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If That’s Socialism, We’ve Got it All Wrong
Posted On 10 Aug 2016
Either Bernie Sanders just showed his voters how much of a fraud he is, or we’ve got the nature of socialism all wrong. According to reports, Sanders and his wife, Jane, just purchased a lovely $600,000 “summer retreat” in North Hero, Vermont.
“We’ve traveled up to the islands many times over the years – almost always on day trips,” Jane Sanders said in a statement. “The entire family is very excited about it.”
Oh, we’re sure they are. What better place than your lavish third home to sit and contemplate the evils of the 1 percent? After all, Sanders is among the poorest elected officials in the Senate; he and his wife only brought in $205,617 in 2014. That makes them part of the 4%, which is of course much less disgusting than the top 3%, but indeed a little more disgusting than the 5%. That’s how it works, right? Comparisons?
For the last year, this man has been preaching the gospel of income inequality, demonizing the mysterious “fat cats” on Wall Street and blaming rich CEOs for the vast majority of the nation’s ills. All the while, he masqueraded as an everyday “man of the people” and pretended to be just another working stiff sick of the establishment.
But in this purchase, Sanders has done more than just show his own true colors. He’s also shown us the true nature of elite liberals, no matter which flavor of socialism they prefer. They’re ensconced in a neverending whirlwind of hypocrisy, enrichening themselves beyond their wildest dreams while pretending to care about America’s least privileged. Whether they see the hypocrisy or not is almost irrelevant. Making a self-deprecating joke or two is not the same as being in alignment with your cause.
This is, beyond all other factors, what drives so many people to embrace conservatism. Conservatism is truth. Conservatism (at its best) doesn’t hide behind a layer of fantasy. Conservatism acknowledges both the good and bad in the human heart. Conservatism is an ideology in harmony with WHAT IS. When you hear it, you feel it on a level deeper than the mundane thing we call the “mind.” You feel it at the very core of your being.
That doesn’t mean that Republicans can’t be guilty of hypocrisy, obviously, but this isn’t about any individual politician – even Bernie Sanders. This is about the beliefs that drive the Democratic Party and all other forms of socialism/liberalism. They are false beliefs that only exist because there are so many people unwilling to accept reality.
Perhaps, at his quaint little spot on the Champlain Islands, Bernie will one day realize that almost everything he believes in – everything he preached on the campaign trail – is total fiction. If so, he just made a very wise purchase.
he should have bought a couple more pairs of under wear to put on the heater to dry, just like the clintons are for the little guy with there 3 multi million dollar mansions, socialisum , take all you can from the people so you can live high on the hog , who cares how the little people have to suffer as long as they keep the money they can steal, just like the obomas ,8 years of vacationing , playing golf and fundraising , and 8 years of failure , and refuses to take responsibility for them , and 10 trillion dollar flushed down the toilet, every city and state across america that has a tax and spend democrat in charge , are all billions of dollars in debt , that’s why cities like philly have stooped so low as to tax sodas by the ounce , when the real problem is the high pay , extravigant benifits packages and pensions , and every year they have to raise taxes and still can’t balance there budgets
You are preaching to choir. The people who need to hear what you write. They refuse to hear it.
I sincerely hope that preaching includes information that is marginally more accurate than our friend Richard suggests. He has obviously never looked at how Republicans treat the “little people”.
DUmbos are sick AHs and if your to stupid to understand it then go swim with the sharks idiot
Not sure how you define a dumbo. Does it include an inability to write a grammatical English sentence?
His writing is lame at best.
What are you writing about.
Now, now Raymond. Surely you comprehend Jim’s post!
One thing Repubs do recognize is that all of the lamebrain lemmings who have so willingly and devotedly followed this spineless, weak kneed, unqualified president really do not care about the state of this country. Sure you see all of the statistics which tell the story of an abysmal economy, a debt that translates to almost $60K of debt per individual in this nation, more and more terrorist’s attempts inside our country, healthcare premiums continually rising despite the president’s promise that they wouldn’t, and the list goes on and on and on. And, all of you Obama lovers are still caught in the first year of his presidency still blaming Bush. You are pathetic.
