We can't afford Bernie Sanders policies

[azmom]

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[napi21]

1. Of course we can. Listen to Bernie. Eliminate the subsidies to the oil companies, close those

loop holes so ALL corporations pay a fair share of taxes, raise the cap on SS to stabilize it for the next 50+ years, eliminate Carried Interest, etc.

Bernie's already explained how they are wrong when they calculate thee cost of Medicare for all.

The Pub idea that NONE of them have to pay any taxes is pure crap and they know it.

[malokvale77]

7. "pure crap and they know it"

I wish that was only coming from the Pub side of the aisle.

[passiveporcupine]

12. me too

[Andy823]

23. Exactly

Bernie is my second choice after O'Malley. I think both of them have grew ideas that will help this country. No matter who gets into the WH, democrats need to make damned sure they start thinking about the things you mentioned, like raising the cap on SS for the rich, getting rid of any kind of subsidies to the oil companies, and any corporation that is getting "corporate welfare". Thinks can be done for the betterment of this country with that money, and like was stated, trillions were wasted on a needless, senseless war by the republicans and we received nothing in return except for the lose of our children who died fighting that war.

I think an O'Malley, Sanders ticket, either one on the top, would be a great ticket that would put democrats back in the WH, and back in charge of the Senate, and an increase in democrats in the House.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

28. Like I have said before.

Now is the time for a real progressive populist movement, but the message needs to be clear and not overly complex and it needs to be repeated over and over to drive it home into the minds of the people.

Then Bernie will win.

[aidbo]

2. well you got me to look. :)

[dae]

16. +1 :)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Right. We can't afford to live like Scandinavia.

[Travis_0004]

4. The republican and Hilarys war in Iraq cost 6 billion.

[zeemike]

9. Are you kidding me?

They lost over 6 billion in cash that they shipped over there for petty cash alone.
It was trillions not billions.

The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.
The staggering scale of the biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve has been graphically laid bare by a US congressional committee.

In the year after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 nearly 281 million notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad for disbursement to Iraqi ministries and US contractors. Using C-130 planes, the deliveries took place once or twice a month with the biggest of $2,401,600,000 on June 22 2004, six days before the handover.

Details of the shipments have emerged in a memorandum prepared for the meeting of the House committee on oversight and government reform which is examining Iraqi reconstruction. Its chairman, Henry Waxman, a fierce critic of the war, said the way the cash had been handled was mind-boggling. "The numbers are so large that it doesn't seem possible that they're true. Who in their right mind would send 363 tonnes of cash into a war zone?"
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1

[Doctor_J]

13. you mean trillion

[Admiral Loinpresser]

18. That is so Dr. Evil. ;-) n/t

[CrispyQ]

22. LOL.

Man, DUer's are on a roll this morning! I've had more LOL's!

[SoapBox]

5. I was all ready to start fight'n!

And then I looked...

[azmom]

6. Haha!

[progressoid]

8. Not sure that's a good argument.

I know Republicans that are pissed about the cost of the wars. Granted, they are in the minority in their party.
Regardless, pointing out GOP failures won't make them more likely to accept more gov't programs.

[deutsey]

10. K&R

[BeanMusical]

11. Kick and R

[jtuck004]

14. You're right. We can't. Well,

not and keep the party's bank$ter/donors in the lifestyle to which they have become entitled, we can't.

[lovemydog]

15. If the majority in our party and our country

vote this way we can change our country for the better!

[Karma13612]

30. +10

[senz]

19. Bernie thinks it through. He has a workable plan to pay for every policy he advances.

He's been a mayor and a congressman/senator for decades; he knows how it's done.

[Wolf Frankula]

20. We Can't Afford Bernie Sanders' Policies

and the Empire. So let us just liquidate the Empire. We don't need the Empire.

Wolf

[rhett o rick]

24. Yep!

[NJCher]

25. add me

to that strategy.

This morning I read a number of stories about the Syrian immigrants in the NY Times. The thought that U.S. foreign policy is in no small way a reason for their migration makes me absolutely ill. We need to MOOFB (mind our own...). The world would be way better off without our evil influence, at least as long as the corporate control continues.


Cher

p.s. to be fair, there was also a story about how Obama's lack of enthusiasm for "boots on the ground" resulted in a change of policy. However, they still blew $500 million on this crap. I thought, "Wow, how far would $500 million go in actually paying our college teachers a livable wage (adjuncts) or for scholarships so that students aren't in debt when they get out?" This is just effing bull@$# and I am sick of it.

That is why it will be "boots on the ground" for me with campaigning for Bernie. I will be out there knocking on doors until my knuckles bleed.

[rhett o rick]

26. Yep!

[Karma13612]

31. You know NJCher, I like that "Boots on the Ground"

for Bernie theme.

That just might be a keeper.

We could say something like:

Well, if you want boots on the ground, how about boots on the ground for Bernie!

Join the revolution!
And show a picture of some nice slightly worn combat boots.

I like it.

[NJCher]

34. boots on the ground

and bleeding knuckles! Whatever it takes to get Bernie in the WH!!



Cher

[Enthusiast]

21. Kicked and recommended!

[Karma13612]

32. no more 3rd way Hill-a-ray! I stand with Bernie!

[ChiciB1]

27. I Can't Click On Link... Is This A Joke??? n/t

[hifiguy]

29. Kickety rec

And don't forget the $13 trillion bankster bailout/cash infusion (The number comes from Nomi Prins It Takes a Pillage).

[WillyT]

33. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[cantbeserious]

35. Duplicity - Thy Name Is The Establishment - Should Citizens Expect More - Hardly

eom

[tartan2]

36. No what we can't afford is a GOP controlled Congress

with a GOP President. Not only can we not afford it, we, this country won't survive a GOP controlled Federal government. My God just look at the GOP controlled state government.