When you have a democracy, you have an equal say, equal input, and equal decision-making powers. One person one vote is the opposite of the currently ascendent “money is free speech” concept.
Jack Jones articles
Jack Jones writes for Democracy Chronicles from Chicago’s south suburbs where he grew up. He is a union electrician Local 134, certified minister from Berean University, AYSO board member and coach, basketball coach, Cub Scout leader, husband, father and social participant. Jack considers himself a gourmet junk food chef, political writer, musician and likes to contribute to the world around him. A former deacon and chaplain at Cook County Jail in Chicago, he feels that our out-of-control corporate, religious and political environment is to blame for many of the problems in the world today. Jack believes we need to get money out of politics and that the church should take care of people instead of trying to get hypocrites elected to public office.
The Time Is Now For Average Americans To Engage The 2020 Election
The 2020 national elections are right around the corner and you have much to offer: you opinions, your gifts and your talents. Please use them for the sake of this Republic as well as your families.
Elizabeth and Bernie: The Ticket I Would Vote For
I love Bernie Sanders. I also have a soft spot for Elizabeth Warren. I want them both and I want them both now. They would be better than the dynamic duo, power couple or gruesome twosome. They would be Elizabeth and Bernie!
Amazon Pays Nothing in Taxes, But the Poor Sure Do
The middle class and the poor need the tax breaks, not the Oligarchs at the top. There are property taxes, income taxes, alcohol taxes, license plate taxes, utility taxes, tobacco taxes, gasoline taxes and more.
Time’s Up America – Civil Disobedience Now
We have been acting like doormats and have been complacent to our corporate masters. Not only that but at least 30% of us seem to be even going long and think that we are on the right track! So why do we think that there’s going to be any change?
Beware the Pied Pipers of Politics
A good tagline is simple, effective and hypnotic if done properly, and it conveys a message that’s easy to remember with a minimal amount of words. How come the Republican Party is so good at the tagline?
I’ve Had it! Trump Nominee Barr is Against Marijuana Reform
How backwards and how ignorant must our country remain. I’m tired of the puritanical hypocrites still using the anti-marijuana card while trying to appear more godly than the other snakes in their brood!
Stuff We Believe: Keeping Sane in Trumpland
Ride through the south, even most of America, the channel is still today stuck on FOX News. Even in the McDonald’s that I visited in the Ozarks while on vacation with my family, they had FOX News on.
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death?
The revolutionary Patrick Henry who voiced this opinion in 1775 was the biggest slaveholder in the New World. He wanted freedom and liberty for himself but not for the slaves who made him his fortune.
Consequences: A Country Gets the President it Deserves
I’ve heard it said, that a country gets the president it deserves. Does that count if that person cheated to gain power? It seems amazing that many Republican voters still support Trump. What are they thinking?