Politics and Publics
John Dewey
There is a disconnect between our people and our politics, as Jon Walker points out after almost every national poll. People favor government policies that help people, like Social Security and Medicare; and want to stop wasting money on foreign entanglements, raise taxes on the richest Americans, and cut programs that the Defense Department says aren’t needed. The Congress, and particularly the Republicans aren’t listening to those majorities. Instead, they cut taxes on the rich, assault Social Security and Medicare, and buy unnecessary equipment for the military. It almost looks like the elites run things for their own benefit and use elections to provide a veneer of democracy.
