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Jim Slaughter's avatar

The current adminstration and their over the cliff party have so disabled institutions and programs that could have helped. The only solution is to vote out the incombent lechers on the right. THEN, it will take years and years of Democrat dominated politics to right the ship.

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Jeff's avatar

The corporate interests and the wealthy interests ought to be common "enemy" of both. Somehow these elite interests have been successful in splitting the lower classes, despite common economic issues of "MAGA and Mamdani", using culture issues. MAGA spits "socialist" at every idea that Fox doesn't endorse; the Mamdanis despise the ski-masked ICE agents. Meanwhile, their pockets are being picked through predatory pricing, stalled wages, lowered taxes, and other corporate and wealthy preferences.

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The Big Middle's avatar

better yet, let's convene in The Big Middle (online, "meeting people where they are"), and enable a governing majority to come to consensus on solutions to our common problems. it is not a third party we need: let voters keep their preferred affiliations while joining with independents and unaffiliateds in a *platform* that makes it all make sense.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Why is there no way to unsubscribe from this Substack?

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Bright America 🔆's avatar

There are several ways. If I knew your email address I'd do it for you on the backend, but since I don't, try self-help here: https://www.brightamerica.org/account

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Gene Wood's avatar

It is about the cost of living .. wages is part of that .. until these corporate leaders realize that the wage gap between them and their workers is one of the best measurements of inequality voters will continue to push outward toward revolution as answers .. there isn’t an excuse for the gaps that exist today .. when you can fire one exec and give all the workers a big raise you know the problem still exits!

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Bright America 🔆's avatar

Corporations and corporate leaders are not incentivized by the tax code to help address the wage gap. There's probably a reasonable, moderate approach that doesn't sound like either "all corporations are evil" or "corporations can't be touched"

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Rafael Perez's avatar

The establishment politicians are too old, too tired, they had no vision to serve the people. Their hands are tied because they want to continue in their jobs. The time of reckoning is here.

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Jim Slaughter's avatar

The current adminstration and their party are so obsessed with their own power and pockets that they have no understanding or appreciation of the American public at large. It's time for a total makeover from dog catcher to POTUS to bail out the boat before it sinks.

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