Progressive Causes
Government finds money to rebuild Afghanistan, but not America
Ice melting means coastlines are in danger and its happening now
Climate change translates into rising seas, stronger storms and this results into vanishing coastlines. The Iles-De-La-Madeleine island in Quebec has been warmed at twice the world average at 2.3 degrees celsius since the 19th century. What we are experiencing on this island will happen all around us. To claim that we have been warned since 1970 and dooms day has not arrived, simply demonstrates and uneducated opinion.
Conservative ideology to cut the budget to boost the economy is a failure. Alaska is proof
Here is a perfect example of how conservative ideology fails in the real world. Mike Dunleavy governor of Alaska tried to enact his small-government-conservative ideology in a deep red state and people revolted and have gathered signatures to recall him. The reason is that their ideas of no income tax and dividend worked as long as oil was profitable. Once that revenue dired down, they started cutting state spending which made people rise against him.
Vermont’s experiment in Medicare for all shows us that the program needs to be implemented nationally
Under Trump the deficit has doubled – He doesn’t know how to manage the economy
We need to make sure people we elect understand how government and economy works. We learn from this article that Trump wants to reduce the deficit, without touching programs like medicare, or cutting military spending, while he wants to build infrastructure. Republicans are conflicted because their rhetoric doesn't meet reality.