Presidential Election Aftermath: What Now / What Next?

I'd hardly call Rubio an "outsider". He's a typical establishment Republican.

 

I don't think Fiorina is experienced enough in the political field to really throw her weight around, let alone, her lack of strength in many other topics that have been throw at her. She handles the questions well, as should a politician, but her answers seem very passive, and seem to never address the topic, but rather, relate to it.

Carson is just going off the deep end trying to follow in the curtails of Donald. Let alone, he's a "doctor" that is against vaccinations? That alone has me dumbfounded.

Rubio is the dark horse for the GOP for me, though I don't know how he's going to win over the Trump vote unless he comes up firing.

I'm not in love with the candidates on either side of the parties, mainly because now the parties are now so far apart in their ideals, that it's pretty much impossible for anyone to fall in the middle.

Sanders has been the closest for me. I know the thought of a "socialist" turns so many off, but it's also something that's veers away from both parties extremist viewpoints, is FAR from the socialism of those countries ruled by a dictatorship, and is focused on the regulation of the GOVERNMENT, for the PEOPLE, to help reestablish the dying middle class and balance the wealth in America. So far, none of the candidates have even touched on the topic of a dwindling middle class and increase of the population into poverty.

What scares me most are not the candidate themselves, but the voters who blindly follow candidates based on what they say, without any regard for the details of how they plan to achieve it, and are completely closed-minded to the voice of others. Obama supporters fell into his charming speaking, and I feel Trump is doing the same thing. They talk, people listen. The one thing in common is that no one knows what the hell they are supporting.

 

No, you shouldn't. Just giving you the answer you wanted on the "fair share" point.

Though the likelihood of reversing the Bush tax cuts is less than me winning the lottery, no matter who's in office. So I digress.

 

@John Yes, I did catch that during the last debate, though his stance still leans towards Vaccinations as a cause for autism. Which, to my knowledge, has not been scientifically linked, which doesn't really support his claims of high/lower dosage affecting children. He's caught between two sides of being a doctor, and fully knowing the benefits of vaccinations, and being GOP candidate and needing to win votes from Trump.

 

I think John 3:16 brought up a great point about responsibility. No, obviously we can't force people to be responsible, but I do think a large part of the problem in America really starts at the home and the environment people grow up in.

I hear lots of talk about bandaging our problems, but no real talk about actually providing long-term solutions. You can lower taxes for the poor and increase taxes for the rich, but the income gap is still only gonna get wider, so I don't think that's a real long-term solution.

Making college free sounds nice, but I'd rather see that money go towards programs to help kids in broken homes who need it most. Whether it's an after-school academic program, sports, music, etc. (things kids can relate to and retreat to instead of drugs and violence), I'd like to see places where people in the community can show that someone cares for them and wants a better future for them.

Let me know if I am wrong anywhere. I am no politician at all; just thought I'd share one way to reduce poverty in this country.

 

Responsibility is taught primarily through education and discipline. Of course, there will be the ones that fall through the cracks because not everyone is created equal.

And honestly, the biggest culprits of our society are the parents. Parents who fail to teach their kids about responsibility, keep tabs on kids and their everyday struggles, and if parents are unable to do so, they fail to seek the help doing it. These are the things that lead to generational poverty and paths towards drugs and violence and troubles of that nature.

In relation to that, reducing the number of prisoners in our system. It's absurd that we have the most prisoners of any country in the world. Instead of punishing some of these criminals (primarily the non-violent ones) and flooding money into those type of prisoner programs, those tax dollars needs to be more programs on self help to progress our future. Again, something Mr. Sanders strongly fights for.

 

“Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea -- in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ”
― Thomas Sowell

 

Came across something that showed the CNN had Hillary winning the debate, but ALL their polls showed Bernie winning by a landslide. What did they do? Removed the polls from their site. CNN HAPPENS to be owned by Time Warner Cable, who HAPPENS to be one of Hillary's top campaign contributors. They've donated more than Bernie's top 25 donator COMBINED.

It's things like this that further confirm the issues of Bernie and the relationship between big business and our government. They're trying to buy their way to policies in their favor. Perhaps TWC is trying to buy their way back into that Comcast deal to let it go through. Or say an AT&T would contribute to someone for net neutrality.

 

The thing with Bernie is that his support for the concept of democratic socialism falls outside the Overton Window of politically acceptable ideas.

Funny thing is, socialism in general is practiced to one degree or another in every single country on earth. You'd think the U.S. was pioneering some unbelievable concept that has neither been attempted or done before to hear some people tell it.

"ZOMG FREE TUITION? What is this sorcery??? All SOCIALIST LIES!"

Yea nothing is free, that's why you pay for it by 1) increasing taxes and/or 2) reallocating money from other items in the federal budget. Total cost of tuition in the U.S. is $70 billion. In fiscal year 2013, foreign aid was $40 billion. That already covers more than 1/2. You let the Bush tax cuts expire, that'll cover the rest and much more. End the war on drugs, that should be more money. End are policing of the world (wars, oversea military bases, weapons programs like the F-35) and that would cover the cost several times over.