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119. A list of some of the ways HRC might improve your life
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 07:39 PM
Jul 2016
Issues she will fight for on your behalf bolded.


As a former secretary of state, U.S. senator, first lady, and a lifelong advocate for women and families, no one is more qualified to be president than Hillary.
Hillary knows child care, equal pay, and paid leave are fundamental economic issues—not just “women’s issues.”
Our democracy should work for everyone—not just the wealthy and well-connected.
Our next president could make multiple appointments to the Supreme Court.
We need comprehensive background checks on gun purchases.
She’ll fight to overturn Citizens United to curb the outsized influence of big money in politics.

Because the wealthiest should pay their fair share in taxes.
We need comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to full and equal citizenship.
She’s set a big goal: More than half a billion solar panels installed across the country by the end of her first term.
She’s set another big goal: To generate enough renewable energy to power every home in America within 10 years of her taking office.

The economy is stronger when a Democrat is in the White House.
Hillary will defend Planned Parenthood and women’s health care from Republican attacks.
Hillary’s New College Compact would mean students would never have to borrow to pay for tuition to attend a four-year public college in their state—and the millions of Americans who have student debt can refinance.
Because taxpayers shouldn’t pay for millionaires’ and billionaires’ kids to go to college.
Guaranteed paid family leave.
She declared on the world stage that “gay rights are human rights.”
Experts say Hillary’s plan to keep Wall Street accountable is the toughest of all Democratic candidates.

As first lady, she helped get health care coverage for 8 million American children.
Our veterans should have access to timely and high quality health care.
She’s the only Democrat with hedge-fund billionaires running ads against her—because they know her agenda is to stop their agenda.
After decades of fighting for progressive issues (and 11 straight hours of testimony in front of a Republican-led congressional committee), she’s proved nobody can stand up to Republicans better than she can.
Hillary believes that raising middle-class incomes is the defining economic challenge of our time—and she has a plan to do just that.
Suspected terrorists, domestic abusers, other violent criminals, and the severely mentally ill shouldn’t be able to purchase a gun.
Because every 4-year-old in America should be able to go to a high-quality preschool in the next 10 years.
We need to invest in infrastructure and rebuild or expand our roads, bridges, rail, broadband, public transit, and water and energy infrastructure.
We need to protect Americans’ right to vote—not billionaires’ and corporations’ right to buy elections.
Have you seen the Republican debates?

Hillary will work to keep families together and defend President Obama’s executive actions that protect DREAMers.
She has spent her life fighting for a fairer America.
She’s been fighting for women and children her entire career—ever since she started working at the Children’s Defense Fund after law school.
She believes we need a new and comprehensive commitment to equity and opportunity for communities of color.
She’ll empower veterans and strengthen our economy and communities by connecting their unique skills to the jobs of the future.
Prescription drugs still cost too much. Hillary has a plan to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

As senator, she championed the Paycheck Fairness Act and co-sponsored the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help close the wage gap so women earn equal pay.
Community college should be tuition-free for every American.
It’s time to close the Charleston loophole that lets otherwise prohibited individuals buy a gun if their background check is not complete in three days.
Hillary negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended the rain of rockets on Israel.
Smart power is a smart strategy.
We need a president who will crack down on companies that send profits overseas to avoid paying their fair share.

She’ll defend Social Security and Medicare against Republican attacks.

We need a president with a plan to protect the transgender community from violence.
If Congress continues its refusal to act on comprehensive immigration reform, Hillary has a plan to act—and do everything possible under the law to protect families.
She knows how to find common ground to get the job done—but also how to stand her ground.
Hillary is prepared to tackle all challenges, including national security—because presidents don’t get to choose which issues come to their desks.
She has a plan to reform mandatory minimum sentencing.
We need a small-business president.
Because every American citizen should be automatically registered to vote when they turn 18, unless they opt out. Hillary will get it done.

She’s a progressive—and she’s a progressive who gets things done.
Immigration enforcement must be humane and targeted—and she’ll end family detention and close private detention centers.
Hillary has a plan to reduce the risk of future financial crises.
Because we should hold corporations and individuals on Wall Street accountable—and prosecute them when they break the law.

She’s one tough mother.

