Miriam,
You said it all. There is not a single candidate running as a
Democrat, that I could hope to see improve the life of Lower and
Working Class folks. No questions were asked of Warren about her
foreign policies, or her plan to disengage the US from having our nose
in places it does not belong. It seems that while the conservatives
are in the white house, entire departments and federal programs are
wiped out, and moderates are replaced by ultra conservatives. When
the moderates get in office they spend their time...and our money,
shining up to Wall Street, and turn their back on the very people who
put them in office. I know that's an over simplification, but what
I'm saying is that I see no candidate who will have the power or the
desire to make the changes that will be needed to bring stability
back.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/11/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
This morning on Democracy Now, I heard what you were probably referring to
when you said that you were listening to Elizabeth Warren, her interview at
the Climate Justice Forum on Friday. I have to say that I was less
positively impressed than I'd expected. I can see how she appeals to a
specific section of the electorate, educated, you should excuse the
expression, middle class people who see themselves as Liberals. Did you
ever
hear Phil Ochs' song, "Love me, I'm A Liberal"? But what is this nonsense
about billionaires having earned their money by being inventive and working
hard? She knows that's a lie. It's the myth rammed down the throats of
Americans. The guy whom I paid to drive me to do my home visits at night
throughout the NY metro area was a white, Republican Methodist gun owner
who
worked as an engineer for a big military contractor on Long Island. At some
point, Microsoft or Bill Gates was being taken to court for monopolistic
practices and this guy thought that was shameful because Gates had worked
hard for his money and had earned his monopoly. But if he's still alive,
I'm
sure he voted for Trump and would never vote for Warren. Anyway, she talked
about all these piece meal technical fixes and about how the problems
differ
from community to community. She didn't say that these practices need to
stop. She didn't say that a society that puts dirty plants near poor
people's homes has to rethink its values. Don't get me wrong. She said some
good things, but it isn't enough.
Miriam