What Do the People Want?

I gotta say, the delusion from "conservatives" that the people want immigrants deported is pretty bizarre. Most of us know immigrants, and most of us like our immigrant neighbors. 

I mean, not all immigrants, obviously. There are bad people in every group. But I have to say, among the immigrants I know, most of them are hard-working, determined, and not at all whiny. Unlike "conservatives," who blame every trouble (usually imaginary trouble) on someone else. Right now it's immigrants and trans people. Next year it'll be some other group.

But regular people -- which is to say, not weirdos and conspiracy theorists -- are not interested, and in fact oppose, the persecution of immigrants. Regular people are horrified by what ICE is doing. That's one reason the GOP lost bigly yesterday.

Regular people also do not hate and are not horrified by trans people. They're absolutely not interested in laws that persecute that nice kid down the block who just wants to get on with their life.

What do the people want?

(1) A functioning economy, in which what regular people earn matches up with the price of housing and groceries. 

(2) Healthcare that doesn't bankrupt thousands of Americans every year.

(3) Reasonable working hours. The notion that people should have to have two or even three jobs to survive is a real non-starter for most people. 

(4) Time to spend with their families and on their own interests. (See #3)

(5) A government that works for the people, not against them. And maybe one that doesn't fund genocides, either here or abroad.

Doesn't seem like a lot to ask.