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usonian

(26,611 posts)
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 12:58 AM Nov 2023

Why I am a Democrat and supporting Joe Biden. My 8000th post. [View all]

Because nothing is more important!

Democrats have compassion for others, and believe that:

• When every person
  a. is guaranteed rights, opportunity, and equity,
  b. can make a good living,
  c. is respected,
  then all benefit and the nation benefits.
• Government invests in its citizens.
• Labor and innovation create wealth.
• Productivity gains are shared with those who are less blessed than others.
• Government is by the people and for the people.
• The legal system protects rights, especially of minorities.


The repubs believe:

• Freedom means no regulation. Nothing more.
• Workers and voters are kept from uniting, chiefly by a divide and conquer strategy, i.e culture wars.
• Welfare is for the rich.
 GOVERNMENT CONTROLS EVERYONE'S LIFE.
• Whatever Putin tells them to believe.🇷🇺



And here are the Key Issues as I see them.

Keep government from dictating what you read, your religion and your private life.
• The working person deserves a break rather than welfare for the rich.
• Americans believe in and defend the constitution because no American gains from harming another.
• Protect and expand medicare and Social Security so that health care is denied nobody.
• There is health, wealth and dignity for all when everyone pays their fair share.
• We fight for individual rights where others would deny them.
• America's needs are met by responsive, responsible government rather than bullshit culture wars.
BIDENOMICS is a revolution in economics that upends the disproven theory of "trickle down" that gave us "The one-percent economy". It makes the country stronger and more stable.
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K&R onecaliberal Nov 2023 #1
Excellent summary. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #2
Yeah! 2naSalit Nov 2023 #3
Congratulations on a great post! lees1975 Nov 2023 #4
Like this a LOT! calimary Nov 2023 #5
The rest of the world sees it in simpler term. Aussie105 Nov 2023 #6
Nicely done . Permanut Nov 2023 #7
K&R! Beautiful summary of what you believe, and what I hope all Democrats believe highplainsdem Nov 2023 #8
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