2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do people who post negative stuff here about Hillary [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)ordered its publication.
Have you read it?
And if so, do you support it?
If not, how can you support Hillary?
She changed her mind on the TPP after praising it for years. She will change it again as soon as the pressure mounts if she wins the White House.
For me, the TPP is such a serious threat to our Constitution and our democracy that I cannot vote for any candidate who supports it.
We need to get out of some of our trade agreements and get them amended or rewritten to eliminate the arbitration courts they set up. Those courts are not in the tradition of our law. They are an abomination.
Obamacare is a modest achievement. It has not done nearly enough to lower healthcare costs because it has not reduced or eliminated the profits that the health insurance companies pilfer off the top of our insurance premiums. It has also left many people uninsured. We need single payer in one form or another so that we have the system that other countries that have better healthcare outcomes and less expensive yet far more coverage than we do.