Wisconsin has an election for governor on the horizon and the Democrats appear to be in step with a progressive agenda.
Instructing us to vote a progressive agenda is not what our state should be promoting. We are being instructed that big business is an enigma to success. It seems that all I have been privy to is any group that makes a profit should be eliminated. Freedom was not based on creating an illusion that overtaxation is an incentive for a successful outcome.
Why would people want to work if everything belongs to the state? Our country was built on hard work. Even the poor among us have been able to strive for a future.
We are sending our children off to higher education to become socialists. Why?
It is imperative that we really listen to the candidates on what they intend to promote if elected. I hope that debates are encouraged so we can understand the concepts of the candidates. We cannot let commercials or little tidbits from a few characters win the day.
Do your homework. Your future depends on it.
Joni Moskol, Grafton
Candidates sound very similar in their goals and many proposed solutions
When candidates share many of the same progressive goals, voters need more than agreement on outcomes; they need to understand the assumptions, methods and governing judgment that would shape how each candidate acts in office.
Recent polling for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination indicates that a large percentage of likely primary voters remain undecided. After watching multiple candidate speeches and panels, I can attest that the candidates often sound very similar in their goals and even in many of their proposed solutions.
Leadership ability, executive capacity and judgment are difficult for voters to assess from the outside. However, candidates can distinguish themselves by explaining how they understand political and economic systems, weigh competing values and approach human needs and human nature. Those deeper assumptions should be central to candidate messaging at this late stage of the primary.
Although an elected official can hold a clear political ideology while still governing realistically, now is the time for candidates to show how people can share progressive, humanitarian values while disagreeing respectfully about methods — for example, by recognizing that economic monopoly and concentrated power create similar risks whether they arise from markets or from centralized government ownership.
Catherine Treece, Madison
Comments about Ruiz death highlight why some may vote Republican
Adult living often involves choosing between unpleasant options. Our language reflects this, with many idioms like “between a rock and a hard place” and “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” Apparently, this is not a new phenomenon; ancient myths recorded the plight of being “between Scylla and Charybdis.”
Choosing between Democratic and Republican candidates is a clear-cut, if not happy example of this predicament. I am a conservative and encounters with MAGA types are extremely rare. Mostly, I know other conservatives who are painfully aware of the failings of President Donald Trump, especially, and other Republican candidates, but consider them overall preferable to the Democratic alternatives.
I believe the comments, regarding the death of Corey Ruiz — of Democratic officials and candidates — highlights why some voters who are dissatisfied with both parties end up voting Republican. I am not reading of Democrats expressing concern for the injured police officer or appreciation for the danger and difficulty of police work.
A party that lacks this concern and appreciation is a party detached from its constituents.
Joseph A. Saccaro, Menomonee Falls
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