She fought for health care for 9/11 first responders as a U.S. senator—and she’s been a vocal advocate for a permanent renewal of the Zadroga Act.
It’s time to end for-profit private prisons in America.
The Affordable Care Act is working—but you could still use a lower co-pay and deductible.
Hillary will defend and fight to restore collective bargaining rights for workers.
She knows historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) serve an important public mission and will make a significant commitment to them.
We need to end the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

Because it’s time to end conversion “therapy” for LGBT minors.
Hillary will put a stop to Republicans’ systematic efforts to stop millions of people from voting.
We need a president who will fight to restore the protections of the Voting Rights Act after they were gutted by the Supreme Court.
Hillary helped negotiate the toughest sanctions Iran has ever faced.

She’s earned the wrath of the gun lobby, Iran, pharmaceutical companies, and special interests—and that should tell you something about who she’s fighting for.
She has a plan to invest in American manufacturing and revitalize communities that have lost manufacturing jobs.
She knows what’s going on in Laos.
She believes we should let families buy into the Affordable Care Act health care exchanges regardless of immigration status.
Prison is not a substitute for treatment for drug addiction and mental health issues—Hillary knows that and will do something about it.
We can create a new national standard of no fewer than 20 days of early in-person voting in every state.
Because those at the top are doing just fine. It’s your family who needs a fighter in the White House.

Hillary has a plan to combat America’s deadly epidemic of drug and alcohol addiction.
In the words of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: “I’ve never met anyone more prepared to be president.”
She has a plan to make our financial system fairer and more accountable.
High-quality K–12 education needs to be a priority for every child in America.
As secretary of state, Hillary lobbied for the first-ever U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on LGBT human rights.
She made LGBT rights a priority of U.S. foreign policy.
In the words of the Advocate, Hillary has an “awesome LGBT agenda” to protect and expand LGBT rights.
She’s not afraid to stand up to discriminatory attempts to roll back voting rights in places like Alabama.
Hillary knows Muslim Americans are helping our communities succeed and are our first, last, and best line of defense against radical jihadism.
Unlike the Republicans, Hillary will defend marriage equality nationwide.
She will provide funding to make sure body cameras are available to every police department in America to increase accountability on both sides of the lens.
Keith in New Hampshire
She’ll expand on-campus child care and scholarships to help student parents balance going to school with raising a child.
The NRA has never helped Hillary get elected.
Her first major address as a presidential candidate was a call to end the “era of mass incarceration.”
She’ll fight to end racial profiling in America.
She’ll hold irresponsible gun dealers and manufacturers fully accountable if they endanger Americans—and that includes repealing the gun industry’s unique immunity protection.
She worked to expand the Family Medical Leave Act, allowing families of those wounded in service to their country to take leave in order to care for their loved ones.

Family members who care for ailing parents and grandparents could use some tax relief.
She has called out the Republicans’ offensive, inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric because she knows it’s against our values as Americans—and our national security.
Because when a company does well, the employees who helped produce those profits deserve a share in them—not just CEOs.
She believes we should use alternatives to incarceration for low-level, nonviolent marijuana users, and she will reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule II substance.
She’s not afraid to to call out Republicans for blocking efforts to keep guns from suspected terrorists.
She helped lead the charge to raise the minimum wage as a senator.
Building international coalitions advances our values, interests, and makes the world safer. Hillary is the only candidate who’s actually done it.
She worked across the aisle to expand health care access for members of the National Guard and reservists—making sure those who served and their families had access to health care when they returned home.
We should put American families over the gun lobby—and Hillary is not afraid to stand up to the NRA.
There are cities across the country that are already leading on climate change—so she’ll launch a Clean Energy Challenge that will form new partnerships with states, cities, and rural communities.
She’ll “ban the box” so people who have a past conviction can get a fair shot at employment.
When Hillary was secretary of state, the U.S. extended antiretroviral therapy—which helps HIV/AIDS patients live longer, healthier lives—to 78 countries.
Businesses should be encouraged to train and hire apprentices.
The nation’s leading advocates for gun violence prevention have said Hillary’s plan is the right strategy.
Because women’s rights are human rights.
Because even when people didn’t want her to go to China and stand up for human rights at the 1995 U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing, she did it anyway.
Because a woman’s place is in the White House.
Donald Trump. Enough said.

