Why I cannot support Hillary Clinton

[davidthegnome]

279. I get sarcasm, but this is a little extreme.

I don't believe that anyone thinks someone, regardless of who, is going to fix our problems overnight. The issue for me is that it seems very likely that Bernie Sanders will at least TRY to resolve many of these issues mentioned in the OP. If you can't see the struggling and the suffering that happens in this Country every day as a result of bad policies, corruption and greed... I don't know what to tell you.

Clinton has ties to a lot of the big corporations - has served on their boards, is running a campaign funded by the big boys. You know, I would love to have a female President, I really would. However, I would prefer that she have integrity, as well as at least a vague understanding of what the working people in this Country are actually going through.

When our choices are between a campaign supported by labor and a campaign supported by the corporate elite, I can tell you where my support is going to go. Of course, I am not a corporate executive, I don't have a dime in the stock market, a fancy house or car. I'm a fairly average American with student loan debt and medical debt. My health insurance is on shaky ground due to a recent job loss and job change.

I simply don't understand why I would vote against my own best interests. I currently work as a bar tender, making just about minimum wage plus tips (well, I'll get tips when I'm finished with training, I think). My life, frankly, has consisted of one shitty job after another - and higher education, on top of being insanely expensive, doesn't seem to be enough for a whole lot of people to find work that pays a living wage.

No one is going to change any of this overnight, but I'm willing to give Bernie eight years to try. What I'm not willing to do is support the continued greed, corruption, theft and bull shit of corporate America.

I won't be fooled again. My vote is going for Sanders - and if he fails to secure the nomination, very reluctantly for Clinton... maybe. A lot of the snark and outright condescension I've seen from a lot of Clinton supporters has made me consider resorting to a write in if Clinton wins.

Only so much time remains to repair our failing infrastructure, our failing world, our failing economy and our failing social structure. For once, I'd love to vote for someone who I believe will at least get the ball rolling.