Back in the 50s and 60s we were a can do country. Sure we had problems but we tried to remedy them. Under both Democratic and Republican administrations there was still an effort to emphasize American resourcefulness and technology and come off as a caring society..
Under Eisenhower we started the Interstate Highway System.
Under Kennedy we made a commitment to put a man on the moon and began integrating Public Schools.
Under Johnson we created Medicare and passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in 1965.
Heck, even the dirt bag Nixon cared enough to establish the EPA,
Now we have politicians who want to make America Great Again by taking the position that we cannot do anything positive.
We cannot do anything to prevent Gun Violence yet somehow every other country in the world does not have the problem to the extent that it exists here.
We cannot do anything to protect our environment or stop Climate Change though almost every other country in the world has signed on to that effort.
We cannot develop or fund high speed mass transit though that has been available in Japan and Europe for decades
We cannot provide universal healthcare for our people that every other major democracy has found a way to do that.
We cannot do anything to address the issue of immigration and live up to the promise inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
We cannot control drug prices and we continue to pay more for the same drugs than virtually every other country.
We cannot repair our crumbling infrastructure.
We cannot protect our voting rights and keep our elections safe from foreign interference.
We cannot protect a Woman’s right to chose.
We cannot guarantee equal pay for equal work.
We cannot shed ourselves of our racist and sexist past.
We cannot, despite having the biggest military budget in the world, find a way to extricate ourselves from a war that has dragged on for 18 years.
We cannot find a way to protect our consumers from fraud and abuse from the financial industry. The same financial industry that destroyed much of the middle class wealth in 2008.
We cannot find a way to make higher education affordable to the vast majority of our children.
What ever happened to the Can Do attitude that helped us put a man on the moon?. That helped us Defeat Nazi Germany?
How can anyone claim that we are still a great nation when we can no longer do great things?
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