We they say, "NO WE CAN'T," what they really mean is...

[99Forever]

WE WON'T TRY.

It's all the information one needs to make an informed decision.

Here are my most important issues in making a choice for the next leader of the United States.

1) A real push to Universal Health Care for ALL.

2) 100% Public funding of all elections. No more policy by bribery.

3) REAL restrictions on banksters with teeth.

4) Too big to fail is too big to exist.

5) All subsidies of fossil fuels ended and funds redirected to renewable energy sources.

My Top 5. There more, but if a candidate tells me they WON'T EVEN TRY to address these, there is no reason I would ever support or vote for them. These are not negotiable.

[GoneFishin]

1. Yep. We know from the past 7 years that not even trying doesn't work so good.

[Paka]

2. It's a good start!

[madokie]

3. I agree with you

[maindawg]

4. Go after ALEC

Using the RICO laws . ALEC conspires to harm American Cities , we have proof in Flint. We have to put ALEC out of business.

[99Forever]

5. There are several that should be looking at long prison sentences for Flint.

Not the least of which is Rick Snyder.

[Ken Burch]

43. We all know that. Voting for HRC doesn't do anything to fight ALEC, though. n/t.

[reformist2]

6. Some of those are my top priorities, too. And I agree, Hillary offers us weak tea on all of them.

[secondwind]

7. K&R

[silvershadow]

8. I'm going to try at least as hard as the tea party.

I'm going to take my tea party back! 😎

[onecaliberal]

9. What they really mean is, their corporate owners will not allow them to do anything

That would interfere with the increase of their obscene profits.

[Nanjeanne]

10. Well I heard a clip

From Clinton from yesterday on tv where she said that she would make a difference in people's lives, not some time way in the future, but from her very first day in office.

I found that to be a bit of a fantasy. But then I'm only a voter. Not an important pundit.

[99Forever]

11. I have no doubt that Clinton would "make a difference in my life."

The first Clinton sure did. Thanks to her husband I have to work 5 years longer to retire on 1/2 as much income.

So quite frankly, I prefer Hillary stay the fuck out of my life, permanently.

[GummyBearz]

30. She will make a difference in peoples lives

All of wall street, and especially her Goldman Sachs buddies, and MIC will sleep way better the night of the election if she wins it. Everyone else.... well, not so much

[gordyfl]

12. Bernie Skeptics - 6 Reasons...

[hueymahl]

18. Great video

Had not seen that yet. Thanks.

[LWolf]

13. What they really mean is,

"NO SHE WON'T, SO SHUT UP AND GET IN LINE."

[noamnety]

14. That's been at the top of my pet peeve list this cycle.

I keep hearing:

It's a great idea but he'll never get it through congress.*

*because I will help block it and look! I'm already campaigning against it.

[paleotn]

15. You know what you get when you don't try?

...you get nothing. Then again, some seem to like the status quo. It is very profitable for a few.

[99Forever]

16. Right you are.

And it doesn't happen that way by accident.

[davidpdx]

17. I really like this list, may I borrow it

These are along the lines that Robert Reich and Lawrence Lessig have both been discussing. I'm in the middle of Republic Lost and read Robert Reich's posts on Facebook.

[99Forever]

19. Certainly.

I'm pleased you find it useful.

[Dustlawyer]

20. Busting up the media/propaganda oligarchy must be in there too!

[Enthusiast]

21. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

Thank you, 99Forever!

[lark]

22. Good list

I'd add rebuilding the infrastructure and changing the tax laws to really penalize all companies that outsource our work force to other countries or who move their "headquarters" overseas while doing the vast majority of their business here. Those 2 would really help rebuild the middle class and pull lots of people up from poverty. I'd also change the carried interest provision so the ultra rich would actually pay a fair share.

[jopacaco]

23. Agreed

I am old enough to remember the space race of the 60's. That should have proven that we can do anything that we have the will to do. We need to replace our failing infrastructure, get universal healthcare, reform Wall Street, and expand our uses of alternative energy. I am afraid for the world that my grandchildren will inherit if we continue in the same direction. We need to make enormous changes now.

[daleanime]

24. And a foreign policy that consists of....

more then a list of who to bomb.

[HereSince1628]

25. Hmm, I thought overturning Citizen's United was a litmus test for SCOTUS appointments.

Which would end corporate personhood and reduce the influence of corporate money in politics but isn't the same as 100% public financing.

What did I miss?

[stillwaiting]

26. When they say "No We Can't" and many are doing just that, we need to say...

"How Dare You. We Will Replace You."

There's only one reason they CAN'T do the things that other OECD countries have done for their people.

One Reason.

Corruption.

[EdwardBernays]

27. There's another truth

Hillary and all the establishment pols look at these proposals and think, "how can I keep my millions and my lifestyle without the billionaire class bribing me to be their representative in government? I can't."

Which comes out of their mouths as, "these proposals are impossible".

[jberryhill]

28. If you don't aim at the target, you'll never hit it

Compromise is fine, but it is a good idea to start by stating what you want.

[EndElectoral]

29. I've never heard a person with vision call themselves a pragmatist.

[retrowire]

31. not negotiable!!! nt

[SoapBox]

32. Hey! Cut it out!

Stuff like this makes the Oligarchs and 1% types look bad...and we need you masses to just shut up, calm down, stare at your phones and work in part time, temp, no benefit, Minimum wage jobs.

[ReallyIAmAnOptimist]

33. Not only "We won't try", but worse...

..."we won't try, because that's NOT what we want"!!!

Note: "we" = our corporate overlords.

Basically our DLC/New Democrat Coalition Dems are the same, at best, than the GOP was prior to the Reagan revolution.

Well, it's time for a Sander's revolution!!!

The Sander's revolution is the long overdue answer to the Reagan revolution.

[tokenlib]

34. Expansion of Social Security is in my top few..

we've millions of people retiring without having been able to save for retirement.. Most who worked their asses off all their lives. Hillary is too open to the evil schemes of Third Way. Bernie sees the coming crisis... Your list is awesome too.

[99Forever]

35. My list is not complete by a long shot.

Yours and several others in this thread are great additions, and I'm sure are more. Thanks for your comment.

[Lorien]

36. So true. If we end up with a President Trump, it's the

HILLARY supporters who are to blame. They give us nothing to vote *FOR*, only something to vote against.

An excellent essay that I just read on the topic: https://medium.com/@pattyjane/ambivalent-hillary-clinton-supporters-do-not-say-i-ll-be-to-blame-if-the-donald-becomes-30aad75dc65d#.kwzz25aht

[Uncle Joe]

37. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, 99Forever.

[liberalla]

38. The list of issues would be a long one...

Right now the public funding of elections would be a biggie on my list, plus voting rights. Encouraging people to vote, rather than putting barriers in place (allow vote by mail, etc.). No gerrymandering, hand count ballots, give a tax credit to people who participate in the democratic process by voting, make election day a holiday... VOTING IS A BIG DEAL. It's essential that more people become involved and vote.

Overturning Citizens United is another one for me.

[JRLeft]

39. It means the people who matter (Wall Street) don't want it.

[amborin]

40. it would displease the billionaire class

[Nanjeanne]

41. It Means - We know things aren't great for you but they aren't, you know, horrible . . .

so live with it. We'll throw some crumbs to you along the way as long as you don't make us make real substantive changes.

[Odin2005]

42. More likie "we're paid not to try".