I'm in my late 30s. Having $15k in savings isn't unusual when you're a single working professional that's been working since age 16. Even if it was, I'm not some rich asshole who doesn't give a shit about other people's struggles, especially when I had my own growing up.
I mean yes I do assume that people who lean toward Ralph Nader and/or the Green Party are ideologically closer to Democrats than Republicans. In real life it might not break down as neatly as that, but I also know that Republican voters are much more likely to come home than Democratic voters are.
tbh I would probably be more comfortable with the current duopoly than a system where the left-of-center vote is constantly split between more than one party. I'm not exactly envious of the enduring conservative parliamentary rule in places like the UK and Israel.
Pretty much yeah. I liked Labours manifesto, I wanted them to win. Clearly their Brexit policy was a huge part of why they didn't. While I am pro-remain in hindsight maybe it would've actually been better for them to have pushed a pro-brexit policy, giving a socialist argument for why it would be a good idea. It's honestly difficult to say. But I think that for Labour its not going to be as simple as pursuing a center-left New Labour policy plan from now on.
Except I never said there shouldn't be structural changes. Everyone should be entitled to coverage without exception. My main concern was how we went about doing that because some candidates are apparently ok with millions of people (either in the industry or tied to it) losing their jobs and just considering that the cost of doing business. If you're going to change something that's been in place as long as it has, you need to have a plan to address the fallout and none of them have even mentioned it.
Except millions more people voted against him than for him. That proves the point regardless of some outdated electoral college bullshit.
They don't need to. What they do is regurgitate right wing smear until no one is thinking of the source, only that the story exists, no matter how true or false it may be. Our electoral issue is an apathetic public that is easily electorally depressed. Yeah, our media will air bad stuff about Trump, but the Right doesn't care, they're going to go out and vote for everyone with an R next to their name. The left, on the other hand, is reliant on some very large, very fickle demographics and some relatively small, super consistent ones to turn out. Meanwhile, our swing voters are the most fickle of all.
So, I get to keep my insurance when losing my job. That's great, but none of my non-medical bills go away. I still have to pay rent and buy groceries. Can you point me to a plan from Bernie or even Warren (the person I'm currently supporting) when they specify how they'll deal with the fallout? I haven't seen it. And someone having saved $15k after working for 20+ years is not some mythical, impossible thing.
For anyone that claims that Brexit and not Corby was the problem, Opinium have just released a new poll:
It 100% was Corbyn and his crew that was so utterly unappealing that some voters went to BoJo of all people.
Biden is right, the same thing will happen if Bernie and his crew get the nomination.
Yup. It works everywhere else in the world, but for some reason the richest country in the world can't handle it. People are falling so hard for this framing by neo-liberals. They want nothing but your money. They don't care about you. Stop listening to their bullshit.
The difference is if Biden is elected and is facing a 4 year Republican Senate who don't confirm any of his appointments he won't do shit.
