Alvie Dewade (Reason and Facts)

I am a professional economic and investment analyst with nearly 20 years experience working with Fortune 500 companies. I love politics and discussing current events, but wish we could return to actual dialogue and debate. Modern politics has devolved into propaganda with leaders who appeal to people's baser instincts. The role of media, to inform voters ensuring a vibrant democracy, has sadly morphed into advertiser paid commentary making finding solutions and compromise less and less likely.

Truth itself has become, at best, subjective, and at worst, an inconvenience to get around so you don't have to concede a point. Research has digressed to fact checking and analysis get bogged down in sorting out irrelevant or inconsequential tangential issues. The core of issues are being drowned out by distractions and the very people who should be focusing voters on what is important, compete for viewer ratings for their reality television dressed up as news.

We must return to a process which relies upon thorough research, substantiated facts, an absence of subjective arguments, and compromise. Politics shouldn't be about absolutism. We are a nation of over 300 million people and representative democracy demands all 300 million citizens be considered.

I will endeavor to discuss timely topics relying on reason and facts. I hope you will participate.

In the Spotlight

Free Market Capitalism and Why the Middle Class is Shrinking

Let's drop the hyperbole. The decline of working and middle class Americans is a travesty. We need to face some hard truths. We have to deal with the world as it is, not how we think it should be.

In the Spotlight

The Real Story With Russia

Russian attacks on the 2016 election and possible collusion by Americans is stunning. Our representative democracy relies on leaders to act only in our best interests.

In the Spotlight

A rising tide raises all ships, at least in theory - The GOP lie about "trickle down" economics

Putting the noise aside, Trump's unexpected victory was the manifestation of middle class anger. This anger is absolutely founded, but are we on the road to better days?

In the Spotlight

The Comedy and Tragedy of Trump's Wall

Politics has become visceral and raw. Is there any way to revive reason?

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  United States Politics

  Are Republicans Fiscally Conservative?

  22 months ago

  The GOP likes to say they're fiscally responsible and that Democrats like to "tax and spend". When the actual data is analyzed, we find Republican administrations have been "tax cut and borrow" and the largest contributors to the deficit.

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  United States Politics

  What If It Was Hillary or Obama and Not Trump?

  3 years ago

  Here's a very simple question. What would right wing propaganda machine say about where we currently are, if Hillary or Obama were President and not Trump? If you can keep an open mind, this exercise will be very instructive in removing nonsense defenses

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  United States Politics

  Trump's Mail-In Voting Fraud

  3 years ago

  Trump's mail-in voting fraud. It fails any logical framework. So if it isn't what he claims it is, then it's about something else. Anyone surprised he'd put his own ego and re-election before Americans?

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  United States Politics

  Impeachment and the Whistleblower

  4 years ago

  American voters deserve better; impeachment hearings based on facts, sound logic, and politicians who act in the public's best interests. Given they and our media sources of propaganda instead of facts and information, we must rely on ourselves to make informed decisions.

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  United States Politics

  Confederate Monuments and Why They Should Be Removed

  22 months ago

  Charlottesville brought national attention back to the our country's bloodiest war and its place in todays society. Like many other debates, emotional responses and irrational arguments abound.

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  The American Civil War

  Before We Can Talk About Confederate Monuments, We Need to Talk About the Civil War

  4 years ago

  No pulled punches here. The Civil War was about one thing. Slavery. It was carried out by traitors and terrorists. This isn't a "lets agree to disagree" topic. The facts are clear.

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  Economy & Government

  Free Market Capitalism and Why the Middle Class is Shrinking

  4 years ago

  Let's drop the hyperbole. The decline of working and middle class Americans is a travesty. We need to face some hard truths. We have to deal with the world as it is, not how we think it should be.

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  Presidents of the United States

  The Comedy and Tragedy of Trump's Wall

  3 years ago

  Politics has become visceral and raw. Is there any way to revive reason?

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  Presidents of the United States

  The Real Story With Russia

  7 years ago

  Russian attacks on the 2016 election and possible collusion by Americans is stunning. Our representative democracy relies on leaders to act only in our best interests.

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  Economy & Government

  A rising tide raises all ships, at least in theory - The GOP lie about "trickle down" economics

  6 years ago

  Putting the noise aside, Trump's unexpected victory was the manifestation of middle class anger. This anger is absolutely founded, but are we on the road to better days?

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  United States Politics

  Put Americans first, not American Businesses

  7 years ago