Democratic Socialist

[JDPriestly]

70. I expect him to have the people behind him.

Most of Congress is so corrupt that the bills they pass hurt the middle class and working people. That goes for most of the Congress including most of the Democrats.

The bail-out of the banks with no requirements about how they used the money or whether they would in turn bail out the families that owed them money.

The War in Iraq.

The excessive spending on the military.

The tax breaks for the rich.

Refusal to pass equal pay for women.

Refusal to make health care a basic right and pass some sort of single payer health insurance bill.

Refusal to pass immigration legislation.

Refusal to pass a law guaranteeing the right to vote in the face of Republican obstruction of the right to vote.

Refusing to pass really good education reform instead of the No Child Left Behind bill that has harmed our kids.

Refusing to raise the cap on income subject to the Social Security tax.

Leaving interest rates high on student loan interest that flows into the US treasury while lowering taxes on the very wealthiest.

Not fully funding food stamps and other programs to help the poor.

Not funding infrastructure repairs the country badly needs.

Not providing free college or trade school for all students but giving tax breaks to the rich parents who can afford to send their children to the elite schools.

Passing and signing NAFTA.

Passing the TPP fast-track bill.

The list of the corrupt actions of Congress defy the imagination.

It's all play for pay. EXCEPT BERNIE.

And you may accuse him of not having accomplishments, but I say that he is one of the few in Congress of whom you can say that he is not bought, doesn't take money in exchange for votes and plays straight with the American people.

I'm for Bernie. He is the only hope we have to change this corrupt status quo.

Play to pay. Pay to play. That's our Congress now. That's the other presidential candidates too. Trump claims it isn't true of him, but the complexity of his business dealings and his penchant for corporate bankruptcies makes me question how much of what he says and claims is true.