2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Has it ever occurred to you that "incrementalism" is really ... [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)which is unnecessary and not conducive to a dialogue, I think treading water is not acceptable, but that's not what has been happening in this country economically, in spite of all the good that our liberal/centrist President Obama had done during his terms.
We are not just treading water, we are falling behind. And the policies that made Bill Clinton look good economically when he was President, are now the cause of our falling behind, so we do not want nor can we sustain more of that neo-liberalism.
We want this country to be a leader again, not in military power, but in healthcare, education, jobs, green energy and health of our planet, and PEACE! We want a country that takes care of it's poor (doesn't waste it's money on drug wars and prisons) and gives everyone an equal opportunity to be the best that they can be.
I don't see us moving forward with Clinton. I see us falling backward as she pushes more trade agreements and doesn't support the major changes in healthcare, education and ecology that are needed NOW.
OPEC is considering freezing oil production because of the glut. We shouldn't be trying to extract every last drop of oil from the ground. We shouldn't be contaminating our groundwater with fracking just to stop destroying our mountains and air and water with coal production. We need major proposals to go green on energy now. Not incremental change. This is vital to the survival of this planet.