This election, I am not going to shill for one leader or another. What I am going to do is ask my local candidate for his or her plan to affect my quality of life right now. If they start yapping scare tactics about how social programs and preserving the ecosystem will shut down the economy, I am going to quote Robert Kennedy straight back:
“Gross National Product measures neither the health of our children, the quality of their education, nor the joy of their play. It measures neither the beauty of our poetry, nor the strength of our marriages. It is indifferent to the decency of our factories and the safety of our streets alike. It measures neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our wit nor our courage, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything in short, except that which makes life worth living. It can tell us everything about our country, except those things that make us proud to be a part of it.”
– Eleanor Claire
