John Washington III Asks How Politicians Can Claim to Work for the People When They Never Fight for the People
Presidential candidate John Washington III says politicians campaign on fighting for the people, then go quiet on police accountability and vote on property-tax increases voters never heard about - and he is asking where the fight is.
Presidential candidate John Washington III is challenging the signature promise of election season. Every cycle, he wrote, voters hear the same lines - "I'M WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE!" and "I'M FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE!" - and his question is simple: "WHERE IS THE FIGHT?"
On policing, John Washington III asked why politicians who claim to represent the people do not fight to hold corrupt police officers accountable when officers abuse their authority or engage in corruption, and why they are not standing up for the citizens who put them in office.
On property taxes, he asked why politicians talk about lowering property taxes but never seriously discuss ending property taxes on the homes people own and live in - why a family should pay off a home over 20 or 30 years and then keep paying taxes on it for the rest of their lives. He also asked how a politician can campaign on lowering property taxes, get elected, and then vote for tax increases - and how many citizens even know what is being voted on. "WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY? WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY? WHERE IS THE REPRESENTATION?" he wrote.
