Hillary has definitely made mistakes. In that way, she has certainly contributed to her own headwinds.
Of course you liberals who buy into the Rove talking points and negative narrative aren't helping either.
I'm no liberal. I'm a pragmatic centrist who wants competent, effective, and efficient governance. I want the petulant children in DC gone. I want adults that will work together for the greater good.
I want the US to extricate itself from unnecessary and damaging wars of regime change, and yet i want us to annihilate terrorists and their sponsors with extreme prejudice.
I want an energy revolution that makes climate change less of a long term issue. I want the US to be at the forefront of revolutionary technology that we can export to the rest of the world.
I want trade agreements that actually work for Americans and not just global conglomerates who are benefiting on a race to the bottom on wages. I also want comprehensive immigration reform that makes sense. We are not going to round up millions of people and break up families. That is not America. We need to get those that are already here to come out of the shadows and become taxpaying productive members of society. We need secure borders and an easier program for guest workers and legal citizenship.
I want massive investments in infrastructure to fix our roads, bridges, and electrical grid. I want high speed internet access for all.
I want to take the best education systems we can find throughout the country and plant these ideas with supportive funding, especially in poor socioeconomic areas so we can help end the cycle of poverty, crime, and hopelessness in these communities.
I want our debt issue to be at the center of all debate. We need structural changes in entitlements. We need to remove the cap on SS taxes. We need to make some hard choices, whether that be gradually increasing the retirement age for benefits or also increasing payroll taxes. I would like to see a small portion of SS funds invested in areas that have the potential for a higher return.
Healthcare must be reformed. I don't know if single payer is the answer or not. If not we probably still need to decouple health insurance from employers. Competition under a heavier hand of price regulation may be the answer. There are no easy fixes here but there has got to be a way to make our system more efficient.
We need to reform our tax code and greatly simplify it. We need to bring corporate profits back home and tax them. Our wealth distribution and it's trend into the hands of a few is not healthy for the economy. I'm open to any and all ideas that will bring us into a healthier balance.
In short i want the best minds in offices of power who are willing to reach across the aisle and think more long term about the citizens of this country and not the connected few. This means completely removing the influence of money in our politics. As i've said before, nothing important gets done until you remove the influence of corrupting entities from the process.
Hillary has a long enough resume to show she has no problem sticking her nose in the money trough. She has been shown to flip flop on issues and do the politically expedient thing time and again. She is the polar opposite of what we need at this critical time. These are not Republican talking points. There is a well documented history here. And her resume is not that impressive other than holding titles of power. Big deal.
. I did catch Mule last year so I can say that.