Anyone who speaks out cares about the state of the country. The ones who do not care say nothing. I am the first to say that the state of the country is not good. But I think that the number one problem is the two-party political system which divides the country on the basis of who you may (or may not) vote for. If you are a registered Republican, it seems, you are required to mock and deride anyone who is a registered Democrat. (Ignoring the 40% of the population who are independent, but that’s another matter.)
To be fair, it also means that if you identify as a Democrat, you feel entitled to call ALL Republicans idiots and morons.
This is not a good situation. And it is the reason that I take the time to read the extremely biased blogs that appear on this site, and why I take the time to respond. Can’t we have an excahnge of ideas instead of an exchange of abuse?
The ones i talk to got plenty to say. The problem is i will not be allowed to write what they say.
Of course you can write what they say – just leave out the bad language, insults and made up ‘facts’.
If we’re reduced to a one party system, then we’ll be living in a tyrannical system because there won’t be any checks and balances or another way for us to move to.
Who said anything about only one party? Of course that leads to tyranny.
How about no parties? Or many? How about the parties being a bit more flexible and not punishing a member of Congress for voting against the party line when it seems better for their constituents to do so?
To me, the very worst and unforgiveable action of “…the lamebrain lemmings…” is that they care nothing about the future of their and our progeny!!!!
I just “block” those such as liz so I don’t have to read their ill-conceived and lying posts!!!!!
Why do you call him spineless and weak kneed? Don’t you know it takes a lot of guts to go up against the entire American peoples and force a way of life alien to a free people. Especially a people as well armed as the American people are? After all Obama has done more to destroy this nation than all the foreign army’s in the world.
I’ll remind you that under Obama we’ve had people on welfare and food stamps double,1.2 % growth in the economy and it’s the top 2 % who have gotten richer as a result of the fed pumping 80 billion a month into the markets.Under Obama the middle class are the ones getting hit the hardest.It will be the same if Clinton wins.She will continue his policies with energy,putting coal companies out of business creating higher heating cost,healthcare, which has been a disaster, creating higher deductibles and healthcare cost for the middle class.
I’ll remind you that Obama inherited the Great Recession. I’m not sure where you get the figure of 1.2% growth. My research came up with quite a different picture as you can see here: http://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-chance-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/ or here:http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=XU&page=1
I also don’t know where you got the 80 billion a month figure from. This article http://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/a/govt_bailout.htm suggests 15 billion A YEAR as the maximum. You should also take note of the date that the bailout bill passed: October 2008. That is before Obama was even elected.
You are absolutely right about the rich getting richer, but that did not start under Obama either. That started with Reagan and the idea of trickle down economics. Only not much trickled down. Yes, the middle class is being squeezed and increasing taxes for the very wealthy would help them. But Republicans, including Donald Trump, will not do that.
Does it matter if they call themselves Democrats or Republicans? They are pretty much all the same. They are selling out this country for their New World Order. They are crooked, corrupt, liars and don’t give a flip about the working class taxpayers. Obama has only hastened the demise of America (at a breakneck speed, no less), started by others.
So there is something we agree on! Democrats and Republicans are pretty much the same. That is why Bernie is wonderful. He ran as a Democrat because the current system does not really encourage third parties, and he knew he would have got nowhere as an Independent.
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So you are a socialist, I thought so.
You think that I am a socialist. You are wrong.
I’m not quite sure how to describe myself, but I certainly do not fit into your preconceived definitions. That said, can you explain to me why you think being a ‘socialist’ is such a bad idea?
Ever know a socialist government that lasted? When other people’s money runs out, who’s going to pay for it? China might have the right idea, kill all the those that oppose you. Won’t work here in the US, to many of us that can shoot back….I was trained by the government for 10 years and was top of my class Marines 1973-1983
Depends what you mean by a socialist government. If you mean one that is controlled by a socialist party, longevity is the norm – think Russia (70 or so years from the Revolution to the breakup of the Soviet Union); China (1946 to the present) and Cuba (1959 to the present).
