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An open letter to the President of the United States Mr. President: You are being advised badly. There is no longer any getting around that. The evidence for this is legion, but the most glaring one today is your speech on health care, to be given before a joint session of Congress. From [...] So how do we separate money from politics when we need to? I think everyone can agree that, so long as there is money, we cannot (and probably should not) keep money and politics completely separate. Many advocacy groups allow for a kind of collective bargaining that improves the political standing of groups that, as individuals, would have little power. Teachers, for instance, can be limited in their political involvement because they generally are not paid what they’re actually worth in society. In such a case, money, collectively, can be necessary to get the group’s voices heard. [...] Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy In Rick Shenkman’s new book, Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter, he calls our attention to this myth of The People that McConnell invoked in Meet the Press this past weekend. David Gregory alluded to some statistics about how the United States ranks among industrialized nations in terms of health care. Those statistics paint a very different picture than what McConnell claims. McConnell’s retort? “Well, that’s one expert. If you ask the American people…” Continue reading… |
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