Flipping The Script: Questions For Sanders Supporters

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10. Flipping the script on flipping the script.

First of all, I’ll just say that I hold nothing against Clinton supporters. They have every right to voice their opinion and support whichever candidate they feel holds their best interests at heart. I’ll simply state why Clinton, I strongly feel, does not hold mine.

What are the consequences if we don’t raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour? What are the consequences if we leave it up to the states to do this on their own? A few very important ones. States in the deep South have constituencies that still hold a very racially biased view of things. I know many white people in more urban areas may be able to argue that $15 may be too fast, too soon, but they look at things from their own social point of view. Not saying anyone is outwardly racist, but the way in which we view society and what directions should be taken are strongly influenced by our own position in the societal hierarchy. I don’t trust conservative state leaders to do the things that are in the best interests of their people - note, Kansas, and many other states in the South. I’m from the South, and used to be a conservative myself when I was being raised. I now live in Washington state, and many out here do not simply understand how people really believe in the South. You simply have to live and have roots there. People are suffering in poverty, and they’re relying on multiple jobs just to make ends meet. $12 is not enough, and supposedly Clinton is now supporting $15 (or something to that effect), it seems. I watched the latest debate, and she flipped again. Her response was that she supported $15 but that $12 was good enough. Not good enough for the people.
Fracking. Enough said on this one. This is one issue where we need a president with a combative stance on this since this is so very closely tied to a particular industry. I think we all need to revisit history. Look at what the U.S. did during the buildup to WWII. Whole companies did their part for the war effort and began making bombs, bullets, tanks, etc., in a matter of months. Why can’t we do the same now? Easy answer - because those in power do not see the profitability of going to alternative energy. And Clinton wants to continue on our suicidal course to climate change, and you support that? We need bold action, not bold statements. Besides, I live in Washington state, and our weather is significantly changing. My wife, who is a native to this state, keeps saying every year how the bloom cycles are changing for many of our plants, and how things are so different now. I grew up in the South and remember November days hardly being above 55 degrees. Now they’re seeing weeks of 70+ degree weather. Something is happening, and it’s not good! We don’t need a leader who has a track record of spreading the toxic practice of fracking. Enough said.
Again, I’m guessing you’re not from a low income minority family. College is too, too, too, too pricey these days. And it’s college! Isn't earning an education an act that should be supported and rewarded? We’re punishing young people by requiring them to take on this huge amount of debt just to get a job that doesn’t pay as much as it really should. Where is the money going to come from? Well, our society hasn’t totally gone into chaos from spending trillions of dollars in war, why do we now say that it’s too expensive to help our young people get the education they need to help drive the economy by getting into good jobs? We’re seeing increasing stratification in our society, in all respects.

Have you thought of what will happen if we just go with the status quo? Have you thought of the inner mechanisms that currently control our political system? I think that’s where Clinton supporters miss the mark.