Well, okay. Thank you for that, aiko. Hekate Jul 2016 #1
And thank you. I think you may be the only responder who got what I was try to say. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #48
I love people who devote their lives in helping those less fortunate. leftofcool Jul 2016 #2
I like/love those people too, but I'm generally look for politicians to represent my interests too aikoaiko Jul 2016 #14
Why do yu think ANYONE should help you? It sounds like you're doing napi21 Jul 2016 #3
You're right I don't need help, but I want improvement and positive impact. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #15
You don't believe that lifting those around you brings positive impact & improvement to your life? Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #89
Not directly. And vice versa I don't think my life improving necessarily helps others directly. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #91
Ah, so THAT's what this is about. Your feelings are still hurt from the primary. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #92
No thats not it. I was trying to draw an analogy. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #94
nailed it. zappaman Jul 2016 #116
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #84
I'm not sure if I'm like you, but Hillary improved my life in immeasurable ways. lapucelle Jul 2016 #4
Thank You for Your Contribution Stallion Jul 2016 #12
Thank you so much for sharing this story. blue neen Jul 2016 #13
I think your situation with your husband is vastly different from mine. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #16
Then perhaps you can identify with the people who got better internet connectivity. lapucelle Jul 2016 #39
And those are all great things. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #44
I'm not understanding what you mean by "direct benefits" lapucelle Jul 2016 #125
we're all in this together. we all benefit from living in a more just society. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #5
Maybe you're right. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #17
Well, maybe you don't need help zenabby Jul 2016 #6
Are you related to a woman? LaydeeBug Jul 2016 #7
None of the women in my family currently work. Its a small family. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #19
did you go to school with a disabled kid dsc Jul 2016 #8
I graduated HS in the late 80s in NJ. HRC didn't have much of impact up there. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #20
apparently you didn't listen real well dsc Jul 2016 #23
Before 1987? I guess I did miss that. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #25
It was in the 1970's and she did the investigation in MA that showed dsc Jul 2016 #31
Well, I think she helped disabled kids very nicely then. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #36
Hey, there's two more nights! yallerdawg Jul 2016 #9
You are right jcgoldie Jul 2016 #10
That's sort of my point. I hear people saying they will vote for Hillary to improve their lives aikoaiko Jul 2016 #21
Wow. Just wow. nt LexVegas Jul 2016 #11
+1 That covers a lot of it. Nt NCTraveler Jul 2016 #24
At least I wowed you. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #38
When those that need to be lifted are lifted, we are all lifted. cry baby Jul 2016 #18
Major flaw made by far too many people. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #22
+1000. OP mindset isn't liberal, IMO. ecstatic Jul 2016 #32
I get that, but those benefits are really indirect. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #33
So it was always only about your paycheck? bettyellen Jul 2016 #68
No. I wouldn't say that. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #71
I agree. It's self-indulgent. We have serious issues to discuss anneboleyn Jul 2016 #122
"...I suppose that sounds selfish,..." Well.... ok... we agree here if what you're going to look at uponit7771 Jul 2016 #26
And I agreed with that. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #28
I am doing pretty well for myself. I am much more interested in getting Lisa0825 Jul 2016 #27
I get that. I suppose I'm not doing as well as you, but I get that. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #29
If you aren't doing well then I can promise you Clintons platform speaks to you. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #37
To the above poster, I was trying to say that I'm not doing so well that I can't forget about my... aikoaiko Jul 2016 #46
I believe there is more to her platform than you know. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #49
Ok, thank you for engaging me with discussion. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #51
This ^^^ is my idea of progressive uponit7771 Jul 2016 #30
So, you don't know any children? blue neen Jul 2016 #34
Not many, but yes. Not many of them in my life except my 11 yr old son. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #42
Then you can have the confidence in knowing that your son will have insurance coverage, blue neen Jul 2016 #62
Sure, and those are good things. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #63
I must have missed the part where she gave her acceptance speech tonight. RonniePudding Jul 2016 #35
Nope, you didn't miss it. I was talking about tonight. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #40
A pretty good message IMO RonniePudding Jul 2016 #41
a "specific case by case equality"??? procon Jul 2016 #43
I think you're taking that wrong. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #45
Everything is based on averages. nt procon Jul 2016 #47
Never forget that a rising tide lifts ALL boats. kestrel91316 Jul 2016 #50
I think in general, vague ways life will be better with HRC. And nothing like the disaster of Trump. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #55
I'm a child-free single woman so her work for families and children doesn't kestrel91316 Jul 2016 #86
That's fair point to bring up. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #90
