There is no single cure for America’s problems. Beware those who say there is a cure-all for these issues. They are being opportunistic, they are lying for personal gain and, like the snake oil salesmen of the wild west, are willing to put peoples’ lives on the line for said gain.
Look at the President of the United States for the most prime example of such opportunism. According to him, a border wall will fix problems ranging from trade imbalance to opioid deaths. Of course, no study has found it will do either of these things or even put a dent in its primary purpose of dissuading illegal immigration. The reality of the wall is that it acts as a physical accomplishment for the President to point to as his defining policy, to give him greater political capital to spend on other outlandish policies. To get this victory, he has put peoples’ lives on the line, shutting the Government down in an attempt to force the hands of Congressional Democrats. Fortunately, not many are buying the President’s phony products on the shutdown, though his base is holding very strong.
The same can be said of the supporters of the Berniecrats in Congress, such as members of the far-left PAC “Justice Democrats” or extremist groups like the Democratic Socialists of America. They eat up every word that their leaders feed them as absolute truth. Never do they question the hows of their policies or the whys of their proposals. Medicare for All is what they have announced as their cure-all, claiming it would cut health care costs, save money for businesses and even fix every one of America’s drug problems. I’m not necessarily opposed to Medicare for All, but advertising it as a fix for all of the country’s problems is disingenuous at best and malicious at worst. It damages the Democratic Party and the unwavering unwillingness on their part to accept concessions to their proposals that does damage to the government and provokes further gridlock.
Don’t buy the politicians who promise you the world with a single position. No policy can fix as wide a range of problems as they claim. By misconstruing the facts of their proposals, these politicians undermine the effort to find real solutions to these severe problems. Make sure to always question the real implications of policies, do not just accept as fact what your favorite politicians tell you.