What do progressives want

Do or do not, there is no try and Progressives are all but trying to guarantee success complete with the Bernie Sanders Seal of Approval. If those obstructionists on the other side of the aisle would just cede a little bit of power, the Progressives can lead everyone to this Promised Land. James Madison, please take a bow for gifting us this idea. I think their hearts are genuinely in a good place and I think they want everyone to prosper.

Idealism is great, but Progressives must temper it with pragmatism to see any sort of effect. Progressives seek self-improvement on a societal level and challenge us to do better. Deferring to the judgment of elected officials is lazy when we can all do better jobs, albeit on a smaller scale.

Volunteer in your community for a cause you care about. Donate time, and money, to these efforts. Start your own business or non-profit that espouses your values. You have two perfectly capable hands that can offer a push starting in your community.

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All a politician has to do is shake hands and tell lies. Oh… and do something else that involves laying down and abandoning all shame for campaign fundraising. Even under the best of circumstances — which I doubt Progressives intend to provide — making everything political is a bad idea.

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Please provide a valid email address. Yours free! October Which is a nice thought… But the Progressive platform is really to create a more political America… to create an America where everything, no matter how intimate and private, is decided by the political process. Any issue will do, so long as it can be made into a political issue.

But why are Progressives so interested in controlling politics? No, Rand Paul, the government is not going to drone Jane Fonda. In the wake of the Newtown massacre, gun manufacturers are raking in huge profits. A guide to the conservative movement in one chart.

Rand Paul embraces one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. Arkansas adopts most restrictive unconstitutional abortion ban in the country. GOP senator insists that gun trafficking is not a problem.

Speaker Boehner thinks the cancellation of White House tours is the greatest tragedy of the sequester. Tuition at public colleges and universities hit a record high just as education funding has plummeted. And just this week, two leading progressives, Rep.