Why is Jill Stein taking the lead in instigating a recount?

[JHan]

68. Some of those ideas were implemented on HRC's platform but..

1) Free College is no kind of serious solution and subsidies tend to make the situation worse. Vox did a good write up on this: http://www.vox.com/2016/7/22/12254046/myths-higher-education-crisis-debt-loans-free-tuition

2) Trade Deals are not why we're losing jobs, advancements in automation and right to work laws that see jobs hop from state to state have a greater impact. Trade was demonized whole year, even Obama was demonized for supporting the TPP. Robert has either become blinded by the effects of NAFTA and all trade deals in general or being willfully misleading.

3) Railing against the "billionaire class" and class envy doesn't impress me. There are a couple things the left has to continue to do- plug tax loopholes, etc, but tackling Crony Capitalism will require the left extricate itself from of its most cherished ideas. Too much regulation can have unintended consequences and impact small businesses. A higher corporate tax also affects small businesses (but to Clinton's credit, she provided some relief options for small business in her proposals) - During the Epi Pen fiasco, Sanders and even Clinton, and Warren were railing on about imposing price fixes, instead of addressing the big elephant in the room which was - How did Mylan end up being the only supplier of Epi Pens on the market? What happened to other companies which tried to introduce pens at half the cost? Too much regulation makes it tougher for up and coming companies to catch a break and gain any kind of competitive edge over well established industry players, but mention "de regulation " and progressives go off the rails.

and these are just a few of my issues with Sanders and his earnest supporter Reich..