To be fair, Bernie is more likely to beat Trump, which is all we should care about. I'd vote Mickey Mouse before I voted for Trump or Hillary, but I wouldn't have a big problem voting Bernie (coming from a born and raised conservative).
While a Trump presidency would be an unmitigated disaster, a Sanders presidency would be a national embarrassment and do more damage in the long run. I’m not sure how you overcome the cognitive dissonance of being a born and raised conservative and not having a big problem voting for Bernie.
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· 8 years ago
The closest Sanders is to a former president is FDR from what I can tell. That was far from a national embarrassment. Not my favorite president by far, but at the very least a decent one. Trump is closer to Andrew Jackson. Loud mouthed and quick to fight. That was a national embarrassment, and one of the darkest times in American history. My ideal candidate would probably be one of the libertarians running, but they won't win. I overcame my cognitive dissonance by realizing neither Trump or Hillary are conservative, and Bernie actually cares about the country, not just fame or political power. He's not my candidate, but of the three he's the best for the country.
If you think “he’s the best for the country,” you must not be familiar with his policies. Off the top of my head, a list of Bernie’s policies that will hurt America: increasing the minimum wage, reversing trade policies (NAFTA), imposing a financial transaction tax, raising taxes on everyone, Medicare for all (at the cost of 32 trillion). Not to mention his position on income inequality and the debunked gender wage gap.
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· 8 years ago
I've made my positions somewhat clear, I'm curious as to who you support and why.
Libertarian candidate. Because I can't, in good conscience vote for Hillary or Trump, and anyone with a basic understanding of economics knows Bernie's policies will be extremely detrimental to our economy.
They won't win, but I won't have forsaken my beliefs.
Trump thinks the U.S. is losing manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA and the WTO, while economists cite productivity gains as responsible for over 80 percent of those losses. Further, U.S. manufacturing employment peaked a full 14 years before NAFTA. Trump lambasts the trade deficit, but our trade deficit is just evidence that Americans buy more from other countries than their citizens buy from us. To humanize the trade deficit, Trump has an ever-increasing trade deficit with his grocery store… is he any worse off? Contrary to his position that trade deficits prove we’re losing, since 1980, the U.S. economy has grown more than three times faster during periods when the trade deficit was expanding as a share of GDP compared to periods when it was contracting. I won’t even get started about Trump’s imbecilic plans to impose tariffs because, thankfully, Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations. He's a chump.
You said "of course he knows how trade works" and I gave evidence to the contrary. If you think Trump knows how trade works you're more ignorant on the subject than he is.
They won't win, but I won't have forsaken my beliefs.
the world is soo so so so
fucked
trump bankrupted his own company he's a completed cunt