Bernie gets a haircut in Lawrence Kansas

[Seedersandleechers]

[Yuugal]

1. It'll grow back by tomorrow.

[StandingInLeftField]

2. ^ DUUZY!

[Divernan]

3. Bernie's haircut - $7; Hillary's cut & dye"do" - $1200

BernieSanders decides to get an impromptu $7 haircut in Lawrence, Kansas.
https://twitter.com/DannyEFreeman/status/705540504176295936

Couldn't be a starker contrast with One Percenter Hillary.

Hillary "Dead Broke" Clinton spends $1200 for cut/dye; closes down posh salon in the process.
Hillary Clinton made part of Bergdorf Goodman, a ritzy department store, shut down on Friday to get a $600 haircut at the posh John Barrett Salon.

Clinton and her huge entourage were seen being ushered through a side entrance of the Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan.

“Staff closed off one side of Bergdorf’s so Hillary could come in privately to get her hair done,” a source said. “An elevator bank was shut down so she could ride up alone, and then she was styled in a private area of the salon. Other customers didn’t get a glimpse. Hillary was later seen with a new feathered hairdo.”

Clinton regularly sees salon owner John Barrett, who typically charges $600 for a cut and blow-dry and an additional $600 for hair color.

Read more at http://dailysurge.com/2015/07/hillary-clinton-put-bergdorf-goodman-on-lockdown-to-get-a-600-haircut/

[Seedersandleechers]

5. Well to be perfectly fair

Hillary has more hair and women are subjected to a higher standard in the looks department fair or not.

[peacebird]

8. To be perfectly fair, I would cut her slack for spending up to $500, which I consider obscene

But to spend $1200 is beyond the pale. It is conspicuous consumption at that point.

OTOH: I would LOVE to know what sort of tips she leaves the workers....

[Wilms]

9. Her campaign doesn't pay interns.

So there's that.

[peacebird]

10. ...

[Divernan]

14. I go to the top ranked salon in the most elite suburb of Pittsburgh

We're talking the suburb where Hill came for her $2700 a pop, gated estate, Conversations With Hillary fundraiser. Cost of haircut and dye? $140 plus tip. There are a lot of One Percenter women and some men customers as well and nobody has to come in a side entrance or close down any part of the salon for privacy.

This story about the local $7 haircut is getting some legs. I'm sure Hillary's campaign braintrust is going to respond - I'm thinking they'll fly her Bergdorf's stylist in undercover, plant her in some "Erma's Curl Up and Dye" local salon, fill the other seats there with Clinton interns or local Dem. officials and Hillary will "spontaneously" stop by for a hair cut. Everyone will jump to their feet and applaud when she walks in; whip off their smocks to reveal matching Hillary tshirts, and all the stylists will perform a flash dance utilizing Hillary signs which miraculously drop down from the ceiling!

No. Wait. That wouldn't work - can't let anyone photograph her with wet hair.

[peacebird]

16. : )

No photos with wet hair...

[Plucketeer]

20. LOL!!!

[jillan]

13. She looks great - knock if off, okay?

And besides, it's Goldman-Sachs money.

[Divernan]

15. I have no doubt it was charged off to the campaign, along with her designer clothes.

[Seedersandleechers]

29. Can't we just all just get along?

I want Bernie too, but will still vote whomever the D's nominate.

[Seedersandleechers]

4. This video brought a smile to my face

having lived there in 1971 through 75. Love Lawrence Kansas and KU basketball!

[MuseRider]

6. Lawrence does that to you.

I live about 35 miles away and drive to Lawrence for my medical care, my hair salon is there and we frequent it for food and entertainment. It has changed since you were there (the 60's and 70's were really something) but that vibe remains and that part of town is still old town cool.

[Seedersandleechers]

11. I'm 35 miles away also

but in KCMO. I visit often.

[MuseRider]

18. LOL I think I knew that

but I posted anyway. Sorry. I am South of Topeka. It is a quick trip. We are having a dinner there tonight with friends. I hope it never changes.

[Helen Borg]

7. Oh yeah? That's how he spends his campaign money?

[jillan]

12. I am so happy to see him off of the stage and out with real people doing real things.

Get out there Bernie and shake some hands. Talk to the people, look them in the eye.

