Bernie's endless insistence on independence, and that he is a socialist is a non-negative form of virtue signalling. I'm sure It is sincere but would be much less consequential, even if he was elected, than the evils visited upon us by Trump's fake "free enterprising." No president, or even majorities in both houses of Congress could take over all mines, mills, factories, etc. and run them for the benefit of all.
America is not a capitalist country, nor a socialist country! We and every group having a big enough economy to be discernible, are, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, MIXED ECONOMIES. Household economies where production occurs for sustenance of life, will always be a substratum that operates on a morality of duty and virtue different from the morality of formal organizations.
A significant change in distribution toward American's needs will require rooting out the worst republicans in the Senate and House as well as Trump, et.al. No doubt, America is so rich, great improvements can be made even under existing New Deal and Great Society programs through appropriation of more funding! But it will require removal of a lot of punkpublicans. One example would be to remove the 19 punkpublican governors who kept their people from Obamacare.
It was established that thousands more uninsured persons would die, than if they were covered with Obamacare. Years of "qualys," high quality healthy life were cancelled by those Governors. That was burn in hell wrong! There is enough wealth for a decent life for all a even without severely diminishing extreme wealth and without gross inflation, (using the knowledge we have from Modern Monetary Theory.)
Financialistas might have to take not even a "haircut," maybe a trim or two. "Moon shots," such as we once undertook (think climate change adaptation) might require greater effort. Given this reality, I would vote for any of the 24 or so Democrats who presented themselves as an alternative to Trump! Time is short! To beat Trump - Putin may require dire measures to degrade Russia's capabilities for interference, measures stronger than sanctions! I would not shrink from neutralizing Russia's "Bear" hackers hopefully by buying their defections.
Mayhap there are weaknesses in the Russian Internet Research Agency building that could lead to destruction of data and maybe machinery. To get that sanctioned positively requires, if not Trump's removal, a lot of daring from patriots of the "dark government." I do not think Putin would risk nuclear war in retaliation. But I urge DRAFTING a Democrat for President who has enacted our values of honesty, courage, and, truthfulness, the opposites of Trump's behaviors. DRAFT TOM HANKS OR KEVIN COSTNER OR GEORGE CLOONEY!
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