Trust Sanders, not Clinton, to help the working class

Hillary Clinton tells us what she will do for working class America. The process started with strategy sessions and focus groups assessing what issues are trending.

Trends emerge from the unmet needs of working class individuals who make the whole system function. When their full-time job leaves the basic requirements of food, housing and medical care out of reach, it is simple exploitation. Not to worry, Hillary is figuring out what to promise us.

Can Hillary shift gears and suddenly care about those beneath her on the economic ladder when, that I can tell, she never has. Trends force her to prioritize her political rhetoric, but changing rhetoric is not a change of heart. She is as much a servant of an elite minority as any Republican.

Bernie Sanders didn’t need strategy sessions or focus groups. He didn’t need to target his messages at the results of trend assessments. He knows the uber-wealthy will continue to dismantle the middle class, the environment and protective regulations, selling America off to the highest domestic or foreign bidders as the opportunities arise. He knows that Barack Obama and both Clintons have been little if any better than Republicans in this regard. Bernie has a track record of supporting us little and middle people, rejecting big money and the strings that come with it.

Bernie joined the Democrats to avoid being marginalized by the press. His commitment is to his country. Donations to Bernie target actual representation. Join the chant: “Bernie, Bernie, Bernie.”

— Don Fultz, Oroville