10-25-2016, 06:34 PM
(10-25-2016, 12:43 PM)Benton Wrote: Eh, I dunno.
Both parties have done an excellent job for decades to steer campaigns towards a couple issues. Discussion — both on this board and 'on the street' — has fallen in line with that.
Republicans:
— Abortion
— Immigration
— National security
Dems:
— Wages
— Education
— Civil rights
Now, the extent of discussion is debatable. It's mostly one side saying how the other side is all wrong about that issue, and standing in the way of fixing it. But that's part of a national problem. We've lost the ability to communicate, to discuss, to disagree, both in personal relationships and in public ones.
This is a product of the parties not caring about shaping public policy. The political parties, the RNC, the DNC, any others, they have one goal: get their people elected. They will take whatever position is advantageous for them to achieve that goal.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
