Hubby and I voted today. It feels good to take part in democracy. In Minnesota, where we have a tradition of getting out the vote, we make it easy to do so, with automatic voter registration when updating your driver’s license and same-day registration. This consistently puts us at the top of states with a high voter turnout … which is as it should be in a democracy. We were able to vote early in-person…
This is the ninth and final installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. With the Cleanup on Aisle 47 series, I wanted to share ideas for rebuilding, improving and strengthening democracy in the United States. I’ve covered the following broad areas: 1) An overview of some of what has gone wrong in the country that has been deliberately caused by…
This is the eighth installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. Wealth Inequality in the U.S. – Pre-Civil War, Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties, and Today Every time there is a breakdown in American society, there’s been a vast wealth imbalance behind it. A relatively small cadre of individuals decides they must horde all the wealth and resources and treat everyone…