Less transparency and more secrecy are bad for a democratic republic. Unfortunately this is an increasing trend documented in this article.

We need to evaluate who our real heroes are. We need to acknowledge those who reveal a crime are not worse criminals than those who commit a crime. (Germans apparently get this. See Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden statues unveiled in Berlin    I understand the statues are gone now, but the heritage of the three individuals will live on in Wikileaks)

Poverty is getting much worse thanks to the policies of both parties. All indications are that poverty is not only getting worse, it is approaching third world status in many areas. We can ill afford to ignore these dangers.

This describes  the decline of labor over decades thanks to the policies of both parties.