When other people’s money runs out, who’s going to pay for it? I see this often, but have no idea what it means. Who are the other people?
You refer to totalitarian governments draped in a socialist cloak.
Russia…You do realize that they are Communist right? ….know anyone from the states making a mad dash to become a Russian? I doubt it. Russia is the true meaning of know the right people…get rich. If you don’t you live in a 800 sq ft apartment and lucky to have IKEA decor. The alcoholism rate there is about triple…you know they had to ban mouthwash with alcohol in it? Again, if your so inclined to be a socialist under Russian rule ….be my guest and head on over.
China…did you ever see what happened to those that openly protest ANYTHING? Again you are confusing communism with socialism…I’m just going to cut and paste the gist of what’s happening in that hell hole.
In spite of restrictions on freedom of association and of speech, a wide variety of protests and dissident movements have proliferated in China, particularly in the decades since the death of Mao Zedong. Among the most notable of these were the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Communist Party rule, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, which was put down with military force, and the 25 April 1999 demonstration by 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners at Zhongnanhai. Protesters and dissidents in China espouse a wide variety of grievances, including but not limited to corruption, forced evictions, unpaid wages, human rights abuses, environmental degradation, ethnic protests, petitioning for religious freedom and civil liberties, protests against one-party rule, as well as nationalist protests against foreign countries.
The number of annual protests has grown steadily since the early 1990s, from approximately 8700 “mass group incidents” in 1993[1] to over 87,000 in 2005.[2] In 2006, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimated the number of annual mass incidents to exceed 90,000, and Chinese sociology professor Sun Liping estimated 180,000 incidents in 2010.[3] [4] Mass incidents are defined broadly as “planned or impromptu gathering that forms because of internal contradictions”, and can include public speeches or demonstrations, physical clashes, public airings of grievances, and other group behaviors that are seen as disrupting social stability.[5]
Despite the increase in protests, some scholars have argued that they may not pose an existential threat to Communist Party rule because they lack “connective tissue;”[6] the preponderance of protests in China are aimed at local-level officials, and only a select few dissident movements seek systemic change.
Last but not least your beautiful Cuba. You do realize they have been propped up by Russia? The area is stuck in the late 50’s as far as their quality life ( and I’m not talking about the good things from the 50’s). They still have dirt roads in their cities. Sanitation doesn’t even come up to 50’s standards for the areas outside of downtown Havana. If it wasn’t for the fact the Russians want an island close to the US for strategic reasons Cuba might be a great place. But the Russians allowed Castro to rule (no elections there) and gave him a stipend to run his country. He lived like a ruling monarch and his people languished in poverty. They aren’t socialist….they are held up by communists
You may think so, but you are wrong.
True, gingergirl! I don’t understand how anyone of any party that has followed this election cycle with an open mind would not discover what we have!
Who was it that had both houses of congress when Obama took office Elizabeth ? And who was it that had both houses of congress for 6 out of the 8 years Bush was in office.And your wrong again.GDP is currently at .05 % Look for yourself http://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-chance-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/ and apparently you know nothing of the quantitative easing that’s being done by that is being done month,and I was wrong there too,,it’s 85 billion a month http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/09/18/fed-reserve-to-continue-qe-stimulus/
You are looking at one quarter out of 8 years! There seems to be a pattern of one very poor quarter each year, but overall the growth is not bad.
You are right, I know nothing about quantitative easing. At least not until you brought it up. I consulted the Economist (http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/03/economist-explains-5) and now know a little more. It seems that the US is not the only country that has been following this path. And it may or may not be a good thing.
Incidentally, I would not believe Breitbart if it said the sun rises in the east.
Yes I am aware that is just 1 quarter Elizabeth,But,Note what quarter that is too. 1st Quarter of 2016.
