Day 564 Monday August 6, 2018 1,014 Days to Go
Last night I listened to a 28 year old woman who gave me hope for the future of our country.
She said:
– We need to reprioritize. What is important to us?
– Health care is important.
– Education is important.
Whoa, wait a sec, the interviewer asked that’s all well and good but how are you going to pay for it?
She said:
– Everyone pay their fair share.
– Stop giving money to people who aren’t asking for it.
There you have it. She’s been attacked, maligned, call names; but her message is pretty straightforward.
What other choice do you have?
Well you can go with the man and the party and people who see enemies and problems that don’t exist. who when they wade into any situation make it worse. Who want to destroy our air, water, children, health, and security. You can go with them.
The choice is yours.
I’ve made mine.
I’m going with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Here are a sampling of what she has said:
– If people like Warren Buffet paid as much in taxes as their secretaries we’d have a trillion more dollars.
– If corporations paid 28%, which is less than they were paying before, we’d have another trillion.
– We gave the military 700 billion dollars that they didn’t ask for last year. Let’s stop doing that.
– We could give health care to all if we make it a priority.
– We could make college affordable to all if we make it a priority.
Radical, huh?
What she is saying is, “Stop looking for the boogie man under the coach and face your situation.”
No wonder she’s been attacked by the Republicans, and the right.
She has ideas!
Ideas that can work, that could help people.
Wow.
Better nip that in the bud. (“Hey did you hear, the country, I mean the whole world is being run by a ring of child molesters headed up by Hillary Clinton and Tom Hanks? Yeah, it’s true. It’s being run out of a pizza parlor in Washington D.C.”)*
*Yup, that’s what’s going on on the right. They show up at Trump rallies, where the president tells more lies, attacks the media, and rails against imaginary foes.
Make up your mind.
1,013 Days to Go
PS The youth of America, coming on strong
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