Why We Support Hillary Clinton (Posted to the Hillary Group) [View all]

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We believe in Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights for all women. We trust Hillary to protect those rights so that in the event either one of our grand daughters ever need to terminate a pregnancy, they may do so without a coat hanger in a back alley.

We believe in a strong work ethic. We worked our way through college back when minimum wage was 90 cents an hour and tuition was 1200 a year not counting books and fees. Our children worked their way though with a little help from us and we expect the same for our grand daughters. I am all for making college more affordable and capping the interest rate on student loans, however, should either one of our grand daughters take out loans, we expect them to pay those back in good faith. If it takes them six years instead of four years to graduate then so be it. We don't believe that in our late 60's and early 70's that we are responsible for others' college tuition.

We believe in Social Security and have worked for over 50 years to be able to retire and draw that comfortably. We know that Hillary will never allow the privatization of Social Security. It will be there for us until we shed our skins so that our children can take care of their own families and not have to worry about us.

We love our current health insurance. Yes, it may cost us a pretty penny but in the last 15 years of cancer treatments, screenings, surgery, medicine, we have not laid out of pocket more than about $600.00. We never pay for usual/common medicines or antibiotics since those are covered by our insurance. One of us is on Medicare and I can assure you that they have never laid out one penny for anything so no, we do not want a "medicare for all" insurance plan. We do not want Medicare deciding whether or not I should be able to get that hip replaced. That should be between myself, the doctor and the insurance I pay for. Those who want that are welcome pay for it but we want our insurance company to stay in business so we can continue to do business with them.

We believe in the stock market because one of us has a pension all tied up in Wall Street and yes we have a small 401K. That is our retirement because quite frankly, Social Security is just not enough. We expect Hillary to keep her hands off of my State Teachers Retirement and our 401K because after all, it is our money. We put it there and we will damn sure get it back when we are ready for it. We trust Hillary to leave our retirement money alone.

We believe in free and fair trade. We agree that trade agreements need to be redefined, reworked, and maybe a few done away with. We trust Hillary to do this to the best of her abilities.

We believe that Black Lives Matter because one of our grand daughters is Black and her life damn sure matters to us. Miss Ebony wants to study fashion design and business in college then move to New York City to make her way in that world. We don't want that door to be slammed in her face because her skin is not white. We don't want her to be driving somewhere, be pulled over and die in a jail cell simply because she is Black. We trust Hillary to work hard within the criminal justice system to fix some very broken things. We know that Hillary can not change hearts and minds, no one can, but there are things that can be done within the current system.

We believe in gay and lesbian rights and that right to love and marry who you choose. We trust Hillary to protect those rights.

We believe in equal pay for women and that women have a right to make as much money as they want to whether they are giving speeches to banks or working at the local strip club. Powerful and well paid women make a powerful and productive country.

We believe that all people of all races, except for criminals and terrorists have a right to live productively and peacefully in America. We trust Hillary to work as hard as possible to reform immigration policies.

We believe in protecting our country from those who want to hurt us both outside and inside the borders. We do not believe in unnecessary wars but we do believe in a reasonably strong military. We trust her to protect America and American interests.

We have, for over 50 years, always paid our taxes on time and without regret. We believe that paying taxes is patriotic but we do not believe that we should pay more than our fair share, especially in retirement. We trust that if Hillary
raises taxes, it will be on those making lots of money and not on the middle class.

We know that Hillary is not perfect. We know that she is liberal/progressive in some areas and more moderate in others. So are we. No one is perfect and no one gets everything they want. We know that Hillary has changed, evolved and grown over the years.
So have we. We want a president who evolves and compromises, not a president who is constantly angry and stagnant.