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Political Gastronomica is a discourse on technology and online activism - how the marketplace of governing and ideas is improving with the efficiencies of the Internet.
Author Sanford Dickert, former CTO of John Kerry for President Campaign, works with political campaigns, non-profits and private companies from the Fortune 500 to startups.
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Ines – sorry, but I think you are forgetting the basic principles of the original authors of the Constitution. They knew that the Constitution would be a flawed document because they knew that society would grow and evolve – which is why they created the way for government to adapt to change and not to stay mired in the past. These socialist policies of which you speak of are some of the basic human rights and needs a government is to help provide for it’s citizenry. Before Social Security, there were eldery and aged in homeless shelters dying from being poor and destitute. Before Medicare, health care was only affordable to the few who could pay the costs and fees. I could go on with many of these “socialist policies” you are more than likely railing against, but the goal was not to bring more government into our lives, it was to help the citizenry be able to pursue life, liberty and happiness. How could you remove our progress and expect our lives to be richer? How does removing the social support structure help America? We are no longer an agrarian society solely. Returning to a solely independent society where one does not address the concerns of the heater society is a selfish and inhumane act. I am sorry, but I hope you research more about the framers and authors efforts and how they saw how America would evolve.
While I may not agree with everything our government does, I still believe in the overall foundation of the American Constitution and the citizenry to bring about the change we need.