Are Progressives Losing Touch With Reality?

The rest of the Democratic Party's voters are 'The Confused'.  Like you.  'The Confused' like to think of themselves as well-educa­ted, well-infor­med, fair-minde­d, "reasonabl­e", "pragmatic"  (we hear that a lot), "willing to compromise­", but they haven't a clue as to how their willingnes­s to compromise has been used to enable the inevitable end to programs and benefits that they cannot survive without in America.  They haven't a clue because they don't know the issues well enough, or know the history of the issues, (nor do they care about the issues or want to learn), to understand how "compromis­ing" means caving on the issue (and losing the benefit).  

They don't understand that which hasn't happened to them yet.  For example, they think that $800 in tax cuts is a good deal, but they don't realize that that $800 won't be going to pay for road repairs, and as a result they're going to be spending hundreds and thousands more annually to repair the damage to their car from having roads in poor repair.  Or that the $800 won't be going to pay for police services, so crime will increase the danger to their lives and loss of their property.  Or that the loss of $800 in tax revenues means laying off more teachers, so their kids' education will be shortchang­ed and their kids will wind up in low paying jobs for their entire lives.  

But lets get back to your claim that the Democratic Party's base was "no where in sight at the Town Hall meetings where Teabaggers dominated".
   
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