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In reply to the discussion: I decided I'll back Hillary to the hilt if she [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Republicanism, more free trade, more Entitlement reform, we never recovered from welfare reform or NAFTA, if we survive the current version, it's "reforms" and free trade agreements, the wealth disparity will make the poor and rich in a Dickens novel seem quite level in comparison, this before we even choose the next candidate. I just can't keep supporting the 1% at the expense of myself and the other common born, it would be passive suicide.
We desperately need a Democrat that will square the deal, and right the wrongs, not continue down this path of subservience to the Pete Petersons of the world. We likely will get no such thing, but to choose to support the continuation of the path we are on would be to volunteer oneself to the slaughter.
We can't vote for people we think are likable based on personality, the policies do matter, these pragmatists feather their own nests quite well, but leave us stuck in the mud below. We really need to put policy over personality.
It is quickly becoming a matter of survival for a larger and larger number of impoverished Americans.
I realize this is a politician you admire and I understand your support, it is your support to give,
but I am not of the economic socio level where I can back the policies that are killing people like me with poverty.