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In reply to the discussion: Obama ENDORSES Bernie Sanders’ Constitutional Amendment to OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED [View all]Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)it continues to build a stark distinction between the two choices this November, not only for President but for control of both houses of Congress.
One is the party of the 1%, that believes corporations are people too, that believe in privatizing everything possible because every activity, regardless of its purpose, is best achieved for profit, that wants to contract voting rights, contract personal rights such as the right to choose, deny rights such as the right to marry, deny a path for illegal immigrants that have benefitted our economy to citizenship, deny our seniors secure golden years, deny students the means to get a college education, allow our infrastructure to crumble, embrace nut cases having guns, love war and more war if it profits their armaments clients, love the death penalty, etc.
The other is the opposite. While not hostile to the 1%, it believes they have benefitted from our laws, markets, infrastructure, etc. and as such should pay a reasonable amount back to that society in the form of taxes, stands for the 99%, believes certain functions are governmental in nature and should not be privatized (e.g. prisons), believes in the rights of workers to organize and collectively bargain, the right for everyone who possesses the legal qualifications the ability to vote, the right for men and women to make the most personal decisions themselves in consultation with their doctor, family and religious advisors, the right for all to marry the person they love, the right to a path to citizenship, the right to healthcare, protection for our seniors in their later years, benefits for our veterans, protection of the environment, protection of our food, air and water, reasonable regulation on industries to protect the physical and other interests of the people, etc.