2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I feel the need to say something. [View all]monicaangela
(1,508 posts)I find it interesting that those who oppose Bernie Sanders are opposing him not because they do not like his proposals but because they don't feel he can get the things he is proposing implemented. To me that is like saying, I have a million dollars, and I want to spend it on acquiring knowledge, but, I can't get my friends to allow me to spend my money on education. Sometimes I wonder if the electorate realizes that the money these clowns in D.C. are playing with is ours. That being said, why is it that so many are willing to let one party or the other or one candidate or the other tell us what we can or cannot do with our money. Could this be the old racist thinking that went along with the southern strategy. Could it be that some people would love these things but don't feel they should be extended to everyone so therefore "it just can't be done." I understand that many things in this nation are predicated on race so it wouldn't surprise me if that were the reason.
How many people would like to end the wars? Trillions of dollars spent/thrown away on destroying innocent people and nations in order to acquire resources from those nations. Trillions of dollars given to nuclear weaponry that can never be used. Trillions of dollars spent on destruction and we somehow allow that to happen with a shrug of the shoulder and a retort...well, that is the law, congress has appropriated that money and they have the power of the purse. What is wrong with the people of this nation. Will we always continue to allow others to dictate what we will do with OUR resources? When will be a good time for the people of this nation to stand together and say, we would like to have better, better healthcare, not insurance, better infrastructure, not war, better education, not debt in exchange for education, and above all, when are we going to start rejecting candidates that tell us we can't have these things? I wonder...