Oh,, OK I get it,,You’re a “Media Matters” funded by George Soros fan. The same guy who bought the election for Obama and who is now funding the Democrat Party and the Clinton campaign.Media Matters=The most vile rag that’s ever had ink put too it or a space on the Net.I keep a copy in my bathroom right beside the toilet and use it accordingly….
F.Y.I. The “average “GDP and where I got it from is here http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth beside being on the news every month
That is not the source you quoted before. And it does not say that the current GDP is only .5%.
With what you wrote above, it appears that you still perceive the Democrat Party as for the average people. Elizabeth, you really must do research on this Party and its goals and agenda and the type of people they really are, and what they really stood for even 100-200 years ago. Liberalism leads to destruction and illusion. Conservatism in its purest form without the crony capitalism, is the best form of government. We are meant to govern ourselves, not have anyone else dictate our thoughts, feelings and actions. The Democrats want to be our dictator along with some of the Republicans. Our government is not what it should be, but if we take a stand and with God’s help, we can turn it into what it is meant to be for us.
What a party stood for 100-200 years ago has very little relevance to what the party with the same name stands for today. Even you must agree that the Republican party stance has also changed over the years.
We are in complete agreement that our government is not what it should be, although we do differ about the ‘what it is meant to be for us’ part. The two party system does nothing to help. It is quite possible for Congress and the President to be elected by as little as one third of the population (Trump is an example). This leads to a situation where you have at least 50% of the population unhappy with the government that was elected. And even more unhappy with Congress where civility and co-operation seem to be a distant memory, and members vote along party lines without, it seems, bothering to weigh the merits of the situation.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for God to help – elect some independents.
Let’s not be naive – DNC & Clinton’s most likely paid Sanders to endorse Hillary & drop out or he is just another political snow job! I for one am not contributing money to any ‘stinking’ politician! Wake up America!
I also refuse to give money for politics.
Let’s not be naive. Let’s give Senator Sanders some credit here. His record in public office is impeccable and it will take more than your opinion to convince me he took money to drop out of the race. He is one of the very few honest men in politics.
That said, i am not contributing money to any ‘stinking’ politician either.
Better check were Sanders got the money to buy the place. Either the Democrat party or the Clinton foundation. If the Sanders people vote for Trump to show the Clintons the door out of politics would be the best for the US. The Clintons have stepped on people all their lives , it’s time the people step on them.
The Clinton are very good at stealing election.
Really? Please explain.
Theres a new movie out about your party you need to get out and see it called Hillary’s America ! wake up and smell the coffee ! being naive is a form of stupidity.
And appears it is running rampant in this country because of people like yourself.
There is indeed a movie out called Hillary’s America, but you are making huge assumptions when you say that it is about “my party”. It is not a requirement to be a member of the Democratic Party to support Sanders; quite the opposite.
I have seen the movie. And I am wide awake. I have only known America since the beginning of Reagan’s second term. And I see the parties as completely reversed. All the bad characteristics that D’Sousa attributes to Democrats are exactly the characteristics that I associate with the Republicans of today. I don’t know how and when the switch came about, but the established parties do not reflect the values that they held, say, fifty years ago.
I know Democratic Values are now worse than ever same party but just on steroids way worse wake up…
And you are quite happy with Republican values?
As Dave Barry put it:
The
Democrats seem to be basically nicer people (than Republicans), but they have demonstrated time
and again that they have the management skills of celery.
It’s the ‘basically nicer people’ bit that is most relevant. I would never suggest that not being a Republican automatically makes you a nicer person, but I do find the overall attitude of the party to be mean-spirited. Sort of along the lines of “I’m not having any fun, so you can’t either”.
Setting parties and politics aside, let’s look at the much broader categories of liberals and conservatives. By definition, liberals are open to new ideas while conservatives are resistant to change. And by those definitions, I used to be very conservative: if I made up my mind about something, that was it; that’s how it was going to be. I was fortunate enough to meet and marry a man of immense intellect and vision who gently nudged me towards the understanding that it is OK to change your mind. This is especially true if new information comes to light. He also felt very strongly that a civilized society looks after its weakest members.
