Rating: 5/5 calculated, but charming phrases
Author:
Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren is the democratic candidate that I most closely align with in terms of political beliefs. I didn’t know much about her background or motivations, so I thought I’d pick up her book and see if I could take a closer look at what separates her from other candidates, what kind of background she has, and what motivates her to run for president. I must say that I am very impressed with Warren. She seems genuine and very sharp in her text and she develops her primary policy goals from initial motivation to actionable strategy on a number of progressive fronts. I would recommend the book to any democrat who wants to be politically informed and any progressive who wants to know how her and Sanders differ in their approach to progressive strategy.
Warren’s effort here should be the gold standard for political manifestos. She expertly weaves her personal story in with her political platform. She provides approachable narrative to support her experiences and pulls back the curtain on the political machine in Washington in her policy sections. What she describes as her primary political motivators are progressive goals with a populist shade that are easy to support. Reasoned arguments for policy to strengthen the middle class provides balance to Warren’s emotional argument for progressive social standards concerning education and healthcare.
Warren already was an easy candidate for me to support because of her progressive stance on financial policy and labor. Adding her touching personal story on top of that makes her the total package as a candidate. She is very intelligent, empathetic, has integrity, and has reasoned political motivations that are aimed at correcting the power imbalance in government. She is also a woman, which is significant on it’s own, but especially so, considering the 2016 election. America is ready for a female president and we should recognize that Hilary’s defeat may have been the only path to this moment for Warren. I feel that most liberal-leaning voters will have no choice but to be enthusiastic and supportive.
Warren describes her political goals and provides a means to achieve them. Her primary draw of resources is from restructured tax plans to increase government income from the richest Americans, corporations included. If you have an income-utility outlook on taxation, this is absolutely the right direction. Warren provides data and numbers to support her policies, enough to convince the reader she knows what she is doing, but not enough to distract from her narrative. Overall, Warren has crafted a fine book and has set the stage for political and popular support toward her bid at the presidency. I absolutely support her and I can’t wait to see how she handles the rest of the election cycle.
