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In reply to the discussion: Clinton: 'There is no way I won't be' nominee [View all]hamsterjill
(15,245 posts)That's just supposed to be okay? I'm supposed to be okay with that because I'm helping the general populace? And if I don't agree that the concept is okay, I'm a selfish moron who doesn't care about anyone else? No, I do not think so.
I'm close to retirement but not quite there. There are OTHER things that are important in addition to (notice I did not say "instead of" health care. Like having electricity and running water and a car to drive and food.
Bernie should have stuck to sticking it to the uber wealthy who don't have to worry about every day expenses, but instead, his plan includes and involves middle class Americans just like me. Have him find a way to provide universal healthcare for America WITHOUT making it where we can't pay our bills. His plans sound wonderful, but when you get right down to the nitty gritty, he takes money away from normal, ordinary citizens, throws that money into a pot and then HE gets to decide how he returns that money to us. No, I don't think so. That is not the American way.
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