2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)nor do I or most others who support him want one.
What we want are specific programs that would guarantee better opportunities for American families and especially Americans who are too young or old to compete for jobs, who are disabled or who are not at the time needed or wanted in the workforce. We want a country with fewer homeless people.
Why is anyone homeless when a few people have not only multiple homes but huge homes with many empty rooms? People who want a room should be able to afford one -- at least a place to sleep and live very modestly. I challenge the Republican candidates who claim to be Christian to propose a program they will house the homeless, feed the hungry and heal the sick. Charitable donations and faith are leaving too many people living in makeshift tents, storing their few precious possessions in shopping carts.
I challenge every student who attends Liberty University to forget that great internship iin business next summer and volunteer for a homeless shelter.
We want to invest in education so that every qualified child can enjoy the opportunity to realuze his/her potential beginning from the moment he/she leaves the womb.
We want, also, a country that is a good place to live in terms of good safe roads and parks, bridges, the environment, public.
For-profit healthcare insurance, education have not worked well. For-profit health insurance is too expensive for either private employers or the government, the co-pays even now are very discouraging.
We want a country in which people who work at ordinary jobs are encouraged to and can save a little, maybe even. Buy a house or condo.
It isn't about making everyone the same. It is about making our country not just strong and unified in the world but also a healthy place to live in which each of us strengthens every other American.