keep their voting in line with their sponsors' best interests over the interests of the masses, perhaps we could see enough outrage to force campaign finance reform, lobbying reform, gerrymandering reform, and maybe even the dismantling of the Electoral College.
I can understand why politicians might want to avoid the subject, but why aren't pundits connecting all the dots for us? As far as I'm concerned, the fact that the wealthiest people in the world control our government is the biggest problem we face. Get money out of politics and we'll end debates on clean energy, firearms regulations, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. Taking money out of politics will give politicians no choice but to work for "the people" and remove the incentive to divide us.
I've been wondering for a long time why pundits and some politicians fail to fully connect the dots for us. Republicans don't want us to connect the dots, but Democrats - Democrats could have a huge advantage if they would simply spell things out.
I saw Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe. As anti-big money as Warren is, even she didn't fully connect the dots. She attributed Republican tax cuts to (paraphrase) "helping their rich friends." Let's make one thing clear. There are no "friends" when it comes to politics. Politicians aren't helping "friends." They're doing what they were "hired" to do. They've agreed to deals with their wealthy sponsors in order to obtain campaign financing and/or to keep those lobbying perks flowing. Instead of saying Republicans are giving tax breaks to help their rich friends, why not say, "They're giving tax breaks to their sponsors?" If the general public understood that Washington is the way it is because it is owned by some of the wealthiest people in the world, and if they understood that politicians enter into agreements to obtain funding for campaigns and to keep their voting in line with their sponsors' best interests over the interests of the masses, perhaps we could see enough outrage to force campaign finance reform, lobbying reform, gerrymandering reform, and maybe even the dismantling of the Electoral College.
I can understand why politicians might want to avoid the subject, but why aren't pundits connecting all the dots for us? As far as I'm concerned, the fact that the wealthiest people in the world control our government is the biggest problem we face. Get money out of politics and we'll end debates on clean energy, firearms regulations, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. Taking money out of politics will give politicians no choice but to work for "the people" and remove the incentive to divide us.