Anne, glad to hear that your great-niece made through her court appearance okay. That was an interesting article about the Brookings study. I wouldn't have thought there was that much economic disparity between Blue and Red. Democrats have traditionally supported organized labor. It seems like that would be a common area of interest with the lesser affluent workers. And right now farmers are suffering from the trade wars that Trump has stirred up. Democrats vould make stability of markets one of their goals to reach out to the rural sector.
Anne, Glad to hear hurdle one is over. Good news is good news. Still praying for the future.
The Brookings/WSJ thing is interesting. Re-raises Thomas Frank's question, What's the matter with Kansas? -- and most of the land mass, if not population, of the USA?
What's going on must be something like the big shift early last century that turned an agricultural country into a manufacturing country. I'm not sure what to do with that insight, though. The South was the big loser, but it was still re-fighting the Civil War and not paying attention. In contrast, almost every city in the upper Midwest had had a mayor who dreamed of turning his town into a second Palo Alto. So I am not sure where to go with the idea. More thought needed.
Anne, many thanks for that article - what it reports is significant.
The big development it reports surely is the urbanization and hi-teching and colleging of the Democratic Party. Katherine is right on - Joe Lunchbucket is a thing of the past for the Democrats. The future of the party is neither Bernie Sanders nor Joe Biden - it's Elizabeth Warren.
I would describe the Democratic Party as the new party of the country club, but it's not at all clear to me that they play golf. Nevertheless, the inequality of the Democratic enclaves, as mentioned in the article, is stark. It works for the party, though - the underclass and the over-class, voting for the same party, often for very different reasons.
These demographic trends are bigger than politics, of course. I often wonder what it means for the church.
I should add: from a conservative perspective, these demographic trends help to explain something - Donald Trump did not make the GOP the Party of Dumb. Donald Trump is exactly what the party wants.
"Donald Trump is exactly what the party wants." But I'll bet there is some re-thinking about that going on right now. Except some people are never going to get a clue. Facebook meme this morning: "Pray for Donald Trump to be protected from his enemies." Better to pray for America to be protected from DT and his minions.
Reinforcement and further evidence from the Census Bureau applying the Gini Index. https://www.apnews.com/bfa51032ee27470c9f908914328eea99
Nut graf: Income inequality in the United States expanded from 2017 to 2018, with several heartland states among the leaders of the increase, even though several wealthy coastal states still had the most inequality overall, according to the figures.
Anne, glad to hear that your great-niece made through her court appearance okay.
ReplyDeleteThat was an interesting article about the Brookings study. I wouldn't have thought there was that much economic disparity between Blue and Red. Democrats have traditionally supported organized labor. It seems like that would be a common area of interest with the lesser affluent workers. And right now farmers are suffering from the trade wars that Trump has stirred up. Democrats vould make stability of markets one of their goals to reach out to the rural sector.
Anne, Glad to hear hurdle one is over. Good news is good news. Still praying for the future.
ReplyDeleteThe Brookings/WSJ thing is interesting. Re-raises Thomas Frank's question, What's the matter with Kansas? -- and most of the land mass, if not population, of the USA?
What's going on must be something like the big shift early last century that turned an agricultural country into a manufacturing country. I'm not sure what to do with that insight, though. The South was the big loser, but it was still re-fighting the Civil War and not paying attention. In contrast, almost every city in the upper Midwest had had a mayor who dreamed of turning his town into a second Palo Alto. So I am not sure where to go with the idea. More thought needed.
Anne, many thanks for that article - what it reports is significant.
ReplyDeleteThe big development it reports surely is the urbanization and hi-teching and colleging of the Democratic Party. Katherine is right on - Joe Lunchbucket is a thing of the past for the Democrats. The future of the party is neither Bernie Sanders nor Joe Biden - it's Elizabeth Warren.
I would describe the Democratic Party as the new party of the country club, but it's not at all clear to me that they play golf. Nevertheless, the inequality of the Democratic enclaves, as mentioned in the article, is stark. It works for the party, though - the underclass and the over-class, voting for the same party, often for very different reasons.
These demographic trends are bigger than politics, of course. I often wonder what it means for the church.
I should add: from a conservative perspective, these demographic trends help to explain something - Donald Trump did not make the GOP the Party of Dumb. Donald Trump is exactly what the party wants.
ReplyDeleteKinda sucks for me. Oh well.
"Donald Trump is exactly what the party wants." But I'll bet there is some re-thinking about that going on right now. Except some people are never going to get a clue. Facebook meme this morning: "Pray for Donald Trump to be protected from his enemies." Better to pray for America to be protected from DT and his minions.
DeleteReinforcement and further evidence from the Census Bureau applying the Gini Index.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.apnews.com/bfa51032ee27470c9f908914328eea99
Nut graf: Income inequality in the United States expanded from 2017 to 2018, with several heartland states among the leaders of the increase, even though several wealthy coastal states still had the most inequality overall, according to the figures.