Mamdani is proof of why you don’t keep electing retired people who already have massive wealth and status…
You elect everyday people, like Mamdani, who are youthful and will work for the paycheck of the government position they are running for.
You want someone who’s excited to show up to work everyday. It’s the same for government.
Stop electing old wealthy people into office. Elect people who know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck. Who will work hard for their government paycheck.
That’s the government so many of us want and so many don’t believe can exist because they’ve constantly voted in old people who’ve made it corrupt by keeping the needle in the middle and never tried once to move it.
Mamdani is proving the needle can easily be moved if we only elect people who truly care about everyday people.
So again… why elect rich and out of touch old people who are retired and don’t even know what it’s like to struggle?
It depends on the retired old person though, doesn't it? A record that has been beneficial to you or those you rally for shouldn't be dismissed. If they are monied, how they got that money and what they've done with it? Good works too, shouldn't be dismissed.
With the unlimited number of credible resources for information available to us, our choices should be made by knowing exactly what we are choosing. And we, as informed people, should be able to recognize when someone's age will become a thing.
I see why some might admire his work but I can’t overlook his wife’s antisemitism. everyone deserves respect and that kind of hate has real consequences.
@StrictLoving Remember the panic and bust of 1819? How about the panic & bust of 1837? The panic & bust of 1857? Remember the panic & bust of 1873? The panic & bust of 1884? How about the panic of 1893 and the panic of 1896? What about the panic and bust of 1907-08? Of course EVERYBODY remembers the panic and bust of 1929!!
Why, @StrictLoving, didn't the "magic of the market" self-correct all these panics and booms and busts? Why all the farm failures? Why all the investments ruined and people thrown out of work unpaid? If capitalism is so great, why all the instability?
And what happened to reduce all the instability after 1929??
The answer, @StrictLoving, is the very institutions you love to hate. These institutions stepped in and imposed stability. And the stability is better for business. It's better for working people. Capitalism is inherently unstable. The institutions you love to hate moderate that instability. That's reality. Deal with it.
@sunsporter1649 You seem to be confounding your greed-based system with a well-regulated, fully-accountable, system.
Your 'system' is designed to enrich healthcare providers and so it's to be expected that there will be massive levels of fraud and theft - it's the american way, as the White House is currently demonstrating.
