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Stellar

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22. LOL, OK...let me think on that. nt

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #20)

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 02:14 PM

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Krugman: Elections Have Consequences [View all] n2doc Jan 2016 OP

Thank you! pnwmom Jan 2016 #1

Spread it far and wide brer cat Jan 2016 #2

I've seen estimates of Republican candidate proposals NewJeffCT Jan 2016 #3

Krugman has missed yet another opportunity to support Sanders. mahannah Jan 2016 #4

Yes he has. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #6

Sorry, I must have missed it. Any links? mahannah Jan 2016 #7

I'm talking an actual endorsement for president. mahannah Jan 2016 #8

But help me to understand how Krugman could bring up support of Bernie in this piece.. Stellar Jan 2016 #9

I read it a little different... Wounded Bear Jan 2016 #20

LOL, OK...let me think on that. nt Stellar Jan 2016 #22

+1 lark Jan 2016 #27

No, he is saying that this is what SOME PEOPLE assert, not what he asserts. nt tblue37 Jan 2016 #25

+1, exactly. He clearly disagrees. Indeed that is the entire point of the essay. n/t JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #35

There is no one person who will save us Cary Jan 2016 #5

^^This^^ Scuba Jan 2016 #10

Maybe not, but someone has to be the leader. Or leaders. Amorphous Nay Jan 2016 #40

"But on the left ... there are some people who ... minimize the differences between the parties. pampango Jan 2016 #11

Who is? Cary Jan 2016 #13

Certainly the faux-Repubs running around... Wounded Bear Jan 2016 #26

Main issue? porkified Jan 2016 #12

Good reply prorkified. The Sanders and Clinton tax plans will be out any day now. DhhD Jan 2016 #16

And 400 people still have more wealth than the bottom 60% bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #14

The college ripoff really needs to be addressed 7962 Jan 2016 #18

+1000000 liberal_at_heart Jan 2016 #29

Obama could of had the uber class paying a small percentage more after the 1st 4 years if...... fasttense Jan 2016 #15

Wow, I didn't know the President personally dictated tax rates. tabasco Jan 2016 #30

Third way works much better for Republicans than it does for Progressive Democrats. DhhD Jan 2016 #31

But isnt "returning the rates to pre-Reagan" what Hillary has been saying? 7962 Jan 2016 #17

Yes, it has been coming undone and 2014 taxes were higher. DhhD Jan 2016 #37

President Obama had my support before he saidsimplesimon Jan 2016 #19

Excellent Krugman piece. Thanks, n2doc. n/t bvf Jan 2016 #21

"a complete transformation of America’s political and economic scene" like they explicitly promised? MisterP Jan 2016 #23

Who explicitly promised that? Link please. n/t pnwmom Jan 2016 #28

This is currently the first comment on the article: tblue37 Jan 2016 #24

Congressional Law overides Supreme Court decisions. Seems to me that voting down ticket DhhD Jan 2016 #33

We need to vote all-ticket. We also need to educate Dem voters about the importance of tblue37 Jan 2016 #39

Does anybody remember these great changes to the tax structure of.the 1%? hedda_foil Jan 2016 #32

more explanation here n2doc Jan 2016 #34

The tax cuts were supposed to sunset after 10 years. DhhD Jan 2016 #36

I happily acknowledge the positive changes. hedda_foil Jan 2016 #38

And, another DU myth bites the dust ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #41

And I wish that Democratic candidates expressed it question everything Jan 2016 #42