You truly are a joke let’s review democratic values where do I start ? Let’s see transgender guys with a penis allowed to go into girls bathrooms that’s a good one. Same-sex marriages that’s even a good one. Taking religion out of our country that’s a great one being that it’s religion in the Christian faith is what founded our country. Let’s see putting people above the law that would be your Hillary Clinton. Teaching it’s ok to Rob pilferage and beat up anybody that doesn’t see your idiotic stupid and unfounded ways of thinking, go to some good values those are ones I want to teach my kids not. The buyers of teaching that lying is ok that’s a great one just ask Hillary Clinton that piece of shit. Or how about the values of making the White House into the gay Capital Lighting it up with the little gay lights and flying the gay flag above the White House those are great values also. Lady I could go on and on and on but you are too ignorant and blind and that is the trouble with a lot of America today you are blinded by the liberal media that has been jammed down your throat and you take it you can’t think for yourself ,all I can say is wake up !!
Just the fact that Hillary Clinton is still running for president is just amazing and it blows most Americans away other than yourself the fact that she’s got away with murder got away with lying got away with perjury got away with everything that she’s involved when it’s a criminal and organization and those are great values and what America was founded on right.
The realistic liberals have no values and they have no common sense you do what you’re told and you believe what you’re told pretty much what Hitler did the Germany controlled everything that they heard , do not even speak to me about liberal values you have none and that is why this country is going down the toilet 6 years of liberal values and I have to worry about my nine-year-old daughter going into a bathroom with some dude.
I have your values hanging I’m so fed up with idiots like yourself I’m sure you don’t work I’m sure you’re on food stamps and I’m sure you just sitting back letting it free free free free.
At least I’m answering this stupid site driving to my next appointment what are you doing sitting there eating Doritos that you got with food stamps! values
Liberals have destroyed this great nation from what it once was and from what the founding fathers meant it to be Hillary Clinton would just be the nail in the coffin so take your liberal values and go screw yourself !!!
You obviously feel quite strongly about this because your typing has not kept up with your brain, and much of what you say is a little hard to follow.
But, let’s start with this : “but you are too ignorant and blind and that is the trouble with a lot of
America today you are blinded by the liberal media that has been jammed
down your throat and you take it you can’t think for yourself ,all I
can say is wake up !!” This argument is equally valid if you replace the word ‘liberal’ with ‘conservative’. Except that I am far from ignorant, and I think for myself just a tad more than you seem to do.
I think about religion almost every day. And none of those thoughts are positive.
Marx (a true socialist) said: “Religion is the opiate of the people” and Napoleon contributed: “Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering
the rich.”
The United States was founded in 1777, a time when the only means was transportation was feet (either two or four) and the only means of communication was face to face (perhaps with a piece of paper as well). The only explanation for the mysteries of the little-known universe was some sort of supernatural creator.
But in 1859, Charles Darwin published ‘Origin of Species”, and everything changed. Once the concept of evolution is understood, God becomes redundant. That has not stopped religious leaders from popes to ayatollahs to rabbis from fomenting discord.
There is no mention of god in the Constitution, and I am utterly convinced that if the US has come into being in 1877, there would have been no mention of a creator either.
That’s funny!!!! You should do standup, on second thought you’d starve to death with those lines.
Liberals are open to new ideas. Trannies in the women’s bathroom. Less than qualified hired over those that are. Having healthcare paid for by the middle class. Sanctuary cities where illegals/criminals can go to hide. They don’t want you to have to have an ID to vote…excuses are the elderly, poor and veterans would have an unfair hurdle to over come in getting an ID. THAT ONE REALLY CRACKS ME UP. They have 4 years …I reregistered after I moved on line. If your a vet you can register when you go to the VA. The poor seem to make it to the store okay to buy their cigarettes and booze.
