Yes. I am trying that too. I have said, "you are now a parent." Politicians look at demographics and they see your age group is not voting as much as mine is and they are going to focus more on the services that my age group wants. Where is the good day care for you? You have spent a college tuition on day care? That might not be the cas…
Yes. I am trying that too. I have said, "you are now a parent." Politicians look at demographics and they see your age group is not voting as much as mine is and they are going to focus more on the services that my age group wants. Where is the good day care for you? You have spent a college tuition on day care? That might not be the case if the largest group voting were the parents of children who are not yet school age and you made your voices heard. I am planting these seeds in. I try to point out issues that get addressed and those that don't. I was pointing out to my neighbor what was in Build Back Better for her. I said, if we could just have gotten it passed then we could have gotten people a taste of what government is supposed to be doing for people. I see two Democrats as having blocked it. She just laughed and said if it were not them it would be someone else. This country is never going to pass "child tax credits" because it is too racist. I know my own mother has said pretty much this is why she sees Europe having more social supports and the USA being unable to do that, and while I don't disagree I had thought that the pandemic and this bill were going to move us in that direction. Canada is a multi-racial society too, and Europe is multiracial too. Yes they already had these supports so they just existed before they have become more of a plurality. Racism is debilitating as is sexism. I am glad you are trying to talk to people. I think we all need to continually try to convince people that voting is worthwhile even if they do not vote the way we want them to. Politicians who realize that people are paying attention and voting just have to pay attention too. We were discussing the slavery in incarceration. I was telling my daughter some of the companies that use slave labor, like Starbucks. We just have one in our community that has gone union. I wrote Starbucks to say that my family is now able to go there because of this, and will not be using any one which is not because of their policies. I got an immediate response which told me that they had felt that they were better able to negotiate with their people directly. I did not bother to respond because she also said she would be sharing my comment with their management. I knew that it was going to have an effect. I said that I was telling my students, and my friends not to go to Starbucks that did not go union.
Yes. I am trying that too. I have said, "you are now a parent." Politicians look at demographics and they see your age group is not voting as much as mine is and they are going to focus more on the services that my age group wants. Where is the good day care for you? You have spent a college tuition on day care? That might not be the case if the largest group voting were the parents of children who are not yet school age and you made your voices heard. I am planting these seeds in. I try to point out issues that get addressed and those that don't. I was pointing out to my neighbor what was in Build Back Better for her. I said, if we could just have gotten it passed then we could have gotten people a taste of what government is supposed to be doing for people. I see two Democrats as having blocked it. She just laughed and said if it were not them it would be someone else. This country is never going to pass "child tax credits" because it is too racist. I know my own mother has said pretty much this is why she sees Europe having more social supports and the USA being unable to do that, and while I don't disagree I had thought that the pandemic and this bill were going to move us in that direction. Canada is a multi-racial society too, and Europe is multiracial too. Yes they already had these supports so they just existed before they have become more of a plurality. Racism is debilitating as is sexism. I am glad you are trying to talk to people. I think we all need to continually try to convince people that voting is worthwhile even if they do not vote the way we want them to. Politicians who realize that people are paying attention and voting just have to pay attention too. We were discussing the slavery in incarceration. I was telling my daughter some of the companies that use slave labor, like Starbucks. We just have one in our community that has gone union. I wrote Starbucks to say that my family is now able to go there because of this, and will not be using any one which is not because of their policies. I got an immediate response which told me that they had felt that they were better able to negotiate with their people directly. I did not bother to respond because she also said she would be sharing my comment with their management. I knew that it was going to have an effect. I said that I was telling my students, and my friends not to go to Starbucks that did not go union.