Yeah the problem is that politicians overall are too corrupt. I don't care for much any of them, really, I did like Obama overall although he was disappointing in the end and certain things I was strongly against that he did (like the bank bailouts that basically just went to the CEOs in bonus pay and shit). I absolutely do not like Hillary. I do like Bernie Sanders, and here's why, "Socialist" is being used as a swear word these days, they're co-opting the frenzy of the "red scare"during the cold war when communists were basically compared to bogeymen, it's fear-based manipulation. Sanders isn't a full-on socialist anyway, we're talking about a person who wants a democracy but where the tax money is spent on services for the people and infrastructure and such, instead of on making the wealthy even wealthier at the expense of everyone else, which is what we have now, also known as a plutocracy or kleptocracy. I don't view socialized healthcare or unemployment assistance as "free handouts", we all pay a lot of money in taxes and what does it get us? Not much unless we're wealthy. It SHOULD get us social services that help to ensure we can live more stable and healthy lives with all the money we give the government. Our infrastructure is collapsing, our educational system is a shadow of what it once was, we're one of the only first-world nations to not provide health care, and our healthcare and prescription costs are astronomical (I was looking at the cost of a month's prescription of Lyrica yesterday, just randomly. In the US it's $450. In Britain, it's $6. Why?? Just because they can. Big pharma, big oil, etc control the government through most of the politicians, and they make sure they're the ones reaping all the benefits of our money. And if you have to go to the emergency room you can get slammed with tens of thousands of dollars in debt suddenly. The rest of the world looks at us like we're barbarians for that).
We have tens of millions of people who don't go to the doctor because they can't afford to, don't receive any preventative healthcare, get sick, end up needing to go the hospital, then the taxpayer foots the bill because they can't pay. It's nonsense. And Trump is trying to repeal Obamacare which is the closest we've ever had to free health care (almost all of my friends only are able to afford healthcare through Obamacare, fortunately for me I work for a good company and get it through them). He says he's going to replace it with better healthcare but he says everything of his is better, the best. No plan has been discussed, no details. Why should I believe he/the repubs have any interest in spending tax money on a healthcare solution? They've provided no evidence they intend to.
What it amounts to is, if I'm paying taxes, which you better believe we will be regardless of who's in office, I want those tax dollars to help out me and all my fellow citizens. I don't want them going into massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and subsidies for huge industries, especially if I got $1500 less on my tax return this past year than ever before (which I did - and I feel like they robbed me of it because it's not gonna help me or anyone I care about, it's paying for tax cuts to those who have more money than I could spend in my life if I tried). I like Bernie because, first of all, he's very vocally for what I want taxes to be spent on. Second of all, since the '60s he's been fighting for civil rights, and civil rights are another big point for me, we're teetering on the edge of serious backwards movement. He seems like the one candidate I've seen in a long time who is genuine and has the interests of the people at heart. He's not a socialist... he's not going to turn America into Venezuela. He wants America to be a democracy that focuses its wealth on social services instead of on the people that need it the least. And that's also what I want. For the record I do not support free college for all (but yes to free health care - again, not free, paid for by your taxes) - I do support getting costs under control so people can go to college if they want to pursue higher education without crippling themselves financially for a very long time.
It's tough since you can't believe anything on the news anymore, what to believe, who to trust... that's one thing Trump got right, there's a lot of fake news out there. And yes of course, you're right that the president doesn't control the country by any means. I just dislike most of what I've seen from Trump, both the way he acts (and therefore how it reflects on our country to the rest of the world) and in his policies.
