Hillary says she wants to make the economy work for the successful and the struggling

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8. Coincidentally I was just having this conversation with a pol. representative today

The reason most political representatives, even at the local level, vote in such seemingly absurd ways when it comes to poverty issues is you really do have to go through the motions yourself to see all the factors involved and how difficult the struggle is. It's literally impossible to comprehend from the outside. It cannot be explained. It must be experienced. There are so many pieces. There are so many contradictions. It is so exhausting and eternally defeating. It leaves one constantly wondering: "why doesn't society just save itself a ton of money and me a lot of time and stress by coordinating this and that, by making these things make sense, and by just doing that thing...".

Instead experts at the top of the food chain, who really know nothing, are consulted. They end up filtering and distorting - really blockading information while they collect their accolades and promotions. The poor continue to get strung along by the disorganization and contradictions and outright sabotage of the system.

In some ways I feel almost honored to have gotten the opportunity to go through this experience and gained this insight. My background is seriously privileged in terms of education and particularly historical analysis. If I can ever get my own act together maybe I can write something along the lines of "Nickel and Dimed". The main thing is I've actually seen the torture chamber that no Republican or Third Way Dem who says "get a job" has ever seen. And now I have what they don't have: compassion.