Thoughts on Politics

I want to vote for Hillary, but I can’t in a primary. Do you see that political grid over to the right? I’m about as midde-of-the-road as it gets given the issues before us. I recognize that Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed socialist, is significantly to my left, but Hillary isn’t the change that I believe we need to see in America. If elected, Hillary will be another well-intentioned appeaser settling for less than we need so as not to lose or to piss off the Democratic Party hierarchy.

We ought to have Medicare for all. We should have had it with Obamacare. Insurance companies have no interest whatever in our well-being. Their only interest is in making money by using premium dollars to invest in financial markets. You can look it up. Perhaps Blue Shield was originally founded to enable access to physician services and Blue Cross to enable access to hospitals, but that was 1929 and 1930. In my lifetime, it’s just been insurance not unlike any other insurance. Consider that they expect to make more from you than they expect to pay out for your care. Consider that the reason Medicare Advantage Plans can provide all of those little extras is that Medicare pays them more to manage your care than Medicare expects to pay to manage it themselves. It’s stupid!

Eisenhower warned America of the military-industrial complex, but we didn’t listen. “National Security” demands arms research and development and procurement. The simplest thing in the world is to find a enemy to defend against. Congress demands a VA Medical Center by built in every district, but staffing them… well, there’s no photo opportunity in that, and no contractors to support – just more mouths to feed.

We fought the entire Iraq War off the books with an “all-volunteer” force of kids to whom a 5-figure signing bonus looked like the brass ring. For the rehabilitation of the survivors we rely on charity. None of this is Hillary’s fault, but what is she going to do to get us anywhere near back to where we ought to be? She going to fight the fights she knows she can win.

My generation is weak. Our parents survived the Depression and fought two wars while we watched “Leave it to Beaver” and grew up to be weak with an overblown sense of entitlement. VietNam was a bitch so the military draft was halted so future conflicts would be fought by kids for whom the military looked like a step up. Since then it’s been hyper-nationalism, no questions asked on military equipment spending, and penny-pinching on anything that wouldn’t benefit a corporate sponsor.
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Hillary says we can’t afford Medicare for all which is code for “Hillary won’t fight for it.”  She’s telling us up front that she’s going to fight the fights she knows she’s going to win, but she’s not going to jeopardize her reelection much less her legacy by suggesting anything unpopular with the Party and its supporters. I respect her candor to the extent that she’s being candid.

I can’t say now that I believe Bernie has a chance to win, but his legitimate candidacy absolutely improves the debate. We have such a long way to go, and I am reminded of when Schwarzenegger was running for Governor. So many people told me that they knew so-and-so would do a better job, but Arnold was going to win and they didn’t want to “waste their vote.” I’m sorry, but voting for Hillary would be a waste of my vote.

I’ll try not to write any more political posts.

 

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4 Responses to Thoughts on Politics

  1. Rain Trueax says:

    I will vote for Bernie in the primary, but if it comes down to Hillary winning, I will vote for her in the main election. I don’t see a single Republican who won’t make things worse for the middle class and take away more rights from women. I won’t like voting for her but the alternative, for me, is unthinkable.

  2. Harold says:

    Absolutely!
    The argument will be at the primary when we’re told that Hillary stands a better chance in the General Election so we should throw our vote to her in the primary. I may have to vote for the lesser of two evils in the General Election but it’s Bernie in the primary.

  3. Rain Trueax says:

    I totally agree and he’s farther left than I am but he’s the one I trust to try and do what he says. I have liked him for years. But in the main election, there just is no choice 🙁

  4. joared says:

    I think there’s a good possibility a lot more may happen — before we get to our June Primary, I think it is, here in Calif. I’m not speculating on how I’ll vote this early though there don’t seem to be many choices. When it comes to the national election I’m concerned there may be some triangulating somehow that could allow an individual most in both parties wouldn’t want to get in office.