God Bless The America We Are Trying

I Think That If You Live Long Enough, You Realize That So Much Of What Happens In Life Is Out Of Your Control, But How You Respond To It Is In Your Control. That's What I Try To Remember.

My Dream Is A Hemispheric Common Market, With Open Trade And Open Borders, Some Time In The Future With Energy That Is As Green And Sustainable As We Can Get It, Powering Growth And Opportunity For Every Person In The Hemisphere.

I Think It's Fair To Say There Is A Demagogic Path That Europeans, South Americans, Asians Have Pursued, And We Know Where That Leads. It Uses Xenophobia, It Uses Paranoia, It Uses Prejudice, It Uses Nationalism To Really Stir People Up And To, You Know, Begin An Us-versus-them Contrast, Which Is Dangerous And Is Not Something We've Had In Our Politics At A Presidential Level In America.

I Think Barack Obama Had The Right Idea [on Negotiations With Enemies], And The Bottom Line Is That Of Course There Have To Be Conditions. But, Of Course It Doesn't Do Us Any Good To Not Talk With Our Adversaries.

The Kind Of Plan That Donald [tramp] Has Put Forth Would Be Trickle-down Economics All Over Again. In Fact, It Would Be The Most Extreme Version, The Biggest Tax Cuts For The Top Percent Of The People In This Country Than We've Ever Had.