All Poverty is Political
August 31st, 2011
Like it or not, your attitude about poverty both shapes and is shaped by your political beliefs. While not an iron-clad truism, those who identify as Republican generally share the ideology that the impoverished can only better their situations in life by finding their own solutions, while Democrats view the impoverished more as powerless victims whom society is obligated to help bring along.
This single schism in ideology informs and affects absolutely every level of political discussion in America, from our respective approaches to national defense, to taxes, to health care, to the economy. There are two fundamentally divergent philosophies guiding the republic for which we all stand, and while it is often asserted that the two parties are enough alike these days to be considered interchangeable, that is simply not the case. The fundamental differences are to be seen everywhere we look in our treatment of our fellow man.
It’s no small wonder that the super-wealthy among us feel entitled to keep their full share via the Bush tax cuts, the idea being that they are entitled to keep what they earn, and it is up to everyone else to earn their own. The unspoken equivalency is “We earned what we got, and you’ve got to earn yours as well. Don’t blame us for your problems.” It’s therefore natural that the Reagan era “trickle down” scenario was a simple palliative to those less fortunate. The idea that by allowing the rich their just rewards, there would be scraps left for everyone else, simply reflects the fundamental schism between the Democratic approach as played out in Roosevelt’s social programs and the Republican insistence that “we are all endowed with inalienable rights,” (and may the best men win).
The health care debate, and its singular hot-button issue–the allowance of a single payer plan– is the clearest example in our recent history of the basic schism between the parties.
Poverty, and our treatment of those who are impoverished, is the basic schism that lies at the core of every single political debate in America.
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You really hit the mark with your discussion here. This is the sad truth about politics in our country today. I hope and pray that those in power will see the injustice and will do something about it.