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Selatius

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7. If you run for Congress, you generally don't want to piss off the wealthiest/powerful constituents.
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 08:14 AM
Feb 2013

It's difficult enough to get citizens to donate enough money to a politician's campaign, much less vote for one. Angering the wealthiest among the 1% just guarantees that the politician in question will also face incessant attack ads and character assassination campaigns launched by those wealthy few. The result is that only a handful of senators are left of center, and only one of them is an avowed democratic socialist. The other Democrats are neoliberals.

CORRECT Skittles Feb 2013 #1
ACA will be excepted by many Democrats... Veri1138 Feb 2013 #16
settling for mediocre and calling it progress seems to be a theme Skittles Feb 2013 #36
Republicans would not cut it because... Veri1138 Feb 2013 #43
You know none of these privileged fatcats ever goes to bed hungry MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #2
"So elect progressive candidates!" HOW??? HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #3
are you talking to me specifically? cause i didn't say 'elect progressive candidates" & i don't HiPointDem Feb 2013 #4
Oh sorry, no; it's just a general thing people tend to say in threads like these. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #17
true, that. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #24
If you run for Congress, you generally don't want to piss off the wealthiest/powerful constituents. Selatius Feb 2013 #7
That is why we have to change our economic system fasttense Feb 2013 #11
The more money that makes it's way to the top, the worse it's going to get. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #21
The ugly truth? Veri1138 Feb 2013 #18
How does cutting Social Security "Fix the Debt?" It has never contributed one penny to the debt. tclambert Feb 2013 #5
It depends how you look at it madville Feb 2013 #6
The Treasury would simply monetize those bonds, the way I understand it. Selatius Feb 2013 #9
If nothing is done it will snowball madville Feb 2013 #13
"in turn pays interest on it back to Social Security if it needs it" -- no, it pays interest HiPointDem Feb 2013 #27
It's pretty simple madville Feb 2013 #31
it's pretty simple. but that's not how it works. the Trust Fund gets REGULAR interest payments HiPointDem Feb 2013 #32
It is paid out only when it's needed madville Feb 2013 #33
you said: "it in turn pays interest on it back to Social Security if it needs it" HiPointDem Feb 2013 #34
Which is correct madville Feb 2013 #37
The TF is credited whether it's 'needed' or not, whether they 'pay out' or not. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #42
Well, another scenario... Veri1138 Feb 2013 #20
George Carlin was right....... lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #8
Which is exactly why I loathe Rendell. Skidmore Feb 2013 #10
and considering ed rendell DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #38
Slashing SS is the #1 goal of the 1%... because their taxes will go up big time otherwise. reformist2 Feb 2013 #12
Social Security represents... Veri1138 Feb 2013 #22
K&R forestpath Feb 2013 #14
Notice mtasselin Feb 2013 #15
Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2013 #19
rec n/t Autumn Feb 2013 #23
K&R for a truth nobody can afford to deny anymore. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #25
The one good thing about having Republicans in charge of the government Yavin4 Feb 2013 #26
true, that. it was funny how that just went away as an issue under the reign of bush. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #28
Fix the Debt: privatize the shit out of everything so the billionaires don't have to pay taxes. Initech Feb 2013 #29
Yeah, "bipartisan" in the same sense as a gang rape is "bipartisan". Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #30
Good one! Cleita Feb 2013 #35
K&R hay rick Feb 2013 #39
Flip the Debt octoberlib Feb 2013 #40
kick limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #41
I am officially off the Villaraigosa for Governor bandwagon KamaAina Feb 2013 #44
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