2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tell me three things Hillary will do as president to improve my life as a PERSON that Bernie has not [View all]BainsBane
(53,012 posts)I can't help you there. I do not and never will value profits over human life. I don't understand why corporate profits generated from murder are better than those from Wall Street. I thought Bernie supporters cared about corporate accountability? Do you not even think about the contradiction in privileging Murder Inc while raging against Wall Street? No one has yet explained to me how they can justify such blatantly contradictory positions. That Bernie votes for it is evidently enough.
You cannot sue the auto maker for the actions of a drunk driver, and that is already accounted for under ordinary tort law. There would be no need for special immunity for gun makers for that same standard. The existing law creates special immunity, not just the typical legal standard that every other industry is held to. You must know this. Your very example points to a contradiction. There is no immunity for car makers or any other industry. The goal of the law is to protect their unfettered profits of gun corporations at all costs. Human life and the rights of the victims, the rights of Americans to petition courts, completely usurped by the corporate gun industry.
The other proposal is addressing the disparity in K-12 education. I suggest you reread my response called " three things." Addressing the massive disparity in K-12 is indispensable to dealing with income inequality. The plan for "free" (rather taxpayer funded) higher education cannot help the poor and lower middle class when their schools don't prepare their kids for college. Bernie proposes nothing to address this. It seems inconceivable to me that he could serve in government for more than 30 years and have no clue about the massive inequality in K-12 education and how that ensures generations of poverty.