Democracy is on trial. The majority of the voters are not Republicans. But, the Republicans currently have TOTAL government control. The House, the Senate, the President, and the Supreme Court. If the Independents and progressives are not able to unite in the voting booth and win control of the House, it’s likely that
On the surface, people thought the 2016 election was a battle between Republican philosophy and 80-year-old goals of the Democratic party.
But below the surface, the election was really about the Supreme Court. While the headlines dealt with abortion, the right to choose, killing unborn babies, wasn’t it really
I was raised as a Republican and supported Barry Goldwater, the father of the Conservative Movement. At the time, the tax that individuals would pay for social security (SS) benefits was about 3% of income. The SS trust fund at the time had a significant surplus, but Goldwater had
It’s easier to squeeze the weak and the weary, it’s a human trait, sometimes done consciously and other times subconsciously. The movement to destroy the unions was a conscious effort starting during the Nixon administration with a constant drip-drip-drip for 45 years. It
