Bernie Sanders
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(2,934 posts)Economic equality is something that needs to be addressed seriously. In fact I was first drawn to Bernie Sanders by his stance on Social Security and Medicare and the minimum wage. Ok and his vow to get rid of Citizens United and the Patriot Act. I've hated those vile things since they were implemented.
But leaving social issues to the states, especially southern states, is not something I would want to see done. Living in South Carolina I've heard state's rights all my life. I used to think that stance was valid until I saw that the implentation of state's rights meant things like right to work laws, which we call down here right to work for less. And we all know how leaving desegregation and civil rights to the states worked out.
State's rights contributed to the Civil War. The southern states wanted to retain their rights to own people as property and spread that right westward. I don't think the southern states, as they stand right now, governed by the religious right, can be trusted to do the right thing by women, by black people, by gay people. And don't get me wrong. I love my state. It's my home.