Conservatives are resistant to change… I don’t want some dude with a deranged mind going into the same restroom as my wife, daughter in laws or granddaughters. The most qualified should get the job….want to be more qualified? Work at it like I did. You have to have an ID when you sign up for the service, drive a car, get on a plane, buy alcohol, buy cigarettes…by law if a policeman asks your supposed to show your ID. Just a few things that an ID is used for…so why should it be any different to be doing one of the most important duties as a citizen like voting???
Weakest members…don’t have a problem with that as most don’t. Laziest, unproductive and feels entitled to. Now we have a problem. That’s where family comes in….if you don’t work at family and just have kids to have a bigger check. Now we have problems. My mother inlaw will never have to worry about anything, her family will take care of her if the need ever arises. My mom never has to worry. If you don’t strive to have a family unit, when you get old you only have your selfish self to thank. Most liberals get on to us Christians for being a little harsh when it comes to this….okay, let’s let Darwin sort it out for ya.
Liberals might just take the trouble to read up on the issue of transgender people. It does not take long to realize that this is not a question of deranged minds. This is how God created them (to use terms that you might understand). When a six year old christened Charles Edward (or whatever) says “Mommy, I’m not a boy, I’m a girl” you know that his gender assignment was off the mark. A transgender woman is not a man in drag. She is more woman than male and that is what she wants to be. Hormone therapy can help her reduce male characteristics like hair and a deep voice, and grow breasts. Her genitals may be only nominally male; surgery can help sort things out. Or not. It all depends on the individual circumstances (something a liberal will take into account but a conservative will not, because, you know, a trans is a trans and its a choice).
All of that means that you have no idea whether the petite blond washing her hands next to you, or the tall broad-shouldered gal going into the stall is a transgender person or not. One is as likely – or unlikely – as the other.
If, however, you see a hairy-legged six-footer teetering in on six inch heels, with an obvious wig, badly applied make up and a tight-fitting dress with a bulge at the crotch, you should probably yell for help. even then you could be wrong.
They have already had problems with men in the women’s bathroom since this has all started. Problem is you’ve slready said it was alright to be in there. So what’s next?? Pediphiles were born that way… Most serial killers were born that way. Heck, Charlie Manson had a sick mind from birth.
But I digress, you took one little sentence and made a confused individual into a martyr. Gotta use the rest room…either go with your X or Y chromosome or find a non gender restroom.
It is not necessary to have a transgender law on or off the books for men to try to have their wicked way with women. I can’t help thinking that there are easier ways than dressing up as a woman in order to get into a women’s bathroom. Then what? If the room is full of other women, you’re not going to get very far. If the bathroom is isolated and there is no one else around, you hardly have to go to the trouble of pretending to be a woman, you just grab the woman, do what you want to do and leave.
Do you have reliable reports of men disguised as women, in North Carolina where this all started, attacking women in bathrooms? And what about the states who, shock horror, have not outlawed transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice? Have there been attacks there? Ever?
I really feel that you need to think this through. Are the chances of a female being attacked in a bathroom by a man pretending to be a woman higher or lower than a female being attacked in a bathroom by a tattooed man in cowboy boots? Are there more transgender pedophiles than straight males? Are there more gay pedophiles than priests?
And another point about the bathroom issue. What sort of reception do think a transgender woman is going to get when she is forced to use the men’s room?
We can talk about your other issues as well.
I don’t have issues sweetheart, never have. I use the men’s room and the girls use the ladies. I’ve been places the gals have resorted to using the men’s room because of the lines…and I can tell you this , if a man decided he’d try to even get a peek when she was going and I was there. He’d leave with at least some sort of injury he’d have to see a doctor about.
I’m not talking about being attacked you loser. Basically it’s voyerism that the problem. They take their phones in with them and put them under the dividers or over the top. We are talking about an invasion of privacy…you want to joke about it, but as one of my brother in laws who is a LEO in Texas said he’s personally had to deal with cases even before this was made legal. Now it’s worse because of this PC crap. See, with your responses I’m guessing you would probably give them a show….what, the hubby not keeping you happy?
