I'm listening and we usually have some good discussions, even agree most of the time. Ms Clinton has shown she will adapt when the electorate shows her the way. Unfortunately, one of those changes she made was to abandon the universal health care initiative. She was practically the face of that initiative when it went down in flames. Now what do we hear? Universal healthcare coverage will never happen. I'd say she can and does spin the wheel when her career is threatened. Bernie is certainly shaking things up and already seeing results from his failed but impressive bid for the WH. Hillary needs Bernie supporters to vote for her and she's not going to let her last chance at the WH to slip away simply because of some right wing principles that she never really showed much enthusiasm for. She's spinning the wheel as we debate or so I think based upon what I've read..
This idea that we have to CHANGE DIRECTION, tell me, what does that mean and what, between now and say August can be done to do so? It would have to be a massive movement to make any difference other than to ensure Trump's victory. Larger even than the numbers shown in the primary races.
And please don't say it doesn't make a difference.
We barely squeaked out of the last great crash, and it took half of Mr Obama's presidency to recover- and in many ways, our prosperity still isn't what it was, certainly not for those below the 90th percentile.
Worse, basically none of the forces that propelled us off the cliff in '07 have been effectively controlled and many of the contributing factors have actually worsened; wage stagnation, income polarization, regulatory capture and even outright policy control of government by business, big banks got BIGGER and their stress and means tests were silly parlor games. There's much more, this just scratches the surface.
I think another Great Crash and Depression are coming, and we can pretty much guarantee more warfare. It's too profitable for those running our country!
Since they haven't been dealt with, all these issues are gonna come roaring back and bite us. Again.
Are you doing better than your folks did at your age? I'm not. Most people I know aren't, and I live in a very egalitarian and economically robust city and state. Why not? Because our prosperity has been stolen from us by three generations of supply siders, who gave the rich tax breaks and the middle class cracks to fall through and no safety net to catch them.
Our middle class is all but gone, replaced by either tech jobs for those with skills and education- but little job security, or service jobs for those who don't... and even less security.
...And fuck your retirement, they stole that decades ago, and America's population continues to age.
What's their answer? Buy up the media outlets, play machine politics games with the primary and electoral process and continue to place candidates they trust to do their bidding into positions of power, from the top down.
That isn't a solution, any more than plugging the vent on the pressure cooker will solve its noise problem.
