People in D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood watch the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections on Thursday. Post Opinions asked readers what they wanted to see and hear in the 2024 presidential debates. This is what they’d still like to hear President Biden and Donald Trump discuss.Many in the lower 90 percent of incomes cannot retire at age 65. Social Security is insufficient. 401s are a joke. There are no pensions in the private, at-will employment world.
Is either of these 2024 politicians willing to force banks to divest from owning ordinary homes so that prices can decline again to normal “human” levels suitable for all generations of Americans?2. The consequences of the almost 40 percent of eligible U.S. citizens who do not vote in major elections. Far fewer vote in primaries.Both candidates were vague about the national debt, and President Biden failed to drive the point that Donald Trump’s contribution to the debt was much greater than his.
I don’t want increased White House control of our independent judiciary or regulatory institutions. I would like to see the Environmental Protection Agency actually take control of carbon emissions or be replaced by a Cabinet-level climate crisis department. There should not be a child going hungry in this nation. School and after-school feeding programs should be in place in every town and city.
It is time for The Post to start covering him as a serious candidate so that voters can be informed. And he should be at the next debate so Americans can hear from him.I am unspeakably saddened by our current emphasis on appearances, and on what historian Daniel J. Boorstin called “pseudo-events.” Those are events planned for the sake of appearances, for the sake of presentation in the media and for the purpose of being commented upon.