The first Democratic Debate is over, and the second Democratic debate should only have two people on the stage...Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and not really sure a second debate is even necessary as it is so obvious that Bernie is NOT PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL, is the Rand Paul of the Democratic Presidential Primary for 2016.
Lets discuss some issues that are upsetting to some of the country regarding tonight's debate, and the Democratic Platform that started taking shape on stage. Lets discuss issues that are going to be problematic, are simply far to left for almost every Republican and quite a few Democrats to swallow.
The biggest issue of contention is that every candidate up on stage this evening came out in favor of a pathway for citizenship for illegal aliens. They even went so far as to state that illegal aliens should have access to Medicaid/Medicare, be allowed to participate in the Obama Health Care system. This stance will have me holding my nose and voting for Hillary (yes, she is going to be the Democratic Standard Barer), or simply staying home as a means of protest. The Democrats can get away with this stance on Illegal Aliens because the Republicans do not have one centrist/moderate candidate running for the Presidency, and though I agree with Donald Trump's stance on Illegal Aliens, I in all good conscientiousness could never vote for the man. The fact that Hillary may be America's first female president does not mean we are giving her and the Democrats a mandate to force Amnesty down the throats of the American voters.
On "Black Lives Matter"...political pandering of the worst kind. The Black Community wants our government to pass laws that would put special programs in place to help lift Blacks, and only Blacks out of poverty. Fact...according to the 2010 census, America has 5,002,000 white children under the age of 18 living in poverty. Fact...according to the 2010 Census America has 4,817,000 black children under the age of 18 living in poverty. Fact...according to the 2010 Census America has 6.110,000 Hispanic children under the age of 18 living in poverty. ALL LIVES MATTER, and if we are going to address inequality in America, if we are going to try to lift people out of poverty, the programs aimed at this goal must be programs that reach across all ethnic or racial lines, must be programs available to all children living in poverty, not just black children. Affirmative Action was supposed to be a temporary hand up the ladder that has gotten out of hand, and needs to come to an end, and what America does not need are more social programs that are discriminatory on their face...it is simply wrong to envision giving helping hands to one ethnic group at the expense of other groups who plight is identical other than the color of their skin.
On paid family leave...
The biggest contributor to Global Warming is an out of control explosion of the human population living on this planet. Like it or not, Mother Earth cannot sustain our current human population, let alone a population that is projected to reach 9 billion people by the year 2050. Our population numbers world wide must be reined in, and providing yet another free handout to families is going to have the opposite effect. Secondly, though perhaps unpopular to some, a very simple reality is that those without children, without large families have for to long been expected to pick up the tab for those choosing to have large families. When someone suddenly needs to work late, it is not the mother or father of five who is expected to stay late, its that single person. A family of five, and a family on one living in identical homes in the same town/city pay the same in property taxes, the single person having no choice but to subsidize the educational costs of the family next door that has three children. In the name of fairness, and to address Global Warming, we have to stop incentivising large families.
In short, the first two Republican Debates, the first Democratic Debate this evening should show America why a two party system has out lived its usefulness and needs to come to an end, replaced with a multi-party system that allows the more diverse voices of our nation to be heard.
