To be honest, this was not meant to be an attack on Hillary Clinton. I do respect her experience as well as Bernie's. But after last night's debate I keep thinking about what she said, delivering results.
Hillary has always been moderate, and for most of my life, as an upstate New Yorker, that was okay. I voted for her both times she ran for Senator, and was okay with how she did, though she was nothing fantastic or progressive. Just the run of the mill moderate.
Bernie is someone that I wasn't hugely aware of until 2012. To be honest, I'm not sure how I became aware of him. I probably received an email and it spoke about progressivism and I researched him a little and subscribed to his email list out of Vermont, though I lived in New York.
What bothers me is the phrase "delivering results" because the only thing that Hillary Clinton is trying to do with that phrase, is make progressivism impossible as the democratic and republican party wants to keep a tight control on the status quo. To keep free college impossible, though we had it 50 years ago in NYS though state universities. She seems to want to keep this country in a bubble of moderation that is easy and safe and not challenging.
I want this country to be challenged. I want us to have higher wages not just for the poor, but for everyone. Whenever she talks about jobs, it is always about technology jobs. Where was she for NYS when human services jobs (that requires Bachelors and Master's degrees) are paying $30k in wages? What is a comfortable wage for each part of this country? And if you work 40 hours a week, no matter what the job, you should be able to have health insurance, a car, a house, and your bills paid as well as a little left over to pay into the economy in goods. That is the American dream isn't it? We want to retire at some point and have less debt!
Perhaps the reason why we have so much credit card debt is because we want to have a little fun and enjoy our lives a little. We work so hard to just pay for bills and have so little left over, not to mention very little savings for a rainy day. Of course, this short-sightedness is not a positive thing, but if we live paycheck to paycheck, is it so much surprise that our spending is similar?
We need to reteach our children and our society to look long-term. To actually think about our children, and our retirement, and that rainy day. But how can we when we can BARELY pay our bills working full time? And how is that my fault? Why isn't that the corporations fault for keeping paychecks low so they can pocket more at the top? Why isn't this the governments fault for not keeping control of prices? Does milk really need to be $3-4 a gallon? If so, why?
So rather than complaining and hating on Bernie, who has been forming progressive groups since the 80's and involved in civil rights issues since the 60's, why don't we question why Hillary isn't more willing to attack issues we need dealt with right now? Why isn't she listening to the swelling of support that Bernie is getting. We need real progressive work to happen, not more moderate.
Listen, if Hillary wins the democratic nomination, I will vote for her. But until that date, I will pray that Bernie wins. I am a liberal, progressive, that wants the best for me and my children, you and your children and everyone.
Hillary has always been moderate, and for most of my life, as an upstate New Yorker, that was okay. I voted for her both times she ran for Senator, and was okay with how she did, though she was nothing fantastic or progressive. Just the run of the mill moderate.
Bernie is someone that I wasn't hugely aware of until 2012. To be honest, I'm not sure how I became aware of him. I probably received an email and it spoke about progressivism and I researched him a little and subscribed to his email list out of Vermont, though I lived in New York.
What bothers me is the phrase "delivering results" because the only thing that Hillary Clinton is trying to do with that phrase, is make progressivism impossible as the democratic and republican party wants to keep a tight control on the status quo. To keep free college impossible, though we had it 50 years ago in NYS though state universities. She seems to want to keep this country in a bubble of moderation that is easy and safe and not challenging.
I want this country to be challenged. I want us to have higher wages not just for the poor, but for everyone. Whenever she talks about jobs, it is always about technology jobs. Where was she for NYS when human services jobs (that requires Bachelors and Master's degrees) are paying $30k in wages? What is a comfortable wage for each part of this country? And if you work 40 hours a week, no matter what the job, you should be able to have health insurance, a car, a house, and your bills paid as well as a little left over to pay into the economy in goods. That is the American dream isn't it? We want to retire at some point and have less debt!
Perhaps the reason why we have so much credit card debt is because we want to have a little fun and enjoy our lives a little. We work so hard to just pay for bills and have so little left over, not to mention very little savings for a rainy day. Of course, this short-sightedness is not a positive thing, but if we live paycheck to paycheck, is it so much surprise that our spending is similar?
We need to reteach our children and our society to look long-term. To actually think about our children, and our retirement, and that rainy day. But how can we when we can BARELY pay our bills working full time? And how is that my fault? Why isn't that the corporations fault for keeping paychecks low so they can pocket more at the top? Why isn't this the governments fault for not keeping control of prices? Does milk really need to be $3-4 a gallon? If so, why?
So rather than complaining and hating on Bernie, who has been forming progressive groups since the 80's and involved in civil rights issues since the 60's, why don't we question why Hillary isn't more willing to attack issues we need dealt with right now? Why isn't she listening to the swelling of support that Bernie is getting. We need real progressive work to happen, not more moderate.
Listen, if Hillary wins the democratic nomination, I will vote for her. But until that date, I will pray that Bernie wins. I am a liberal, progressive, that wants the best for me and my children, you and your children and everyone.
