What do people think is going to happen? That’s one of the biggest questions that remains unanswered. What is going to happen when the progressive agenda is enacted? History means nothing to these people because there are numerous examples of failed progressive agendas that never even came close to accomplishing the stated goals; in fact, these programs make the situation much worse than it was before. The excuse is always that we can do it better or the completely inane, they didn’t have enough money. No kidding. No one has enough money.
The simple answer to the question is that purveyors of universal healthcare, increased minimum wage, green agendas never really think about the consequences of their actions. They believe that magically everything will work out in the end. Who cares about details?
hey’ve bought into whichever Shaman or spiritual guide is hot at the moment, believing that if they put out good thoughts and positive vibes, everything will work itself out. It never does.
Tacoma, New York City, San Francisco, Santa Fe; all have enacted increased minimum wage laws that have failed to improve the lives of the hourly workers. In fact, many people have lost jobs or had hours cut back. The cost of living increases but their take home pay does not and they’re worse off than ever before.
Universal healthcare doesn’t work anywhere in the world. You think the U.S. can do it better because we have more money? Ask our veterans or Native Americans how that’s working out for them. Not very well at all. But if we just take all the money that insurance companies are making, and doctors are making and put it into healthcare it will be all better. Even if we do all of that, the estimated cost of providing healthcare to everyone exceeds those amounts by trillions of dollars.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, the noted economist with a degree from Boston University, says we just need “to print more money.” If that happens, I’m going to invest in wheelbarrows, because you will literally need a wheelbarrow full of money just to buy a loaf of bread.
I blame us for the inability of liberals to think critically about the consequences, intended or unintended, of their agendas. We have over the last few decades given in to the idea that we are ignorant, that we don’t understand things like how to educate our kids or we don’t understand politics or economics. The truth is, most of us know more about each of these areas than many of the so-called experts.
We know that our schools used to be the best in the world. We taught basics like reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. But we listened to experts when they said that some populations were being marginalized by our teaching methods. Now we have Common Core and one of the lowest-rated education systems in the world.
We are told similar stories about how to raise our kids, that corporal punishment is far inferior to letting kids decide what’s right or wrong or using time-outs to punish them. Instead of respect for others, we now have at least one generation and probably two, of kids that feel entitled and are emotionally harmed beyond all repair when they hear a word they don’t like.
The truth is that we know more than we believe we do. We have common sense. Just because I don’t have an advanced degree in some field of study doesn’t mean I can’t understand it or compare what is now to what used to be and say, ‘that’s not working.’ We may understand all of the nuances but at some point we can definitely draw conclusions.
It’s up to us to put a stop to this. Our system of governance was supposed to keep most of the power in the hands of the citizens, letting us make decisions about how to live our lives, how to raise our kids, how to spend or not spend our money. Then in decreasing order of power, municipal or county governments, state governments and finally the federal government. The idea being that you and I could influence our local government the easiest and less so each other body of government. But now it’s been turned around completely; we’ve even seen legislation in NM that is taking authority away from our city and county governments, sadly our local representatives are letting them get away with it.
We still have some power, but it is slipping away. It takes spreading knowledge and getting everyone to participate in the process. We must encourage others in our circles to attend meetings, ask questions, and to trust their own judgement. Because unlike most radical progressives, the rest of us think about consequences.