[zebonaut]

17. But what if the barber was a Trump supporter.....oh noooo

[HillareeeHillaraah]

19. Depends on your perspective...

Who, as a worker, had a better day?

The people with jobs who cut Hillary's hair and received part of $1200 or

That one guy who cut Bernie's hair and made maybe $20-$25.

What I see is Hillary put $1200 back into the economy. Bernie put about $25 back into the economy.

When people SPEND money that's GOOD for working people: from the guy who ran the elevator to the security people, the person who sweeps the floors, the person who washes her hair....those are jobs!! ordinary people jobs!

So really, what's the horrible thing Hillary did there?

[Plucketeer]

21. Really???

Well thanks for reminding me that salt-of-the-earth Hillary spends more on a doo than I get to live on for a month. Makes me wanna Bern.

EDIT: BTW, I get my haircuts for $5 bucks. This is a special favor from the barber I use because of my "vintage" (senior citizen) and "veteran" (Vietnam) status.

[HillareeeHillaraah]

22. Don't want to fight you...

...just pointing out that the way the economy works, it's better for working class folks when people spend money on goods and services.

More working class folks participated, economically speaking, when she got her hair cut than when he got his. That's just a plain statement of what occurred.

And that's part of how the economic engine runs. Why be against that?

But I get it. You don't care for Hillary. That's cool. Agree to disagree.

[Plucketeer]

23. So...

how do your points square against her "12-dollars-an-hour-is-good-enough" proposal"? Not angry - just askin'.

[HillareeeHillaraah]

25. I appreciate the chance to talk points

Without us trying to beat each other up. So here goes, don't know if you'll agree, and I'm not exactly an expert on this topic but...

I think minimum wage should be regional -a more local battle -as it has been. Many cities raised their minimum wage do in part to local political pressures. I think $12 /hr as a National starting point - a desperately needed improvement - is something we could get through congress. I'd rather see $12/hr go through rather than $15/hr remain stalled until we have a house majority.

But I don't think $15/hr is near enough to live on for most parts of the country. I think as a political strategy, upping minimum wage would be more likely fought and won on the local level. Town by town, city by city. Because $15/hr might be a living wage in say Tulsa, Oklahoma but not in San Francisco, CA. I really believe in the words "Living Wage" and that standard varies around the country.

I'm all for getting more money into the pockets of working folks -as I imagine you are too,yes? I think we just may disagree on the strategy to accomplish that.

[Plucketeer]

26. When you set a target....

You give it for folks to shoot holes in. And that's what'll happen to 12 bucks an hour - or whatever proposed amount. I lived an anything BUT exorbitant lifestyle on 12 bucks an hour - and that was in 1982! I can't imagine trying to get by on that now - especially with a family to support. It's actually kinda sad that neither of them are hawking 20 an hour. That way, the almost CERTAIN compromise might come close to what they ARE proposing now.

[HillareeeHillaraah]

27. I absolutely agree that minimum wage...

...is just that, a bare minimum. That's why I prefer to call it a living wage. I think we are both aiming toward the same point on the horizon.

I think of politics, getting legislation into law, as a bit of a chess match, the other side has really honed their game and until we have majorities in the house and senate, all we can do is out maneuver them.

I think that we overcome their national majority (i.e. Control of both houses) by outflanking them locally. We set $12 as a reachable national starting point - and that itself will be a tough slog. But it gives local communities a higher starting number to move up from. To pivot up from.

I think a national $15/hr shuts down the conversation in a town where $17-$20 is really what people need to live. At $12/hr nationally, people are bringing home more money but the conversation regionally is still open. A chess match.

I really do believe that living wage is a regional not national issue.

Gotta get back to work, the last word is yours, friend -

[Plucketeer]

28. With SO MUCH of the country

in Republican hands - how long will it be before the chess pieces have a chance of moving? The needs are NOW - YESTERDAY for that matter. Wife and I are retired, but that doesn't foster the wonderment we have as to how minimum wage earners can make ends meet. And BTW, we live in THE "poorest" county in California.

[zebonaut]

24. Donald Trumps "hair" $40,000