To me the problem starts with ourselves.
We need to believe in ourselves and in each other and the greed of the billionaire class needs to end with it.
When a system rewards people to the extent that is has enabled them to become wealthier than the average American to the extent that an extremely small group holds the majority of the wealth. It is morally wrong. One person has never EVER been worth that much more than their fellow citizens right to food, to health care and education. It is absurd that we allow for such vast sums of wealth to be be amassed by the very few at the expense of the many and the poor.
The world can be a harsh world, but in America, I was taught they we take care of one another, and the sins of our terrible past can only be healed by kindness to those that we don't even know. If there is a strand of unity to what is happening right now in this country it is that the system is wrong and we need substantial reform now. The will of the people is not being heard, and even worse, it is being distorted to the benefit of the billionaire class.
This manifests itself in a number of ways, but lets just start with healthcare. Right now in this Country, healthcare is more expensive than anywhere else in the world. What do we have to show for it? Pretty much nothing. Our patients don't heal any faster, they aren't admitted or discharged at a better rate. In essence right now, the biggest drain on America is how the private sector has exploited healthcare to the detriment of the population at large.
Right now the US does not require paid employee maternity leave. This is in contrast to EVERY other country in the developed world. While it may suggest a slight cost to a bottom line (or really, the exorbitantly wealthy) in the short term, it is to the benefit of the people and the state to have substantial paid maternity leave.
We need to believe in ourselves and in each other and the greed of the billionaire class needs to end with it.
When a system rewards people to the extent that is has enabled them to become wealthier than the average American to the extent that an extremely small group holds the majority of the wealth. It is morally wrong. One person has never EVER been worth that much more than their fellow citizens right to food, to health care and education. It is absurd that we allow for such vast sums of wealth to be be amassed by the very few at the expense of the many and the poor.
The world can be a harsh world, but in America, I was taught they we take care of one another, and the sins of our terrible past can only be healed by kindness to those that we don't even know. If there is a strand of unity to what is happening right now in this country it is that the system is wrong and we need substantial reform now. The will of the people is not being heard, and even worse, it is being distorted to the benefit of the billionaire class.
This manifests itself in a number of ways, but lets just start with healthcare. Right now in this Country, healthcare is more expensive than anywhere else in the world. What do we have to show for it? Pretty much nothing. Our patients don't heal any faster, they aren't admitted or discharged at a better rate. In essence right now, the biggest drain on America is how the private sector has exploited healthcare to the detriment of the population at large.
Right now the US does not require paid employee maternity leave. This is in contrast to EVERY other country in the developed world. While it may suggest a slight cost to a bottom line (or really, the exorbitantly wealthy) in the short term, it is to the benefit of the people and the state to have substantial paid maternity leave.
When a handful of people have so much money they treat 1 million dollars the same way the average American treats a single dollar, then we have a problem with income inequality so drastic that it literally creeps it's way into everything else. Almost every single problem we have stems from this inequality. I believe at this stage of our existence, health care is a human right. It is shameful that we have exploited people's desire to be healthy and live for profit.
We need to address climate change in a real and meaningful way. It is clearly NOT a hoax, a term usually reserved for UFOs and mythical monsters. The rising sea levels and temperatures are already leading to migration and environmental issues on a huge scale. I believe it would be foolish to not prepare and do more to help prevent or at the very least mitigate what looks like the crisis of the next 30 years.
We need to fund and change our education system and incentivize more people to become teachers and compensate them as the professionals they are. In the classroom we need to value creativity and the arts, data and statistical analysis based math curriculum's and have programs to keep kids involved after school.
We need to look at how the abuse of free social media platforms have transformed our political process and the difficulty in discerning what is true and real. Right now it is easy to buy targeted ads and spread disinformation for the right price. If a politician, a Super PAC, or a foreign government wanted to buy false advertising and target those that would be most susceptible, they can. That is a deadly recipe for a democracy.
We need to expunge criminal drug records and fully legalize and regulate cannabis as soon as possible. It is no more harmful than the effects from tobacco and alcohol, both of which I believe can be harmful to youths, but can also be responsibly enjoyed by adults who choose to take on the health consequences. Further, it introduces a new industry into the marketplace providing jobs and opportunities to citizens.
I think we need to rethink how our democracy works in general reforming the very structure that results and terrible tribalism and partisanship. I believe we exist in a duopoly that has stifled the real will of its citizens and that both the democratic and republican parties should be broken up.
I support reasonable gun control laws. I support a woman's right to choose. I support police reform.
I believe that radicalization of people of all ways of thinking is a deadly serious problem and that we need to do more to thwart efforts of white supremacists and nationalists who are causing the spread of hate and violence.
I'm not crazy.
I think change should be gradual, thought about and implemented prudently.
If you were to ask me what candidate best represents your world view and what you hope would be the best version of a future for America, it is still one Bernie Sanders.
I don't really care for the party politics, I think they divide us more than anything else. I try to think about the real problems of the world and what is the best way to solve them. Others can disagree, and perhaps I'm wrong about certain things.
To me, I believe Bernie cares more about the working class than any other candidate in memory, including Obama. That he isn't working for corporations, special interests, or to enrich himself. He honestly wants the best for all of humanity.
To me, that means he gets my vote.
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