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In reply to the discussion: The attorney class loves Hillary - she will keep their paydays high! [View all]blm
(113,261 posts)38. When WHAT party is 'well-liked' specifically?
Is it really your position here that the Democratic party is so unliked that it should roll over for the GOP's 4 decades long quest for 'tort reform' in order to increase its likability?
Likability for WHAT voters?
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The attorney class loves Hillary - she will keep their paydays high! [View all]
LettuceSea
Oct 2015
OP
Some of us who have had family members harmed by the negligence of others...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#17
I don't consider it a partisan or civil rights issue, more of an income protection issue
LettuceSea
Oct 2015
#21
I'm saying that civil rights argument is a broad deflection to keep paydays intact
LettuceSea
Oct 2015
#11
Plaintiff's lawyers represent those who have been harmed by the actions of others...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#13
Would an attorney have incentive to increase payday avenues or decrease them?
LettuceSea
Oct 2015
#12
Corporate attorneys lean Repuke... Plaintiff's lawyers lean Democratic...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#14
True, but they also want to make it harder for plaintiffs to prevail...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#37