2016 小子有了政治主張

二月假期，淘氣還做了一個社會學習功課——了解各候選人的政治主張。

照例，他一開始是不願意做的。媽媽求助說，很快要投票了，Sanders和Clinton之間，還沒打定主意呢，你幫我看看，總結總結？爸爸也說他登記的Independent，投票給誰都可以，這麽多候選人，有點分不清個人主張有什麽不同，需要幫助。淘氣抿嘴微笑，挺著胸脯，接過這個重要任務。

周末，淘氣交功課，同時熱情地遊說爸媽把票投給Sanders。原因是Sanders在有關非法移民，墮胎，槍支管製，稅收等各個主題上，與他的觀點和主張一致。他相信Sanders會帶領美國建設出一個人人幸福的美好世界。

同時，他對Trump表示了強烈的厭惡。事實上，他不喜歡任何一個共和黨人，覺得他們沒有同情心。他的老師都提醒過媽媽，淘氣的世界過於黑白分明，需要讓他慢慢認識並接受各種灰色。

跟他解釋了為什麽屁股決定腦袋。事實證明淘氣是個年輕熱血的理想主義者。

爸爸說如果你有自己的生意，辛苦工作，掙了很多錢，國家要拿走90%，你會不會在意？他說隻要拿去用在好的地方，他不在意。如果是拿去花在你不同意的地方呢？或者分給根本不願意工作的人呢？你以後還會不會同樣熱情地工作？他遲疑了一下，堅持說隻要幫助到需要的人，就是值得的。

媽媽開玩笑說illegal，就是不合法的意思。你那麽講究遵紀守法，怎麽會支持不合法的人和事呢？這樣對legal的那些人會不會不公平？淘氣說他們是不得已。再問，如果有陌生人不請自來，跑到你家吃你的飯，睡你的床，拿你的東西，還說他和你有同樣的權利，你會怎麽做？這個衝擊有點大，他掙紮著說，他們沒有食物，沒有地方去，需要幫助。

好吧，事實上，我們這些年已經慢慢傾向共和黨了。按輪流執政，也該輪到共和黨。可惜，今年共和黨的候選人實在不給力。

發現無法影響爸媽的決定，淘氣無師自通地想到阻止爸媽去投票：你們不用去投票啊，沒有要求一定要投票，不要去！不要去！！

別急，這回不行，下回還不行，下下回，淘氣就可以自己選總統了。

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2016 Presidential Election

Democrats:

Hillary Clinton aims to raise the wages of middle-class workers, and make college more affordable. She feels that it is wrong to punish illegal immigrants, and that all immigrants, legal or illegal, should have a chance to get United States citizenships. On the subject of abortion, Clinton says that politicians have no right to decide on a woman’s health and that the choice lies in the hands of the pregnant women. She shares views with other democrats in her opinions that gun safety rules should be enforced strictly to prevent deaths from firearms, and that wealthier people should pay more taxes than middle-class people because they simply have more money. Clinton strongly approves of the Affordable Care Act, which makes healthcare cheaper and better. She was met with strong opposition from Bernie Sanders. She narrowly won the Iowa Caucasus, becoming the first woman to do so. In the early New Hampshire primaries, she lost by a wide margin to Sanders. If she becomes the president, she will set a record as the first woman president in the history of the United States.

Bernie Sanders, like Clinton, is fine with letting immigrants and refugees live in the US, and giving them care and support so that they can live lives of safety and pleasure, not of fear. He feels that the choice about abortion lies in the pregnant women’s hands, not in the hands of politicians. Sanders says that in order to make America a safer nation, it is important to strengthen background checks, enforce gun safety laws, and ban dangerous weapons. He feels that in order to succeed as a nation, America must move towards a future of peace and diplomacy with other countries, away from one of bloodshed and wars, only using war as a last resort to emphasize a point clearly. Like most other democrats, he says that the rich, wealthy businesses that we all depend on must pay higher taxes, because he says that the rich can’t have all the money while the poor have nothing at all. Despite having quite a few similar opinions with Clinton, he is one of her strongest opponents.

Republicans:

Donald Trump feels that the United States is threatened by the war going on in the Middle-East, and that Muslim immigrants from the Middle-East are the ones to blame in America. Trump says emphatically that all illegal immigrants, such as those from Mexico, must not be made welcome in the US. His solution to stop it is by completely closing the border, making America impenetrable by all illegal incomers. He is pro-life and dislikes the concept of abortion immensely. Trump has a gun permit and thinks that the right to wear weapons should be extended to all fifty states, backing up his opinion by saying that everyone has a right to self-defense and referring to the Second Amendment. Trump deeply hates the Islamic State and says that it must be exterminated through war via bombings and US troops. Like other republicans, he wants lower taxes and opts for less government control in the economy.

Ted Cruz, like many other republicans, opts for lower taxes and regulating the flow of illegal immigrants. Cruz plans to stop illegal immigration by increasing and improving border surveillance and having tighter border checks. Like Trump, Cruz is pro-life, and disapproves of abortion because, in his opinion, every human life is essential to the world, and it simply isn’t right to kill unborn children. He defends the right to bear guns, and thinks everyone has a right to self-defense. Cruz thinks that the best foreign policy for America would be to defend allies and interests, and to judge the world through America. He wants taxes to be cut, just like Trump does.

Marco Rubio is unlike many other republican candidates, as he doesn’t feel that illegal immigrants should be deported to detention camps, although he doesn’t think they deserve citizenships, either. He is a devout opponent of abortion by the belief that all humans, unborn or otherwise, should be given a chance to live, and that abortion is no better than outright murder. Like other republicans, he opts for allowing guns, referencing the Second Amendment and saying that the deaths caused by shootings aren’t the guns’ faults. Rubio’s tax plan for America is to cut individual taxes and take away the added tax that rich people have to pay the government.

Chris Christie wants to seal America’s borders to illegal immigrants. Christie is pro-life like Trump, Cruz, and Rubio, saying that every life is a gift, and that made them very important. He is a supporter of the Second Amendment and says that everyone has a constitutional right to bear arms and to defend themselves. He feels that ISIS must be defeated, because they would stop at nothing to turn everyone in the world into a Muslim. Like other republicans, he doesn’t want taxes to be raised any higher than they are now.

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