Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

We all have busy lives, not a lot of energy to throw at vetting - prioritize your time. Start with your federal delegation. That's only 1-2 elected roles to research each year. Then focus on your gubernatorial options. Work your way down with those who impact your life most.

Finally, try to presume that not all of the other are ridiculous and obstructionist just because of their party leadership and a very small sampling of those who catch air time. They think the same about you and it's not true most of the time, right? #

I'm un# to add this. This is not about bothsiderisms. This is about when I talk to people and they know I'm not the other, I hear the same thing. We have a manufactured two sides, and an individual responsibility to fix that.

I literally can have a near verbatim conversation with a D or R. It goes something like this... Them: I'm worried that I can't afford to get medical care for my family. Me: me too, the current law has a lot of problems that need to be improved.

T: I'm concerned my children won't have a good financial future and can't afford college. M: me too, we've been defunding colleges for eons, and student loans are out of control. We need to provide a range of training options for the next generation.

T: There is so much greed and corruption in DC. They are all so bad, I don't know who to trust. They all sound like they kind of care, but I feel left in the dust and like I am begging my government to not harm me. M: me too, the job interview sucks and doesn't show real skills

T: I'm really worried about social security and medicaid. I'm not sure who to trust, all the politicians say the other party is trying to kill it. M: me too, we've worked our whole lives paying into it. It's insurance not entitlement.