Sorry, don't think you can do it. You're a mooch. You have already indicated that you need government to do things for you. Imagine being out there and you have to do everything yourself from planting a garden, some self doctoring, building, and self protection from man or beast. Not sure how many of any of us could do it unless we were forced to.
Of course, if you're soul searching. Maybe it's time to accept some responsibility for what liberalism has wrought. Turn over a new leaf and become a conservative. The best time to have stopped Hitler was before he took power. You're wanting to run when it is time to dig in and take a stand. If you run they will just roll everyone up one at a time.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
Have you looked at income equality yet, especially in New York? It's sickening. See my post about this. As I said before, I am not extreme left or right. Rather, I lean toward a social democracy style of government with more worker's rights and more taxation on capital gains and the super rich. Wages have been stagnant for a lot of American workers, yet the cost of living is continuing to dramatically increase, forcing many of the middle class into poverty. Do your research dude!
By the way, I worked all my life and saw how more and more workers were forced to take cuts in wages while doing more and more work, with less time off. I was making $9 per hour working my a** off at a law firm in Indiana, as a single Mother. Yet, was not able to receive any help, including food stamps! In other words, with no child support, I was expected to support two people on this amount. Is that fair? A social worker there even told me I was better off on welfare until she got older. I did that, went to school, and learned I would only make $8 per hour as a programmer or data entry worker. What the H**??? That's when I started working for a family owned Chinese Restaurant who reported my wages at $5.00 per hour (because most of my tips were not included). I was better off doing this because I got help with child care, food stamps, and subsidized housing, which I could not qualify for when making $9 per hour (before taxes).
It's a Catch 22 system.