Anand Giridharadas Quotes
There is always a gap between what candidates say in the heat of the campaign, when they are not constrained by the realities of governance, and how they act after being sworn into office.
Giridharadas, Anand. "Letter from America." The New York Times.
The Governor actually attempted to implement most of his plans. One of the reasons that this takes place is that a political candidate can unilaterally make a plan when running for office. But if he or she wins office, implementation of all plans depends on legislative bodies and the legislative process where there are many people who influence the process and much compromise is required. Often, a governor, for example, wins election only to discover that many if not most elements of his plans will not pass the legislature. This is true even when the legislature majority and the governor are of the same political party.
When President Trump was campainging for the Presidency he was constanly telling the voters how he was going to freform the tax system, and made it seem that it would be very easy if he had a Repuiblican Congress. He won and had the Republican Congress he wanted, but he was still having difficulty. The great difficulty for all leaders is that almost all Ameicans are in total agreement that the tax code is to comples and unfair. However, there is enourmous divergence and disparity about what should be done to make it fairer and less complex. What is a loophole for one taxpayer is a necessary accomodation to fairness and public policy for another. Every single suggested change produces people who are agisnt it, Sometimes it is a majority and other times a very passionate or rech and powerful mionority.
Anand Giridharadas is an American writer. He is a former columnist for The New York Times. He is the author of three books, India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking (2011), The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (2014), and Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (2018).
