America doesn’t vote its class, as happens in, say, Europe. America votes its aspirations, and as long as its aspirations are such that “I can make it and my kids can make it,” then you don’t have the social tension that you have in Europe.
Author: Peter Schwartz | Subject: Politics & Public Policy
The war on drugs is one of the worst policies America has ever produced. It has put two million black men in jail—the worst incarceration of blacks in human history. California is spending more on new prisons than higher education, and it’s all being driven by the war on drugs. We’ve got the whole thing dead wrong. It hasn’t worked; it isn’t working; it will … [ Read more ]
Author: Peter Schwartz | Subject: Politics & Public Policy