In the end, I simply believe that too many resources in the country went to too few people, and the systemic failure of America is that it cannot redistribute wealth in any reasonable manner.
Our bridges are failing, our roads are in horrible shape, our energy policy is a joke, health care a near disaster that becomes less affordable every year, an insurance system designed not to insure, and we are in a war without end.
When asked why in my classrooms for any reason, I used to say "Follow the money." Who is profiting? Who is suffering? What point of view are you more likely to see?
Anyway, if I'm gloomy, that's why. The sense of shared responsibility and shouldering burdens is completely gone from the upper classes (there are exceptions), and I don;t feel any of our politicians appreciate the truly radical changes necessary to fix the system.
Tax the rich. Feed the poor. Fix our schools. Remove handguns from the streets. Invest in people and infrastructure. Bring our troops home for rest and retraining. Nationalize the energy companies. Demand better from everyone.
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Date: 2008-07-02 02:23 pm (UTC)In the end, I simply believe that too many resources in the country went to too few people, and the systemic failure of America is that it cannot redistribute wealth in any reasonable manner.
Our bridges are failing, our roads are in horrible shape, our energy policy is a joke, health care a near disaster that becomes less affordable every year, an insurance system designed not to insure, and we are in a war without end.
When asked why in my classrooms for any reason, I used to say "Follow the money." Who is profiting? Who is suffering? What point of view are you more likely to see?
Anyway, if I'm gloomy, that's why. The sense of shared responsibility and shouldering burdens is completely gone from the upper classes (there are exceptions), and I don;t feel any of our politicians appreciate the truly radical changes necessary to fix the system.
Tax the rich. Feed the poor. Fix our schools. Remove handguns from the streets. Invest in people and infrastructure. Bring our troops home for rest and retraining. Nationalize the energy companies. Demand better from everyone.
Etc.