This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.
Zephyr TeachoutThere is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.
Zephyr TeachoutHaving more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.
Zephyr TeachoutYou can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of laws? Number of employees? You could make arguments for either one. I tend to think the axis of the size of government is the wrong concern. But I do think that situating power more locally is a legitimate approach.
Zephyr Teachout