You have quite unintentionally put your finger on both the problem and the solution: doors.
Why is it that designers of toilet facilities think it is a good idea to put doors on stalls that not only start 12 inches from the floor and end two feet from the ceiling, but also have a one inch gap on either side? Forget men in the ladies’ room, I’m not so wild about women being able to peer in while I pee or poop or change a tampon. (Thank god the latter is a thing of the past). I know of nowhere else that actually invites voyeurism.
Poppycock!
Would you care to expand on that? Which part is poppycock, and why?
Have you not been listening to even the mainstream news stations at all on Hillary and Bill’s so corrupt foundation and lives? You really must do research on your totally corrupt candidate. Then, you will have some honest truth to ponder.
What is the son in laws fathers criminal record accused of.
It is difficult to follow the comments of one person scattered throughout thread, but even if you were to click on my name and scroll through my recent history, you would find nothing to suggest that Hillary is “my candidate”.
The only news I listen to is NPR, but infrequently, so I may have missed a report about this corrupt foundation of which you speak. I have seen many suggestions that it is corrupt, with investigations at several levels, some still ongoing. When a serious investigation provides evidence, I will accept that as the honest truth.
One good example is her nomination for President. She rigged it against Sanders.
That was not so much Hillary as it was the DNC.
Same same!
I did check, and it seems that Mrs Sanders inherited a property in Maine and they traded that in for the one in Vermont. Simple as that.
Thanks
And he should, according to his beliefs, open his mansion to everyone who wants to visit, right?? I mean, one for all and all for one, right??? Or he could sell his “inherited” mansion – yeah, right, inherited my a** – and give all that money to the people in Vermont. I mean that’s what he is all about, right? Everyone share and share alike? What’s mine is his, and so on. . . . ??? Start working your brain, girl, and realize that these politicians that want to take all your money for the good of everyone else, really just want to take all your money!! They really don’t care about everyone else.
You are showing your ignorance here. Bernie is not against capitalism (I am, but that’s another story). However, he believes that the wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes. Do you have a problem with that? Would you rather pay, proportionally, higher taxes than Warren Buffet, Donald Trump and Bill Gates, just to name a few?
Sanders does not want to take your money. But he does want to level the playing field. He wants health care for everyone so that no one goes bankrupt paying hospital bills. He wants education to be accessible to all, not just those who can afford it. He wants people to graduate with a qualification, not a life-time of debt.
Unless you are one of the wealthy, and somehow I doubt that, you and your family would benefit from Sanders’ policies. He’s not taking your money; he’s helping you.
You are making excuses for him and you are not seeing his reality because you are determined to keep your blinders on. Info: my money is mine. your money is your’s. everyone’s money is their’s. None of us deserve another’s efforts that brings them their money. Your way creates selfish people who will contribute nothing because they figure they’ll be financially supported by others. Your way kills ambition and desire to succeed because as time goes on more and more will get tired of working for everyone else. And, at the end of that thought, just where will the money come from, or the government will ever increase our taxes until we have no pay check and we end up working for the government to pay for everyone. Your way will make us slaves to everyone and will ultimately completely destroy society and it then crumbles. You probably won’t believe this because you are unable to take socialism/communism to its end result. The truth is so staring you in the face that it’s undeniable – look at Venezuala, Detroit, Chicago, California, Hawaii and all cities and states that are Democrat ruled. There’s your proof if you would only acknowledge it!
Bernie Sanders certainly does not need me to make excuses for him. He’s a big boy and can stand up for himself.
Instead I will address what you choose to call “my way”. You have very little way of knowing what “my way” is. I have outlined, to the best of my ability, what Senator Sanders would like to see happen in this country. But you are assuming that his way is my way.
I did say that I am against capitalism, and perhaps I should be clear that I am not against entrepreneurship and privately owned businesses. What I am against is publicly traded companies who are expected to make as much money as possibly for the shareholders (after the CEO and other executives have taken their perfectly reasonable 7 and 8 figure salaries). I am against speculation on the stock market, and I am against globalization, which is just another way of saying developing new markets for American products and services.
