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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
18. Neither, I have no single issue. If I have to label it, it would best be
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 01:07 PM
Jun 2015

described as neo-liberal policies that I do not support.

Case in point:

Deprogramming Progressives Indoctrinated into Supporting Austerity
Posted: 12/28/2012

A little bit of economics can be a truly terrible thing, for the introductory classes in micro and macro-economics are the most dogmatic and myth-filled part of the neoliberal curriculum. Dogmas that have been falsified for 75 years (such as austerity) are taught as revealed truth. The poor indoctrinated student is then launched into the world "knowing" that austerity is the answer and that mass unemployment and prolonged recessions are small prices to be paid (by others) to achieve the holy grail of a balanced budget. Students are taught that national budgets are really just like household budgets.

These dogmas are not simply false, they are self-destructive and cruel. Neoliberal economics is so bad and has gone downhill at such a rapid rate that it now worships the economic analog to bleeding patients -- austerity -- as a response to a Great Recession. Millions of people are indoctrinated annually into believing this long-falsified nonsense, and that includes people who consider themselves progressives.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/deprogramming-progressive_b_2375358.html

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Neither. MattSh Jun 2015 #1
OK...that's valid... Ken Burch Jun 2015 #2
Yes Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #21
I'm sure the 'Iraq War vote' (a 2008 'dealbreaker' for many) is still one. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2015 #3
Her leading role in pressing regime change in Iraq, Libya and Syria, despite the recognized danger leveymg Jun 2015 #31
They were both practical votes. joshcryer Jun 2015 #4
Corporate butt kissing Kalidurga Jun 2015 #5
Hillary's Iraq War Vote PADemD Jun 2015 #6
Technically neither IVoteDFL Jun 2015 #7
Neither rogerashton Jun 2015 #8
^^This^^ abakan Jun 2015 #26
My single issues weren't listed. They are (in no particular order) ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #9
Neither. Agschmid Jun 2015 #10
Let those who are perfect have a single issue deal breaker. upaloopa Jun 2015 #11
Neither of those. TPP, war, fracking. Corporate Wall Street coziness. djean111 Jun 2015 #12
I have never been a single issue voter. 99Forever Jun 2015 #13
Exactly. I also find those most likely to be crying about "single issue voters" run closer to being TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #19
I think you are correct. 99Forever Jun 2015 #33
Neither. My single issue dealbreaker... Chan790 Jun 2015 #14
The Iraq war vote Cheese Sandwich Jun 2015 #15
Neither ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #16
For what's it's worth, Bernie is far better qualified than Ms. Clinton Bernie 2016 Jun 2015 #22
Well that's not how I see it ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #23
Neither. LWolf Jun 2015 #17
Neither, I have no single issue. If I have to label it, it would best be Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #18
I'm not an issues voter Fumesucker Jun 2015 #20
your premise is wrong Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #24
Too few choices, by far. MineralMan Jun 2015 #25
Neither. tymorial Jun 2015 #27
Given only those choices mainstreetonce Jun 2015 #28
Neither of those. Maedhros Jun 2015 #29
Corporatism is the deal-breaker for me. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #30
I choose my candidate by deciding which one I would rather have a beer with corkhead Jun 2015 #32
Sanders record on gun control is a negative. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2015 #34
Pretty simple, really. The deal-breaker: OilemFirchen Jun 2015 #35
Neither Sheepshank Jun 2015 #36
My problem is I simply don't trust Hillary because I think she has been in the pocket of PatrickforO Jun 2015 #37
There is one circumstance DonCoquixote Jun 2015 #38
Honestly, neither davidpdx Jun 2015 #39
Neither. Trade / Corporatism is mine Populist_Prole Jun 2015 #40
Pieces of shit attempting to make Hillary look anti-equality. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #41
Hillary's dealbreaker for me will always be her vote for IWR Skittles Jun 2015 #42
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