Basic, Sensible Ideas
Those might sound like planks from the Bernie Sanders platform, but the people I’ve heard make those points are definitely not Bernie Bros. They are at a minimum “small-c” conservatives who are reluctant to look to any government for help—if they aren’t outright hostile to the idea. However, the recognition that the St. Louis region needs a better-educated workforce, more financial resources for startups, a well-funded university system, and (gasp!) more immigration seems to cut across party lines, at least in the civically engaged business community.
