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Showing Original Post only (View all)If You Were King... [View all]
And could magically fix things in just one of these areas, which would you choose? I understand there is a lot of overlap between these choices. I also appreciate that most of these things are so interdependent that any survey results could be interpreted in a lot of different ways. Personally, I think of we could just fix the "Money" issue most of the other problems would tend to solve themselves, but I'm very curious to see what other folks think!
I'll apologize in advance for such a nebulous sort of poll, but I am seriously interested in other people's opinions about what the root causes of our country's problems really are
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| Money - Wall Street/Banking Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Minimum Wage, Tax Policy, Funding Social Services | |
4 (67%) |
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| Justice - Racial Equality, Women's Rights, LGBT Rights, Voting Rights, Immigration Reform, Legal System, Labor Unions | |
2 (33%) |
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| International - Trade Agreements, Foreign Policy, Defense, Foreign Aid, Environmental Issues, War on Drugs | |
0 (0%) |
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I agree. They are all tied together. You cannot have social justice without economic justice.
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2013
#9
"I am seriously interested in other people's opinions about what the root causes of our country's"..
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2013
#4
I would love to do all of the first two. The third is not as important to me, but I will
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#10