[quote=SK in CV]You could be right on TPP. The thing is, Hillary didn’t have to make a 180. She never endorsed TPP. What she’s endorsed is the right fair trade agreement, and she never gave the TPP her seal of approval. Sanders has endorsed the exact same thing.
We disagree on the ACA (and I suspect, most of your reasons for not liking it has nothing to do with anything that’s in the law), but Bernie and Hillary don’t. What Sanders has proved, over and over again in his 25 years in congress, is that he can compromise. He compromised by voting for the ACA. Hillary probably would compromise earlier, but that doesn’t make either one of their positions extreme.
Their biggest difference is in foreign policy. Hillary can’t cut taxes enough for the middle class because she’s ready to go to war at an ugly fart, and won’t cut defense. Sanders can pay for all his programs with defense cuts. But cuts to defense are not an extreme position, except for those that think Iraq was a good idea.
Extreme is deporting 12 million people who haven’t caused any problems. Extreme is not allowing more than a billion people entry into the country because of what other people have done. Extreme is passing laws that endanger the lives of millions of women. Those are policies supported by every Republican candidate. How far do you think every Republican candidate is from deporting every single non-citizen Muslim, and rounding up all the Muslim citizens and putting them in internment camps? You tell me, is that a big stretch or a little stretch? And then tell me that both sides are similarly extreme.[/quote]Based on what I hear from Sanders about TPP, I don’t think he would ever give TPP or any other trade deal his approval. While Hillary, I think she would.
As for ACA, lets just say my company offered me a health care plan that was free last year and this year, a very similar plan cost me $1k/month. The company paid the same amount for me for health insurance.
I never said Sander is as extreme as Trump. I would vote for Sanders if it’s Sanders vs Trump. That shows you how much I hate Trump and how extreme I think he is. But to say Sander isn’t far left is IMHO not being honest. He described himself as a Democratic Socialist. Rubio, Bush, and Kasich are the 3 on the top of my head who don’t support deporting 12 million people.
As for the abortion, I’m playing Switzerland here. On one hand, I agree with you. But on the other, I also see the points of pro lifer who think killing off fetuses is killing people. You claim they’re extreme for endangering life of millions of women while they will say you’re extreme for killing millions of unborn children. I’ll just stand back on this issue and let the two extremes call each other extreme.
