@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:
Blickers wrote:
All well and good about her getting money from the oil companies, but the way I look at it is that the Republicans are trying to get rid of Social Security and Medicare, and Hillary will stick up for them. That alone makes Hillary a far better choice than any Republican.
The Republicans want to give it over into the hands of big business, but in the meantime, defund as much of it as possible. But, if you notice Democratic congressional votes and the Presidential pen, the Dems give a few inches every so often, because they haven't the backbone to defend us. SS and Medicare are weakening by the year and nobody stands up 100% for it.
Back during the Reagan years, I'd have some fiery arguments with my sister. I was sort of a ne'er do well
with a lot of "power to the people " patter about "divesting ", and "overthrowing apartheid by any means necessary ". My sister was at that same time a buyer for a major department store - well off - certainly by our family's standards. I used to accuse her of selling out, being a tom, and other sundry things. She used to ask me, "What do you want me to do, quit my job, grab a picket sign and march around the block chanting?" The arguments and hard feelings were out of proportion to either of our understandings of the politics, or our respective abilities to do anything.
I guess I just don't like all the dead end evangelism telling everyone who isn't for 'Bernie or bust' that they need to do something different and drastic, or else. There doesn't seem to me to be a lot of there, there - once you get through all the fire and brimstone about how we're doomed and this is our last chance. It kind of sounds like they want us to quit our jobs, pick up a picket sign, and march around the block.
