Democrats Don’t Imprison People for Mental Illness
Another faultline has recently opened up in the maybe too big, big tent Democratic Party (imagine the fault line is opening up under a circus –this metaphor is actually really good, shut up.) On the one hand, you have reasonable, empathetic people who understand that the unhoused and housing insecure among us deserve dignified treatment, kindless –and housing, if it’s wanted.
This edition:
Democrats Do Spend Public Money on Actual Public Services
Democrats Don’t Imprison People for Mental Illness
Democrat Dos and Donts: Deming up Public Education
Public financing is complicated, in part because some people would rather not have any public financing at all. If it were as simple as Milwaukee collecting tax revenue then spending that revenue on public infrastructure, the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) district might not be in the godawful mess it’s in –unfortunately, the reality is complicated and stupid, just like most bureaucracies.
This edition:
Democrats Do Defend Public Education
Democrats Don't Commit Fraud to Privatize Schools
Who's a Good Boy?? We are!!
Beginnings are hard. Some of them you’re forced into: being born, your first day at school, the first time you have to pay your own rent. This is different: we’re voluntarily starting something new, we aren’t sure how it will go, but we hope it’s worth the effort.