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But these people got poorer, more scared, more pushed into a corner, they were told to be demure, quiet, apologetic. And now - all they got is their mullet, tattoo, and dual income check-to-check life where "I made my bills this month" is the American dream.
And as long as people vote for Reps whose primary campaign cry is "tax cuts!", it will just get worse. Those tax cuts have made the rich richer, concentrating wealth in the top few percent. Taxes must go UP for the higher income levels. Obviously, that's just one bit of a larger problem. But it's important.
NOW talk to the audience:
Hey, audience, do you want the Anti-Vax podcast shit? OR do you want that hospital in town re-opened? Do you want your Mim;'s Medicaid to be dfunded better, or do you want the pizza parlor conspiracy shit? HEY SWING STATE VOTER....NOTICE HOW YOUR ACA BILL WENT UP $300 A MONTH? How about we go back to how it was?
Agreed. Or, even better, add a public option onto that. "You can do your ACA, or you can sign up for non-senior Medicare. Our overhead is less, and we are not for profit."
Sometimes....you gotta change when previous stuff isn't working.
The definition of insanity: doing the same thing repeatedly, expecting a different result.
But there are forces working against all of this. While college certainly isn't necessary, forces on the right demean college-educated people. Forces on the right say taxes on the wealthy are too high, and so they have no money to create jobs for them (i.e. "trickle-down"...which doesn't work, and never has worked no matter how many times they try it). Etc.
Elements of the media have been weaponized, and become propaganda machines. We don't believe experts anymore because the media says "nah, that can't be true". My neighbor told me he ingests a few grains of crystal bleach (or maybe it was Drano...I forget now). He said it helps keep him healthy. I pointed out that it is poison, and he said something like "don't believe all that...it's just a few grains". We don't believe our doctors anymore because some orange fool recommended injecting bleach, or ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID, or some other nonsense.
I'm not being elitist saying that I probably know more about astronomical gamma rays than anyone on this board. In fact, 30 years ago I was an "expert". I'm out of date now, of course. Some people study a topic thoroughly, and become "expert". That's not a bad thing, and it is not a comment on people who didn't study that thing and aren't experts. Heck, I want the "expert" pilot flying my plane. I want the "expert" engineer building the bridge I drive across. I want the "expert" surgeon operating on me or 1poorlady (which really happened, to both of us). When "experts" speak, I listen. Because, in all likelihood, I'm not an expert in their field, and won't pretend to know more than they do.
BTW, It's nice when you write a post that isn't in a shorthand most people don't know, and don't harp on "I'm winning". This was a clear post, you stated your positions well, and I agreed with it.
