Posted at Hartmann Report on Oct. 4, 2022
How Economic Outrage Trumps Most Other Issues
Democrats are hoping that national social issues like abortion & gay marriage will help this November but most voters — particularly independents & Latinos — put the economy as their #1 issue.
Nothing is more powerful than economics.
Economics seems like an erudite science, or a boring classroom topic, but it is the most powerful force in all of politics.
Every single one of us, every single day is affected in one way or another by economics. It determines our ability to feed and house and clothe ourselves, to live with dignity, to support and help those around us and those dependent upon us.
It’s so powerful that it blinds us to everything else. When economics are out of whack, we cease to care about pretty much anything else that doesn’t impinge on our survival.