PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Nordberg,
We will see. Dem politicians are not always angels either. Without a strong Republican party, who is to hold Dems in check? It's not like just because they are Dems they can do no wrong. Plenty of very rich and powerful people support Dems and those people want favors. If it weren't for the power of the health care industry over both parties, we would not have the profit-friendly PPACA. Didn't the insurance industry essentially WRITE that law?
Imagine how different the outcome would have been if Dems and Republicans stood together AGAINST the big corporate interests? Stood up for the PEOPLE?
What if we had two or more political parties that competed to show how they best represent the interests of ordinary citizens against powerful big money corporate interests? Why, we could probably have $10 phone bills and $15 internet bills. Have the bundle for $30. We could have higher wages for workers, fewer people on the dole, free college for grade-earners, no student debt, a healthy sustainable economy where working allows the young to buy their OWN house instead of living in the basement. An economy that works for everyone, instead of glorifying extreme wealth inequality. And healthy people incentivized to adopt preventative measures by a health care system whose goal is healthy people, not big profits for Wall Street. ( I almost make a typo and put 'Wall Streed.' Was my subconscious making it synonymous with 'greed?' )
We will see. Dem politicians are not always angels either. Without a strong Republican party, who is to hold Dems in check? It's not like just because they are Dems they can do no wrong. Plenty of very rich and powerful people support Dems and those people want favors. If it weren't for the power of the health care industry over both parties, we would not have the profit-friendly PPACA. Didn't the insurance industry essentially WRITE that law?
Imagine how different the outcome would have been if Dems and Republicans stood together AGAINST the big corporate interests? Stood up for the PEOPLE?
What if we had two or more political parties that competed to show how they best represent the interests of ordinary citizens against powerful big money corporate interests? Why, we could probably have $10 phone bills and $15 internet bills. Have the bundle for $30. We could have higher wages for workers, fewer people on the dole, free college for grade-earners, no student debt, a healthy sustainable economy where working allows the young to buy their OWN house instead of living in the basement. An economy that works for everyone, instead of glorifying extreme wealth inequality. And healthy people incentivized to adopt preventative measures by a health care system whose goal is healthy people, not big profits for Wall Street. ( I almost make a typo and put 'Wall Streed.' Was my subconscious making it synonymous with 'greed?' )
