Our federal government is absolutely genius at hitting the bulls-eye on the wrong target. Why do we, time after time and issue after issue, keep going back to failed policies and political philosophies that don’t work?

 

Answer: Because that’s the easy thing to do.

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It’s easy to vote yes to billions of dollars in funding. It’s easy to hand someone a school voucher, or give them free housing, college, and health care. It’s easy to attend meeting after meeting to discuss tweaking existing, but failing, programs. But just going through the motions like this is only lulling us into a false sense of security that allows us to foolishly believe that things are getting better. At least, we tell ourselves, we’re doing something!

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But the brutal truth is we’re not. The only way things will truly get better is if we learn from past mistakes, then roll up our sleeves and do the really hard work of developing a clear, thorough and accountable plan of action – before we spend billions of dollars on it. ​