late wrote:Bernie and Liz are hardly extreme Left.
In a civilised country, they would almost be centrist. And speaking of civilisation, such countries typically have better quality of life, better education, lower health care costs, and lower carbon emissions to boot.
This country was dragged to the Right in the 80s. The Koch brothers started up dozens of orgnisations that created propaganda, (usually) shoddy research, and a ton of political organisations that wound up making them almost as powerful as the Republicans. In some ways more powerful. They are actually Birchers. In the 70s, Republicans literally laughed the Birchers out of the party. A generation later, they dominated politics.
That's why Bernie is an independent. Democrats became Republican Lite.
Read this, it's by the Nobel economist Stiglitz:
https://www.amazon.com/Price-Inequality-Divided-Society-Endangers-ebook/dp/B007MKCQ30/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q1TKDY9QYFJU&keywords=the+price+of+inequality+joseph+stiglitz&qid=1570160088&sprefix=price+of+ine%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1
Those two are too far left for me. By the way I favor national Medicare. I would like private healthcare to compete with national Medicare.
The reason European countries do well is because they are capitalist with a nice safety net. People think the Scandinavian countries are socialists but they are capitalists. What we need is a centrist government that provides opportunities rather than pandering and promising dreams that cannot be achieved. We need to stop talking about race identity and realize that there’s only one human race. The more we talk about race identity the more the country becomes divided.
We need a strong national identity regardless of ethnicity. We need every single school in America to teach ethics to all children every single day. Schools should teach honesty on a daily basis.
Instead of providing free college to everybody which should provide free technical education. Many people that go to college would do better by educating themselves in high paying positions such as heating and air-conditioning, electrician, plumbing, machinists, etc.
The number one cause of poverty in the United States is single motherhood. Instead of celebrating single motherhood we should create a society that celebrates marriage and children that are born into a two parent home. Having two parents at home markedly reduces the likelihood of poverty.
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