politics

My work's been having internal discussions on the following question. 

Do we begin to advocate for the policies that the majority of voters want/voted for even if it destroys historic social programs. I'm in the yes camp but interested to hear your thoughts.

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Voters overwhelmingly voted against their interests this cycle. These policies are not actually what they want - it’s an issue of not being properly informed due to overwhelming amounts of misinformation. Advocacy should take this into account first and foremost.

The discussion is more around the child tax credit vs programs like child care subisdy, SNAP "food stamps" and other defined programs. 

But that's a good point. It's a tough balance to understand what people want when they don't fully understand the policy.

I'm open to getting rid of historic social programs like food stamps (which I never thought I'd say).

After listening to Marketplace's Uncertain Hour, I'm a firm believer in eliminating programs and just doing cash welfare. But I'd say that's even less popular than SNAP or child tax credit.

Super tough. Not a problem unique to the US either.