Instead of supporting companies that want to put as many cars on the road as possible, we need a transformational strategy.
And instead of supporting organisations that work towards equality – such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Runnymede Trust, Operation Black Vote and the Stephen Lawrence Trust – these organisations have seen their budgets slashed, and for some their very survival is under threat.
As Atul Gawande writes, the seventy per cent of Americans who lack a college degree have been forsaken.* That's because we've created a college-for-all culture, where alternatives to "professional" work are not respected or encouraged, instead of supporting programs that would give high schoolers vocational paths strategically aligned with both evolving and steady workforce needs.
He suggested that if we as a country believe in Democracy and we believe that Soviet Communism was not sustainable, then we should put our faith in Democracy, encourage countries to move toward it instead of supporting regimes that deny it, and let the Soviet Union compete against freedom instead of oppression.
"Instead of supporting policies that actually help our communities, he's taking Spanish classes, going to Latino markets and doing outreach," Angelina Sandoval, a student at University of Colorado Denver, said during a small anti-Coffman press conference held by Latino groups on Wednesday.
Instead of supporting bands that bring people down, listen to uplifting, inspirational music.
Walker, the author of The Color Purple, invited Keys to join a cultural boycott of Israel, visiting "the children in Gaza" instead of supporting "a system that is cruel, unjust and unbelievably evil".
"Many of your loyal customers may choose to spend their hard-earned money at one of your many competitors, instead of supporting a company that wants all the benefits of America but refuses to pay its fair share to support our nation," the letter said. .
Instead of supporting initiatives that rig the game against people who were traditionally excluded, those states should take every step to enact practices that further the diversity that benefits us all.
So instead of supporting policies that harm seniors, let's get back to the real problems facing this country -- creating 21st century jobs in America, confronting climate change and growing income inequality, and making sure seniors have an adequate retirement on which to live.
