A progressive is someone who actively fights to improve the quality of life for all citizens. Unconcerned with political posturing, a true progressive's only concern is to ensure that everyone has a chance for a better life and that equality and fairness, never nepotism or greed, rules the day. A true progressive battles to return government to the hands of the people, for it must never be forgotten that the people grant all authority to the government, and never the other way around. Government must be made to serve us, not the opposite. A true progressive constantly strives to ensure that all of these principles are followed to the utmost.

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