Too many people have a romantic notion of 'resetting' our government. Status quo is not the creation of a select few politicians. It's the net of pushes and pulls of millions upon millions of interconnected interests in the nation. Wisdom lies in pursuing stepwise refinements.
Big moral battles of mankind have already been fought and mostly won in the United States and most other liberal free market democracies. We should strive to keep the gains and build upon them, not gratuitously recast every pet peeve as 'civil rights issue of our time' and such.
For our entire history, mankind has strived hard to cope with problems of survival, scarcity, and calamities of all kinds. Nothing in our history and evolution has trained us to deal with problems of plenty and unprecedented successes all around us. No wonder we are disoriented.
Developing effective and wholesome ways to build upon our successes and stay sharp, alert, and well nourished in body, mind, and soul, in the face of unprecedented prosperity at the national level is an enormous new challenge. It requires thinking and skills of a whole new kind.

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14 Dec
1. The Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem

And Republicans' opportunity, if they keep their heads and address the electorate respectfully and constructively.

Turning to the nature and size of recent Hispanic shifts against the Democrats—it’s not as bad as you think, it’s worse.
2. In the most recent WSJ poll, in a 2024 hypothetical rematch between Trump and Biden, Hispanic voters favored Biden by only a single point. This is among a voter group that favored Biden over Trump in 2020 by 26 points.
3. In the same poll, Biden’s net approval rating among Hispanics was -12 (42% approval/54% disapproval). Hispanics in the poll favor Republicans in Congress over Democrats on containing inflation and securing the border.
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Democratic Leaders Are Delusional or Liars When They Refuse to Acknowledge Facts

Trump Tax Reform benefited lower income brackets disproportionately more than upper income brackets.

I have been saying this for many years. Here is the data once again to prove the point.
"The fact is, GOP's 2017 tax reform law did exactly what was promised: It lowered taxes for all income groups, provided the greatest benefits for middle-income households and spurred economic growth that helped to reduce poverty and improve prosperity."
thehill.com/opinion/financ…
Illustrative example:

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His Federal Tax Bill for 2018: $39,138

He SAVED $2,627.
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A mostly white jury rejected a white defendant’s claim of self-defense in the murder of Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man.
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The same cannot be said about the ranks of our prosecutors. Many among them are as corrupt as they come.
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Biden’s go-to move: Everything that happens on his watch is either inevitable or irrelevant.
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