We need a new cold war.

[pat_k]

2. I'd rather see a meaningful war on poverty

It's been 56 years since we supposedly put down the gauntlet in the war on poverty. (Although, as MLK pointed out, the funding of the bill wasn't enough for even a skirmish.)

The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. ... Johnson stated, "Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it".

I think it's about time we pick up the gauntlet and stand boldly for reinventing ourselves in a way that FINALLY reflects the things this nation claims to stand for (you know, those pesky things like justice and equal opportunity).

Let's make it a matter of patriotic pride to redeem this nation: Basic income. Reparations. Quality education. Universal health care. (For starters). We CAN afford it. If Dems get control of Executive and Legislative branches, we must demand BIG CHANGES we could be truly proud of as a nation.