THE PLAN IS

WHAT IS THE PLAN ?

WHAT IS IS THE PLAN?

In the news media, political analysts are saying the Democrats’ polling is the lowest it’s ever been, and they just don’t have a plan that the American people can trust to jump on board with. They just keep attacking donald j trump’s tyrannical behavior and decisions, and want the people to stand up for democracy. Analysts say people care more about putting food on the table than about democracy. While some of that is true, people must be free to have the opportunity to provide for their families’ needs; without it, it’s hard to believe in anything else, as James Carville, ‘a man I respect’, has always said it’s about the economy, stupid. We all know that we can’t keep the current administration in office and have a free country. The cost of living is too high for low and middle-income people to meet their families’ needs. For instance, the number of homeless people living on the streets increases yearly. Rent and utility costs go up continuously, as do healthcare and insurance prices, grocery store prices, fuel prices, and childcare costs; all of this has destroyed most family budgets, and most have to use credit cards to make ends meet. There will be many candidates running for office this fall, and all summer, they will be telling us how bad their opponent is, and then they will tell us they will fix inflation, healthcare, and childcare, along with creating jobs, and tax breaks to put money in our pockets, and lower prices for groceries to put food on our tables. The current administration promised all those things, but never had a plan and never accomplished anything, except to put us in a War that caused fuel prices to escalate. They did manage to close the border with a military presence, with no plan for a workable immigration policy with a path to citizenship. Disabled health research, turned off our educational system, and destroyed the US Agency for International Development, which helped children in the world with healthcare and food. They haven’t helped the middle class or low-income families. They did, however, give high-income individuals and corporations a tax break. They have attacked freedom of the press and free speech. The bottom line is that they have made promises to get elected without a plan, and perhaps never intended to fulfill their promises.

So the Democratic Party must stay away from things like defunding needed institutions, and candidates running for office should focus on the issues at hand in the midterm election this fall. The Democrats must nominate candidates with known high character and leadership abilities. These candidates can go out and communicate with all the people, and must listen to their grievances; it will take more than shaking hands and kissing babies; people must see empathy and believe candidates understand the problems they face. To bring in the independents and those who never voted in the past, and the youth of our country, to save our democracy, candidates must stand up and truthfully explain what they will accomplish for their district, and assure the people they will serve and protect the Constitution, and not leave any doubt that they will serve all the people. They must have a PLAN that will lead them down a path to accomplish what they promised. Because just telling people what’s wrong and promising to fix it just isn’t good enough. To regain the trust of the American people, a candidate must stand up for the Constitution and the American people with determination and strive to fulfill every promise they have made. SO I ask midterm candidates, what’s the plan?

JAMES L GARDNER, ‘the old baby boomer.’