A Well-Informed Electorate Is a Prerequisite for Democracy.

[elleng]

'Approximately 70 years ago, Republicans hit upon a winning formula: if the data disagree with your worldview, kill the data. Then, with no problematic data, claim that there is no definitive proof of reality and, in the words of Karl Rove, create your own reality.

In the 1940s, faced with a highly effective group of economists at the young National Labor Relations Board, Republicans passed a bill banning the agency from hiring economists.

In the 1990s, faced with high-quality research on gun violence, Republican Congressman Jay Dickey pushed through an amendment that effectively stopped federal funding for gun research.

In February of this year, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for an end to federal funding of social science research.

Now, Republicans are trying to kill high quality data on poverty, unemployment, violent crime, access to education and health care, and a variety of other key economic indicators. . .

Thomas Jefferson wrote that a well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to democracy.

Republicans put democracy at risk with bills such as the Census Reform Act.'

https://tcf.org/content/commentary/a-well-informed-electorate-is-a-prerequisite-for-democracy/


in the words of Karl Rove, create your own reality.

[RussBLib]

1. on that score, we seem to be well and truly fucked

one can only hope that reason and the reasonable will win out

[elleng]

2. Right,

and right.