that keeps us from considering what we want and need, instead of what we will settle for.

Much like the conversation about schooling and education getting confused in the public's mind, we have confused government and politics and equated them both with money, money and money as if that was all we think counts at any stage of deliberation, debate and decision. Money most certainly is not the point at THIS point (two years out) unless of course you're someone for whom one particular candidate winning, matters more than the universal hope of progress toward public goals.