In 5 words or fewer, what is THE top issue influencing your vote in 2016?

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32. Someone said corruption.

I agree. Corruption is the mother of all the other problems, the cause of our inability to admit to and deal with all our other problems, and your list, Algernon Moncrieff is a pretty good start on the list of all the wrongs in our society that result from the corruption.

I would like to say that I am moved to back Bernie Sanders also because the issues of authenticity in our leaders, of having a leader who represents me and not a bunch of rich people, of trust, of infrastructure repair and improvement, of working together and investing as a nation in the technology of the future that will heal our planet and make our lives better is important to me.

For example, if the Romans could build aqueducts to carry water to Rome in ancient times, and we have rising seas, why can't we, with our scientific and technological expertise, build aqueducts not just in the US but in other areas of the world in which floods maybe in one country along with rising sea levels, and then in another persistent drought are problems. It sounds impossible, but traveling to the moon seemed impossible until we did it.

So I would say battling the corruption that presents us from thinking positively about the opportunities in the future is the biggest issue in 2016. Our corporate elite wants things its way. It wants to harness technology for its gain.

I say let's harness technology and build a future together that benefits all of us and not just the ever-corrupting 1%.

So that's my most important issue: fighting corruption that is holding us back as a nation.

Corruption and the gaining of prestige and power not based on ability and hard work but on social status is the cause of racism, of sexism, of all the social ills and slows our ability to deal with crises like climate change. Corruption pits one against the other. It is behind a lot of our police brutality. Scapegoating of African-American youths is the typical symptom of a society that is breaking down into opposing gangs, and that is how corruption works. It uses gangland techniques to scare all by visibly treating the scapegoats cruelly.

Corruption.

Sorry. Five words or less is not what a discussion forum is about as far as I am concerned.