We are all in this together

By Richard Burt

There is a great divide in this country, but MAGA politicians do not want us to notice: the top 1% of Americans holds 10 times more wealth than the bottom 50% of us.

MAGA knows that division creates conflict and a divide and conquer winner take all society. Abortion, minimum wage, and threats from climate change are issues that we must address together. MAGA found a way to fabricate division on these issues.

The fact is, we Americans are far more united than we are divided.

According to recent polling, 61% of us feel current immigration policy is a problem but 57% feel immigration is important to our national identity. 64% feel abortion should be legal in most or all cases and 59% feel Roe v Wade should not have been overturned. 62% of us favor increasing the federal minimum wage to $15/hr.  67% want to prioritize developing alternative energy such as wind and solar.

We as a country are nowhere as divided as Trump and MAGA want us to believe.

Going forward, we can’t stand by while Trump implements the agenda he claims he has a mandate for. We must be engaged citizens if our collective will is to be respected.  You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you. We are being manipulated.  In the next weeks and years, stay involved and watch to see what is being done in your name.

Richard Burt resides in Athens