you have an 11 year old son KT2000 Jul 2016 #52
Directly, not really. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #53
how about education KT2000 Jul 2016 #56
I think we're mixing up certain things. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #57
Aren't you impressed KT2000 Jul 2016 #58
I think it is up to us to improve our lives if we can and let the government help those upaloopa Jul 2016 #54
I didn't know many of her accomplishments before this. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2016 #59
She will be appointing Supreme Court justicess who will make decisions that could affect all of us. pnwmom Jul 2016 #60
Yes, there are promises for a future. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #65
The ACA DID affect you, if there is any possibility you could find yourself out of a job. pnwmom Jul 2016 #79
"A rising tide lifts all ships". No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #61
Yes, in indirect ways, I agree. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #64
Then hope you never get sick and get the dreaded pre-existing condition cally Jul 2016 #66
I think the pre-existing conditions protections is an amazingly good thing that has helped many. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #99
240 years of racial hegemony isn't enough? Minorities and women can't even fight to be equal BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #67
That's not at all what I said or meant. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #74
What problems in your life do you think she should fix? MineralMan Jul 2016 #69
Didn't talk about dogs either... Phentex Jul 2016 #70
lolz obamanut2012 Jul 2016 #72
I know right? Such fucking drama. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #73
Break given. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #75
Wow rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #76
Privileged checked. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #78
You've confirmed you're privileged? rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #83
Yes, but I think we probably disagree on how that should impact this conversation. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #93
For the most part, post is a wonderful tribute to Hillary and her accomplishments helping people. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #103
ONE NIGHT introducing Hillary in a more intimate setting. One night. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #77
Correct, Night 2 was about the fights HRC fought and that was what I was commenting on. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #80
And much as you heard only those things which don't directly affect you LanternWaste Jul 2016 #81
I am fortunate GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #82
So far So Good liberalmike27 Jul 2016 #85
The social issues of "gays, guns and God"? ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #88
Let's just say GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #97
That never occurs to me renie408 Jul 2016 #87
yup. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #95
I recced your post. kcr Jul 2016 #96
Thank you. Given my privileged, self-interested POV that is who I'm trying to reach. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #98
Ironically, that will be the argument that the right will use. However, she is not selective as still_one Jul 2016 #100
OP is a beautiful pro-Hillary post. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #102
It definitely can be viewed exactly as you described, and I will accept that is what the OP meant in still_one Jul 2016 #104
I've asked him to keep an open mind as he listens to HRC on issues like income equality etc emulatorloo Jul 2016 #106
I appreciate your focusing me toward the correct connotation still_one Jul 2016 #107
Still one, most of what you listed are not fights see fought. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #109
Health care, Women's rights, (that includes ALL women from all backgrounds", Consistently still_one Jul 2016 #113
Really beautiful post. Thank you for taking the time to write and post it. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #101
Thank you for the kind reply. I don't think it is beautiful but it is honest. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #114
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #105
For me, it is ALL about the SCOTUS and how many justices will be chosen beaglelover Jul 2016 #108
I think that is a very reasonable rationale. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #110
Maybe what an HC presidency offers you is prarie deem Jul 2016 #111
There's nothing inherently selfish about wanting better for your family... TCJ70 Jul 2016 #112
I miss unrec. zappaman Jul 2016 #115
Hopefully you still want me to vote for HRC aikoaiko Jul 2016 #117
I don't care. You seem to think we worry about you, your life, your vote, etc anneboleyn Jul 2016 #118
Maybe you don't, but many of us talk about why are voting for our candidates aikoaiko Jul 2016 #120
A list of some of the ways HRC might improve your life Haveadream Jul 2016 #119
Thank you. I look forward to the future. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #123
Ask not... and all that. nt JTFrog Jul 2016 #121
Yep. It's still a great rallying call. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #124
I'm voting for her but how has she helped society be more equal? George Eliot Jul 2016 #126
She went undercover and led to a SCHOOL being de-segregated auntpurl Jul 2016 #127
Of course but I'm still asking. How more equal? George Eliot Jul 2016 #131
Are you for TPP? Not arguing but curious. Yes-no? George Eliot Jul 2016 #132
Myopic thinking. stopbush Jul 2016 #128
I support many of the things that HRC has done and hospitals more than 100 miles away. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #129
HRC acceptance speech is encouraging. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #130
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