I absolutely believe Sanders would be President if the DNC would have not screwed him over.
Here was a candidate that ACTUALLY represents what liberals want... and they instead went with the likes of Hillary???
If Bernie would have won the Primary, I do not believe the Democrats that voted for Trump in the steel belt would have switched...which would have put Bernie in the Oval Office.
So to the Democrats that voted for her - you put Trump in the White House more than Republicans did.
iam, I have been a lib since JFK, but a fiscally conservative one that believes deeply in personal responsibility for our own lives. I would not have voted for Sanders simply because I never understood the 'how' of his proposals. If anyone can explain to me a viable plan for how free college and healthcare can be attained, I'd love it. But it would be like buying a pig in a poke to vote for it without a clear picture of the cost.
Clinton never lied to all those people who thought King Coal would be back in force. As a Michigander, I appreciated the candor. The whole rust belt is still waiting....The buildings are gone, the huge parking lots are overgrown...and folks are still waiting. We should have faced up years ago, when we had the chance.
I can appreciate what you say here.
Unfortunately, we are no longer a Democratic Republic... we are a Corporatocracy. PERIOD.
I don't think there is a single clear thinking American that does not know that BOTH sides of the aisle in both houses represent large corporations and the investor class far-far-far more than us. It isn't even close.
And Hillary Clinton is not only a globalist/corporatist, she is a ranking elite member.
I live in Indiana, like you, were were surrounded by manufacturing for many decades. Within 100 miles of my home there were 3 auto plants, RCA, G.E., Otis elevator, and numerous medium sized plants not to mention dozens and dozens of smaller ones that supported all of the manufacturing that was here.
Today, there is one auto plant left...and all of the other plants are gone. Never to return.
We were sold out. Yes automation has taken many jobs, but not when the entire plant moved to Mexico.
There are no more jobs for the masses. And by masses, I mean the many-many-many that really are not cut out for college. But they go, many fail. Many.
And that is why $15 min. wage is even being talked about. Because Flipping burgers is now the new manufacturing jobs.
