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Old 07-03-2015, 05:58 PM
 
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Is it not? Most ambitious people I know are leading rather satisfactory lives. My biggest gripe is having a federal / state combined tax rate of 40% and paying thousands each year into a social security system that won't exist for me! but I don't think ol' Bernie will be helping that.

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Because this version of democracy is doing SO well..............
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Jawjah
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Because we have too much government, not too little.
Do we have too much government or do we have too many rogue, crony capitalist "private sector" institutions squeezing the life out of our middle class?
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Western North Carolina
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He's not wrong about ONE SINGLE THING.

You are correct. He's wrong about EVERYTHING, just like you.
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:08 PM
 
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Do we have too much government or do we have too many rogue, crony capitalist "private sector" institutions squeezing the life out of our middle class?
Both.
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:09 PM
 
Location: Jawjah
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Both.
Who controls the government? I would say lobbyists and by extension..corporations.
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:12 PM
 
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Overall, Bernie Sanders' policies to restore America's middle class is the best of all candidates IMO. He doesnt take campaign contributions from the billionaire class, he is a man of the people who for almost 50 years have fought for the rights and dignity of salt of the earth guys and gals across the nation.
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:14 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Default Sanders > GOP

A Sanders who is "wrong" is far, far superior to anyone on the GOP side...
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Jawjah
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Overall, Bernie Sanders' policies to restore America's middle class is the best of all candidates IMO. He doesnt take campaign contributions from the billionaire class, he is a man of the people who for almost 50 years have fought for the rights and dignity of salt of the earth guys and gals across the nation.
Almost all GOP candidates have to kiss the ring of either the Koch bros or Casino King Adelman. Has the GOP ever been as corporate and enslaved by billionaires than it has since 2009?
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:16 PM
 
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The American people needs to regain control of the government from the corporate elites who have hijacked it. The government is the only democratic institution that can truly represent the will of the people and that's why Bernie Sanders as president will only nominate Supreme Court justices who promise to overturn the disastrous Citizens United ruling which made it possible for the billionaire class to buy politicians and destroy the American democracy.
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:17 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Because we have too much government, not too little.
Too much social conservatism, too little governance towards general welfare of the people.
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