I'm #TooFarLeft Because...

I've been told since 1980 that I'm #TooFarLeft because:

1. I'm for single payer health care.

2. I know climate change is real and that solar employs while nuclear (and fossil fuel) destroys.

3. Speaking of nukes: I've also been shouting "NO NUKES!" since long about when "Chevy Van" was in the Top 40.

4. I believe in creative, non-violent resistance.

5. I believe that war is, at best, the very, very, very last resort.

6. I think everyone should pay their fair share of taxes.

7. I think there should be federally mandated and funded maternity and paternity leave required of all employers in this country.

8. I think there should be federally funded child care for all pre-school aged children.

9.  I think birth control should be FREE and readily accessible to anyone who goes to a health care provider (under the single payer health care system referenced above in #1) and requests it.

10. In general, I think that investment in our citizens, social safety net and social programs, education, our nation's infrastructure and the greening of same, and our environment, should take priority for where my taxes should go, and they should NOT go into tax cuts for the richest 1% of American individuals and corporations.

11. I think electric cars should be the norm and be affordable to the 99%, and there should be much stricter fuel economy regulation on fossil fuel burning cars, especially now that the technology is HERE to git 'er done.

12.  I believe in equal rights for all, regardless of race, creed, gender, physical challenge(s) or sexual orientation.

I left (<--no pun intended, but hey) a bunch of stuff out but yes, I am #TooFarLeft, as I've been told my whole life and now has been reiterated by Barack Obama today, and I am fierce and passionate about same: I shall remain #TooFarLeft FOREVER.

Questions? Concerns? There won't be a quiz later. Gotta save my energy to continue fighting to change the world.