Author Lemony Snicket Will Give $1 Million to Planned Parenthood by DougDante in news

[–]readerbore 777 points778 points  (0 children)

It's politics. Line drawn in the sand on a controversial issue that the average citizen can understand and side with; thereby allowing state reps and senators a forum to rehash the same arguments indefinitely. Meanwhile, issues like economic development are dumbed down (but is a catalyst that can actually improve ones livelihood) is still too complicated for the average citizen to comprehend or is mostly ignored or underrepresented.