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Bernie Sanders

Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:25 PM Jul 2015

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This is what democracy looks like under the command and control of the 1%...

And this is WHY we FeelTheBern....

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This is what democracy looks like under the command and control of the 1%... (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2015 OP

$600 billion....BILLION... SoapBox Jul 2015 #1

Shhhhh, we can't talk about poverty or corporate welfare! Scootaloo Jul 2015 #2

Why talk about the poor? They don't exist. Neither do the rich. Only the middle class. merrily Jul 2015 #4

k & r merrily Jul 2015 #3

Nor can we afford Billionaires and even $100 Millionaires Demeter Jul 2015 #5

K & R historylovr Jul 2015 #6

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

1. $600 billion....BILLION...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:59 PM

Jul 2015

BILLION!

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

2. Shhhhh, we can't talk about poverty or corporate welfare!

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:18 PM

Jul 2015

merrily

(45,251 posts)

4. Why talk about the poor? They don't exist. Neither do the rich. Only the middle class.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:50 PM

Jul 2015

merrily

(45,251 posts)

3. k & r

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:47 PM

Jul 2015

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

5. Nor can we afford Billionaires and even $100 Millionaires

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 03:44 PM

Jul 2015

IMO, until everyone has single payer health care and a Social Security pension that supports life, anyone with assets over $100 Million should suffer confiscatory taxation. That's assets, not income. Either in life, or at death. It doesn't matter.

historylovr

(1,557 posts)

6. K & R

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:26 AM

Jul 2015

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