07-17-2017, 05:45 PM
(07-17-2017, 05:43 PM)treee Wrote: It is difficult to address concerns like these when political campaigns are becoming something resembling a 'reality TV show' rather than an open dialogue between politicians and civic minded individuals.
We have moved away from the idea of evidence based policy decisions in our government. I have made this comment before, but people vote with their guts on election day, not their brains. That's all fine and dandy as long as the people we are electing actually vote with their brains. It has become increasingly clear, though, that the elected officials are voting more with their guts and their party than they are with any sort of knowledge about the policy being discussed.
"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
