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In reply to the discussion: If I'm daring to raise my head above the parapet and post an OP for the first time in months... [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I disagree with some of the provisions of that act including the nearly impossible to overcome hurdles it places on discharging student debts in bankruptcy.
Why should corporations be able to write of debt so easily when families and students or those with student debts cannot? Why aren't education debts viewed in the same way as business investment debts. For students, education is a business investment.
I strongly disagree with his views on internet privacy.
He voted for the Iraq War Resolution.
On that issue, Bernie Sanders demonstrated his superior judgment. I have watched Bernie's speech on the issue given at that time, in which he asked all the right questions about how we would govern Iraq if we won, how we would manage the inevitable civil war that would erupt after Saddam Hussein. Sanders wins my vote for that speech. He demonstrated judgment superior to any other candidate or potential candidate including Biden.
According to Wikipedia, Biden is too weak on net neutrality and privacy issues in my opinion.
I agree 100% with Bernie Sanders on all the issues.
Biden is also weak when it comes to labor unions. Neither he nor Obama had the courage to confront Walker about the abuse of the public service unions in Wisconsin. That was unconscionable.
Further, Biden is weak when it comes to trade. I strongly oppose the TPP primarily because of the arbitration courts it would set up.
We have a good judicial system, and I strongly oppose the agreements we have and that are proposed that make us or would make us subject to the rule of courts that are not part of a democratic process and that would issue orders that would interfere in our democratic processes.
The recent decision against the US in I believe the WTC prohibiting us from labeling meat according to country of origin is one that I strongly disagree with.
I base this on the summary of Biden's views here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden