Endorsement--Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Clinton is the clear choice"

[book_worm]

Minnesota Democrats heading to caucus on Tuesday face a dilemma similar to that of South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, who recently said that his “heart and head” were in different places when it came to endorsing Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. After reflection, he came down on the side of Clinton, where he said “my heart has always been.”

We believe Clinton is the clear choice over Sanders for heart and head alike. A force on the national landscape for more than 30 years, Clinton has distinguished herself in foreign and domestic policy in ways that make her well-suited to represent the party in November...

Where Sanders threatens to bust up Wall Street and big banks, Clinton proposes changes that are less sexy but more realistic: Shifting capital gains incentives to favor long-term investments, tough prosecution of wrongdoers and imposing greater accountability all could provide needed change while avoiding wholesale disruption that could threaten an economy that shows signs of fragility. Among the more intriguing proposals: a tax credit for companies that offer profit-sharing on top of wage increases.

http://www.startribune.com/endorsement-hillary-clinton-who-s-both-visionary-and-realistic/370333641/

[Lucinda]

1. KNR

[ALBliberal]

2. Shifting capital gains incentives to favor long term investments... this CPA

has been down this road. This equates to tax reform which equates to furthering our already too lenient tax code that benefits the wealthy. Who else can even afford long term investments? And the good old "offer to compromise". More of the same.

[stonecutter357]

3. K&R!

[The Traveler]

4. "Less sexy but more realistic"

Translation ... minute adjustments to the current status quo. A bone to the dogs.

The economic system as it exists is driving the biggest, fastest mass extinction event in 65 million years while achieving the greatest transfer of wealth from common people to a select few in modern history. "Tax credit for companies that offer profit sharing on top of wage increases" ... yeah. That will really do something. Let's export fracking to more countries! And topple another regime somewhere!

Ms Clinton's proposals are not practical. That's language that translates to "acceptable to the plutocracy". Her proposals are simply inadequate for the challenges of our times, and there is nothing practical about that.

Trav

[livetohike]

5. Great endorsement! Spoke with my brother in law

and his partner who live in Mpls. They can't wait to caucus for Hillary 😊.