You know, when Warren said she was part Native American it became the go-to fodder from the right which really was stupid. It would have been better had she not ever said this, but it is such a lame thing to harp on considering there was truth to it. Is that really the best republicans have on this woman? It’s so stupid. I went to a college where Native Americans receive free tuition and my very white friend took advantage of it because he was 1/32 native. Should my college of gone that low as bar? No. Was my friend gaming the system? Yes. However, the man was part native either way. What are you going to do? I question Warren’s authenticity in other subjects sometimes, but I’m sure she would have a solid progressive platform.
You really can’t go wrong with Bernie besides his age being a reasonable complaint. He has the highest favorability rating out of anyone in Congress so he would have a decent chance at beating Trump. Considering O’Rourke almost succeeded in making Texas blue, it really is worth considering.
Kamala is probably my favorite right now, primarily because she is an accomplished attorney. The best people to run for President are either lawyers or experts in public policy in some other way. Her reliably progressive platform would do a lot of good because she understands how public policy works. She also doesn’t take anyone’s shit which is something democrats are generally terrible at doing. The democrat party needs more teeth these days. It’s bad enough the DNC is so corrupt.
1) What would Bernie/Warren/Harris do to get the economy going?
2) How would Bernie/Warren/Harris balance the budget?
3) How would Bernie/Warren/Harris reduce the federal debt?
4) What would Bernie/Warren/Harris do about Iran's nuclear weapons program?
5) What would Bernie/Warren/Harrisdo about North Korea's nuclear weapons program?
6) What changes or improvements would Bernie/Warren/Harris make to Medicare?
7) What changes or improvements would Bernie/Warren/Harris make to Social Security?
8) What reforms would Bernie/Warren/Harris make to our immigration policy?
9) What changes would Bernie/Warren/Harris make to the financial services industry?
10) What would Bernie/Warren/Harris do about ISIS?
11) What would Bernie/Warren/Harris do about Putin?
All too often, I see rubes saying they support someone, and then it turns out they don't know ****-all about the person.
For example, just recently some "libertarians" on this forum claimed they liked Tulsi Gabbard without having the slightest clue she is as socialist as Bernie and AOC!
1) Refucing the tax burden on the poor and middle class which would increase comsumer spending and thus stimulate the economy. Raising the minimum wage to a modest level would do the same thing.
2) Caredul tax policy. I’m not qualified to know what that would need to be specifically, but it can be done. Obama successfully reduced the deficit by 2/3.
3) A good tax policy would go a long way, but reducing the federal debt just isn’t obtainable for one sitting president to do. That shit will take decades of consistent policy enforcement.
4) Re-establishing the deal they had before. A deal that multiple nations sponsored. It wasn’t perfect, but it’s not like we can just expect Iran to roll over and do what we want it to do. It doesn’t work like that.
5) Lol probably nothing can be done about their nuclear weapons program. I don’t think this is in the scope of the American President. The best diplomacy we can count on is their relationship with SK.
6) Medicare for all would be great, but implementing such a policy would prove very difficult with republican opposition. They could also make smaller changes within the program like making it legal for the government to negotiate lower prices with private industry.
7) Adequately fund social security. Lower the age of qualification.
8) Our immigration policy prior to Trump was fine on its own. The fact of the matter is that the US has become less attractive for illegal immigration since 2008. The numbers are declining. There is no crisis.
9) It’s in need of serious regulation to prevent another “too big to fail” scenario.
10) Hard to say what they would do about ISIS outside of large scale change in approach. There’s nothing that they would come up with that would revolutionize and improve the effectiveness of the fight. Personally, I think the neighboring enemy nations need to take out their own trash.
11) Putin? Basically nothing lol. Putin holds too many cards to feel intimidated by the US. None of those candidates would take his shit like Trump does, but that doesn’t mean it would matter. Putin does whatever he wants.