[nitwit005]

They keep electing people who reduce taxes for the rich. If it was up for a direct vote, I doubt most of these tax bills would pass. The last one was deeply unpopular with the public.

Some of it's just failings of a two party system. You vote for the one you like better, but given a binary choice it's a fairly non-specific vote.

[NTDF9]

I think this a great opportunity for someone to make a real time "consequences" website.

Whatever the candidate says, fact check it and display a few important impacts to people directly. Economic is the easiest. Another good one is jobs, taxes, quality of life, debt, inequality.