Why Clinton’s Progressive ‘Solutions’ to Poverty Ring Hollow and Incredibly Out of Touch

Progressive observers like Rachel Maddow were conflicted about Peter Thiel speaking at the Republican National Convention. They appreciated the fact that a successful, gay man was loud and proud on center stage. Yet they couldn’t handle that same proud gay man espousing policies that didn’t square with their worldview.  That’s about how I felt Thursday night as I watched the first American female clinch a major party’s nomination. I admire Hillary Clinton’s tenacity and place in history, the obstacles she has surmounted. But I do not admire that she was the first candidate, of any gender, to early this year deliver a speech on income inequality while wearing a $12,495 Giorgio Armani suit. I can’t fathom her praise of President Obama’s economic policies in wake of his doubling our national debt to some $20 trillion while piling on trillions more in unfunded liabilities.  If Hillary Clinton’s speech was more like her husband Bill Clinton’s speech earlier in the week, one that gave specific examples of bipartisanship and compromise, it’d be easier to admire more than just her place in history. Admittedly, her speech probably was further left than she herself would’ve liked, given the rise of Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton’s talk…
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