Brett Littleton
I am a millennial. I am not soft. And I support Bernie Sanders.
A while back, an acquaintance of mine posted a meme that in addition to likening Bernie Sanders supporters to Nazis, claimed that young people only like Bernie because "the old guy is going to make the government give them free stuff."
I'll leave the Nazi shit alone, it's just stupid, but as for soft young people supporting Bernie cause they want free shit, I'll hit back on that score.
I support Bernie Sanders. I have worked damn near my entire adult life in power plants, hydrogen methane reformers, biomass plants, and waste incinerators. I've made my living by flying pretty much all over the world and venturing into places approaching, and sometimes exceeding, 200 degrees, putting in 70 hour work weeks, and then flying home. I've worked and had prolonged stays on 3 continents, I sweat, I bleed, and I have hands that would make your mechanic uncle look like a Country Crock hand model. I'm a working dude.
I am a millennial. I'm not soft. And I support Bernie Sanders. Not because he'll give me free shit, but because I legitimately believe that he's best for our country, and further, humanity in general.
I support Bernie because in traveling all over the world, I've learned that people are people, I don't care if you're Japanese, German, Czech, or American; Muslim, Christian or agnostic, you're a person; you want a job, security, a meal on your plate, and you probably wanna get laid every now an then. Period. We're all in this together. Jingoism, Nationalism and Racism serve only to smear the fact that we're all HUMAN.
I support Bernie Sanders because I don't feel it's right that damn near everyone my age who went out and got a degree is still paying for it 10 years later. I've also learned 1st hand how important education is. As a 24-year-old working in Rome, Georgia, I was floored when my waitress asked me how many kids I had, not whether or not I had any (shit you not, the next time I went to that little town, I heard that waitress was in jail for possession of meth). Took a while to wrap my mind around the fact that among the less privileged, having kids that young, and single-parenthood in general, is pretty normal. Further, as a younger dude working in heavy industry, I'm always floored, that even now, at 31, I'm almost always the youngest person around. Free, or deeply discounted 2 year degrees, would be the best thing that's happened to our society in years, we are running out of electricians and plumbers and technicians. An accessible 2 year degree would open many doors for many people, and would only help our aging infrastructure.
I support Bernie Sanders because after my time in Europe, it's easy to see how screwed up the American health care system really is. I broke my foot in Europe. A visit to the ER, crutches, a walking boot, and a couple prescriptions set me back $125. 125 bucks, and 3 weeks later I was back at work, no debt, no bullshit.
I support Bernie Sanders because he wants to address health care, the skyrocketing costs of education, and the ridiculous gap between the haves and the have nots. I support Bernie because he acknowledges that climate change is an existential threat, and that muslims in general are anything but.
I'm a millennial, I'm not soft, and I support Bernie Sanders. Not because I want free shit, but because he supports what I believe in.
-Brett
Please look at this. He was married to a Helen Purcell, Could she be the same Recorder in Maricopa county. He was Lieutenant General under Bill Clinton. TotalClinton connection. The fix was in long ago.
This can't be coincidence, it's the same lady, right?
It's all just coincidence..
There are two sides. The 99% side, and the 1% side. Maddow can pick her side, and live with the label "SELLOUT", just like anyone else who shills for the 1%. To Hillary: It's not the hours you put in, but what you put into the hours that count. At last America will be having an honest President, an inspiring leader, US Senator Bernie Sanders, who knows and understands what justice mean for every American.
Also for republicans, we need to talk about the Trump. Yup, that's right. It's pretty much in the bag at this point. Donald Trump is going to be your nominee, and very possibly our next president. I'm sure that makes a lot of you pretty happy, but I also know a lot of you are really not too thrilled with the way things have turned out. There seems to be quite a split in the Republican party right now. And as you probably noticed, we Democrats have our own little civil war brewing.
If there's one thing you guys and Bernie supporters can agree on is that none of us trust Hillary Clinton. And that's what makes this whole mess so concerning. I'm not just speaking for myself here when I say I really, really don't want to have to choose between Trump or Clinton. In fact, a lot of us Bernie supporters have sworn to write-in Sanders if it comes to that.
But here's the thing; I know you guys don't care for Bernie. Socialism, socialism, blah, blah, blah... But this socialism it's not against capitalism democratic it's totally different to the one we used in this moment and is called "capitalism plutocratic" believe me. We can agree to disagree about socialism. I'm not here to win you over on it. What I am here to do is tell you that most of the polls comparing the candidates in the general show that Bernie Sanders can beat Donald Trump by a significant margin. They show Hillary can best him too, but just barely. It'd basically be a toss-up. But as we already said, Trump or Hillary... take your pick, we're still screwed.
That's why I'm asking you to support Bernie Sanders. He's honestly the most trustworthy, and least harmful candidate we can muster. I know you don't agree with many of his plans, but let's be realistic, it's not like he'd get elected and the next day we're all Socialists. Congress will have its work cut out for it opposing all the things he wants to propose. Plus, Bernie wants to get us out of the Middle East and stop being the world's self-appointed police force. Can you think of a better way to prevent radical extremists from holding a grudge against us?
A lot of us Bernie supporters are Independents. That means we don't just blindly agree to all the policies the Democratic Party structures itself on. There are many Independents that actually agree with Republicans on a number of issues. Bernie himself has prided himself on being able to work with members of both parties to achieve compromises.
So, long story short. Bernie needs your help. America needs your help. Republicans, Democrats, Independents... Let's work together, just this once to keep Trump and Clinton from sitting in the Oval Office. Go to your state's open Democratic primaries and caucuses, and stack the vote for Bernie.
I support Senator Bernie Sanders for every single reason he is running for president!! 1. Climate change is real and it's being caused by human activity! 2. End citizens United that's the big money campaign contributions (super packs) 3. Universal healthcare 4. tuition free universities. 5. Fix our broken criminal justice system 6. Raise the minimum-wage 7. The income inequality is out of control 8. Everyone pay their fair share of taxes 9. End overseas tax havens 10. Legalization of marijuana 11. Commonsense responsible gun legislation 12. Real immigration reform 13. If it's going to be sold in the United States it has to be made in the United States 14. Bring our jobs back 15. Transform our energy system 16. No more wars 17. Reestablish broken treaties with the Native Americans 18. Leave a clean habitable planet for our future generations. 19. Fix our crumbling infrastructure. End the industrial military complex and their irresponsible spending. I could go on and on and on.
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