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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

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4. Good points there.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #3)

Mon May 16, 2016, 11:04 PM

May 2016

Still, if you DO work full-time, no matter what the job, you should never be having to struggle to just hang on. And tens of millions of people who do work 40-hour weeks(and longer) do have to struggle like that.

We've got to get out of this "the 99% have to 'take one for the team'" mindset those on top have imposed on this country since 1981. None of that arrogance and none of the sacrifices imposed on the many below by the few above were never justified or necessary.

Thank you for your post.

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Regardless of who you support for the nom, do you agree with this statement from Bernie? [View all] Ken Burch May 2016 OP

I wouldn't mind seeing a few Wall Street traders and hedge fund managers living in poverty tularetom May 2016 #1

Picking up a phone and screaming at underlings doesn't count as work in my book. Ken Burch May 2016 #2

The "works 40 hours a week" part bothers me. Nobody should be living in poverty. Recursion May 2016 #3

Good points there. Ken Burch May 2016 #4

Sounds great creeksneakers2 May 2016 #5