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pat_k

(9,313 posts)
2. it is possible to create the political will.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 05:06 PM
Nov 2020

Not overnight, but if we aren't working to build political consensus NOW we will NEVER get there.

This is in fact our government. We the people can shape it, IF we choose. We can "walk and chew gum" at the same time. That is, we can work on an immediate "doable" agenda while speaking out loud and proud for the meaningful changes we REALLY need to create "a more perfect union" Americans could actually be proud of.

Most thoughts here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=620481

And if you need a little inspiration, some great quotes here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14606649


Why do Democrats keep going along with this bloated and corrupt Defense Budget. bullimiami Nov 2020 #1
jobs rurallib Nov 2020 #4
Not endorsing it, but the MIC offers some of the best jobs and Hoyt Nov 2020 #6
Id like some proof that 750 BILLION dollars worth of jobs are created. bullimiami Nov 2020 #13
We spend more...in constant dollars..on "defense" now than we did at the height of the Cold War.... albacore Nov 2020 #18
I dont think that money is going to make us a world colossus. the old adage fraud, waste and abuse bullimiami Nov 2020 #19
The military is the only institution that gets bi-partisan support. n/t Yavin4 Nov 2020 #11
it is possible to create the political will. pat_k Nov 2020 #2
Back in the 70's MuseRider Nov 2020 #3
Back in the 80s I worked at a hospital that had the tube system and this big chain system that would Hoyt Nov 2020 #7
Every hospital I've ever worked in volstork Nov 2020 #9
LOL, that figures. MuseRider Nov 2020 #15
Wow! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #5
+1 CrispyQ Nov 2020 #8
Our imperial war budget will be the downfall of this nation Yeehah Nov 2020 #10
There are huge stretches of massive poverty all throughout the U.S. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #12
+1 crickets Nov 2020 #14
Scrub Bank and ScrubX Klaralven Nov 2020 #16
Military Keynesianism Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #17
Somehow our military turned into a giant government funded jobs program Calculating Nov 2020 #20
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