Years ago, when I worked with General Assembly leaders of both parties on legislation, I learned how the sausage is made.
Unfortunately for Ocean State families, the priority of our elected officials is not the well-being of “we the people”; nor is it the advancement of opportunities and the preservation of our God-given and constitutional rights.
Instead, politicians are all about preserving their own power: the majority party by appeasing as many special interests as possible, while upsetting as few as it can; the minority party by caving to the majority, trading its values for a few negotiated policy crumbs.
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Lost in this political game is anyone fighting for the rest of us. Caught up in their crony and myopic views, these political supremacists fail to see the larger picture − the deterioration of our state. This all-of-government corruption is robbing our children of their futures and destroying opportunities for families to achieve the American Dream.