2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

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52. Always good to have your excuses lined up before voting starts...

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Mon Nov 30, 2015, 10:13 AM

Nov 2015

If the millennials get off their lazy asses they could easily save us.

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THIS... Right Here... Is Why I Want Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Rodham Clinton... [View all] WillyT Nov 2015 OP

Kicked and highly recommended read The Blue Traveller Nov 2015 #1

So propose a tax increase and it will make everything better for the low Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #2

Wrong. Ill let you figure the right answer. The Blue Traveller Nov 2015 #3

Has he changed his mind about the tax increase? Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #4

Tax increase: ~6.50 a week for each family The Blue Traveller Nov 2015 #11

A worker who would pay $6.50 does not have $1300 a month to pay Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #14

Raise the minimum wage to $15/hr and that'll more than make up the difference. HerbChestnut Nov 2015 #19

Get a Congress that would even *think* of passing that bill - one that would work with him. BlueCaliDem Nov 2015 #53

Raise wages so we can tax them better upaloopa Nov 2015 #76

Math isn't your strong point, is it... HerbChestnut Nov 2015 #77

Guess what, Thinkingabout The Blue Traveller Nov 2015 #24

There would be no premiums and no deductibles. Fawke Em Nov 2015 #40

Medicare pays $104.50 a month for Part B. There are also co-pays, Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #41

All less than 1300. n/t tazkcmo Nov 2015 #49

This is also per person. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #54

Still less. Come on. The Blue Traveller Nov 2015 #71

Maybe, maybe not, he still has not come up with a final figure Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #75

There wouldn't be a premium pengu Nov 2015 #43

Medicare for all? Yes there will be premiums, co pays and deductibles. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #55

Maybe you can understand in the simplest of terms LiberalLovinLug Nov 2015 #59

Simplest terms, yes every other country enjoys cheaper health care, in simplest terms Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #67

Yes it is not free LiberalLovinLug Nov 2015 #78

We have the most expensive health care and yes a lot of the cost is paid Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #79

It sounds like you're a proponent of trickle down economics. That's scary. Vinca Nov 2015 #45

You care nothing for the workers. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #47

That's why.. cannabis_flower Nov 2015 #70

There's Also The Fact That SO MANY OF US ChiciB1 Nov 2015 #64

you wouldn't complain if it was for war Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #35

+1! tecelote Nov 2015 #42

Nope. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #48

It's laughable: Bernie proposes something popular, you say Congress won't do it; he merrily Nov 2015 #7

Is that all you got out of this article? HRC is part of the corrupted Establishment. rhett o rick Nov 2015 #15

A few of the hillarians have adopted the teabaggers' mantra Doctor_J Nov 2015 #23

Oy. The Blue Traveller Nov 2015 #26

It smacks of desperation. No comments on the OP article. nm rhett o rick Nov 2015 #28

I love your sig line. BeanMusical Nov 2015 #39

And their forum here is run like Scientology. 7962 Nov 2015 #44

Join our banned club, same thing happened to me. Then they kept commenting about Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #50

There may be one or two in the HRC side that will "make sound arguements" rhett o rick Nov 2015 #63

That group, and another from which many of its members spring hifiguy Nov 2015 #74

it doesn't work like that. nashville_brook Nov 2015 #33

One trick pony. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #46

K&R Paka Nov 2015 #5

One man's kleptocracy is another man's wealth management. Octafish Nov 2015 #6

But it's always an honest man's kleptocracy and a crook's wealth management Jack Rabbit Nov 2015 #8

The not surprising result of Reagan's "clever" comment salib Nov 2015 #9

Reagan said government was the problem and he proved it. nm rhett o rick Nov 2015 #16

HRC And The 1% Serve The 1% - The 99% Be Damned cantbeserious Nov 2015 #10

+100 eom Karma13612 Nov 2015 #13

And they have convinced their "followers" to blindly trust them as they loot the 99%. rhett o rick Nov 2015 #18

Thats the weird part to me GummyBearz Nov 2015 #66

The below link provides my thoughts. rhett o rick Nov 2015 #68

All of this. hifiguy Nov 2015 #27

This is practically institutionalized Hydra Nov 2015 #12

Yep... We've Been Screwn For Some Time Now... WillyT Nov 2015 #17

Great post. I notice none of the anti-progressives have stepped forwar to rhett o rick Nov 2015 #20

LOL !!! WillyT Nov 2015 #21

Refute? ConservativeDemocrat Nov 2015 #61

It's really a very simple and scary picture for me, in spite of our corrupt media. DrBulldog Nov 2015 #22

I agree that if Clinton gets elected it will set the Populist Movement back a bit, but it won't rhett o rick Nov 2015 #25

Don't worry, the energy that is pushing this primary toward outsiders didn't come from nowhere Hydra Nov 2015 #32

Always good to have your excuses lined up before voting starts... brooklynite Nov 2015 #52

Great article. Thanks for posting. nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #29

Hillary Antithetical To Democracy billhicks76 Nov 2015 #30

Total K & R! SoapBox Nov 2015 #31

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #34

kick and rec love_katz Nov 2015 #36

Huge K & R !!! Thespian2 Nov 2015 #37

We need a few thousand Robin Hoods to even the score!! cascadiance Nov 2015 #38

200K for a speech = kleptocrat. Helen Borg Nov 2015 #51

It really is that simple. hifiguy Nov 2015 #72

K&R The only thing worse than not working, in my book, is doing bad work. raouldukelives Nov 2015 #56

"When officials treat the law with criminal contempt . . ." Major Hogwash Nov 2015 #57

K & R AzDar Nov 2015 #58

Great post WillyT. Keep up the great work. nm rhett o rick Nov 2015 #60

WE ARE ON THE VERGE Of Losing What We've Known As ChiciB1 Nov 2015 #62

More than one expert believe we have already lost it. When the 1% can buy elections rhett o rick Nov 2015 #65

And Jimmy Carter is one of them. hifiguy Nov 2015 #73

I Meant To Get Back To You Yesterday, BUT ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #80

Allow Me, ChiciB1 !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #81

Thank You So Very MUCH! Only Doing What WE ChiciB1 Dec 2015 #82

Thanks For Your Kindness... Don't Forget To Get Young People And Social Media Invloved... WillyT Dec 2015 #83

Bernie certainly gets this Fast Walker 52 Nov 2015 #69