louise on the left (coast)

I support Bernie Sanders for president because I believe the Sanders plans for a better future are most in line with what personally matters to me as a middle class mom of two teens, one of which has a severe peanut allergy , who is also now in college. I firmly believe his solutions are not only most in line with what matters to me but actually make the most sense.  Here's why: I know he will  fight the pharmaceutical corruption driving up the high medical costs of caring for a kid with a severe peanut allergy: Including outrageous costs of life-saving epi pens.  I know he will fight global warming alongside really protecting our public health! This is very important to me. He will change laws which now put big biz in charge of pretty much everything. He will fight for those of us who are not billionaires.  I know he deeply cares about lowering the cost of eduction.  Right now my child's in her first year of college and she slaved to get her scholarships. How

(Update.  Can't believe I wrote this in 2013) Frankly, while I have in the past identified strongly with "those on the left," hence the title of this blog,  the reality is -- I'm pretty much also "Louise on the right," too. I'm now a somewhat right-leaning, formerly all left-side leaning leaner.  Maybe not quite like Teddy Roosevelt, but I like his style. So  really  "Louise on the Left" was about being inclusionary to all people -- of all walks and talks.  But, I'm pretty much an "old school Republican" about some of the other stuff.  I think.   (Your thoughts, please.) I do believe in conservation.  I think it's a global issue.  We need to get everyone on board with this. (Easy to do, right?) This used to be a Republican concept. It isn't anymore.  Can't understand this.  It makes good sense financially to live healthier. I do not like fundamentalist think