None of that makes me a socialist or a communist. It does not make Democrats socialists. And it certainly does not make California a socialist state. What defines a socialist state (and again, this is how I understand things) is that the state controls the means of production. Industries and utilities, for example, are state owned. All revenue goes to the state to be used and distributed as the state sees fit. That is not the case in any of the places you mention, except Venezuela.
Private ownership, enterprise and a relatively free market create many opportunities for those capable of taking advantage of them. A society that also takes care of those who, for one reason or another, lack the skills to do so, is a much nicer society than one which says “mine. mine, mine – you’ll just have to fend for yourself”
I listened to Sanders debates and thought they were great …then I made my brain sit down and analyze his desires for a better America.
First: Tax the wealthy. Do you remember when Obama ran in 2007? He also promised to tax the wealthy and lower the middle class taxes. Guess what in 8 years the only taxes that got changed was the middle class and it was not lower but higher. They get in office they two are then in the top 1% they will not tax themselves period. They only run on the tax the wealthy to draw in the less fortunate and get your vote. Besides if they went against the wealthy they would be cutting off their on left foot politically.
Two: Universal Health Care for all sounds great. Everyone deserves health care yes problem with that is paying for it. The insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies are out of control …they are both part of the problem in America and will only raise their prices should government take control of the system. Taxpayer are the one’s who will foot the bill for this healthcare not the wealthy as Sanders proposed… it just want happen … they have to much power and the system is to corrupt to go against the power elite.
Taxes will once again skyrocket for the middle class forcing us into poverty. Just look at Obamacare. The very poor are the only one’s making out with his healthcare program with the exception of those with preexisting conditions which was a great thing because before Obama care they were not able to get insurance…I can not speak about how much it cost them for this insurance as I do not know. What I do know is most were unable to keep their doctor and the deductibles went way up. The hidden taxes are killing our citizens. One associate of mine just told me that she just got a bill from the IRS for $4,000.00 dollars because of Obamacare. She makes $9.00 per hour.
Another friend got a bill for $7,000.00.
Education there again it will be up to the taxpayers to pay.the bill, so one way are another college kids will still foot the bill they will be paying not only for their college education but everyone else’s as well.
Governments involvement in business is never a good thing. They absolutely know nothing about how it works and always seems to raise prices.
Just look at Social Security set up to help the elderly at retirement and the medically disabled. They are taken money from the elderly and disable to give to those who are perfectly capable of working but are to lazy to do so…and for whatever program that they feel will help them get votes.
Look at the United States post Office ran by the government about to go bankrupt. Obama Care already put all but two top insurance companies out of business and raised our deficit by billions.
The wealthy should they pay m5ore taxes will only raise their prices to make up the difference and past it right back down to the working class so one-way are another we the public will pay for everything Sanders is proposing.
The problem with this country is greed. The root of all evil is money.
Think about what I have said and you will know I am right. Every decision you make today will effect our children to decade’s.
The problem with this country is greed. The root of all evil is money.
You have hit the nail on the head. That is exactly the problem. But it is not the government that is greedy. (Incredibly wasteful, yes, but not exactly greedy) It is also a little bit of a myth that the government runs the country. Corporate America runs the country.
The Corporate America is the problem that was my point. Once politians get into office then they seem to fall under the Corporate’s influence.
It’s called lobbying.
Apparently you don’t know anything about Kalifornistan. We have a governor, his name is Jerry brown aka gov moon beam. We’re in the middle of a 5 year drought…last year gave is a little help, none in Southern California…and this idiot has been pushing for a billion dollars to be spent on a bullet train.. First off, WE NEED WATER STORAGE. Second, we need law enforcement to be able to do its job. Not be handicapped by those bleeding hearts known as the liberal senators voted in by the illegals. I’m only staying in this state because my kids and grandkids are here. Time comes when our civil war starts, I’m headed to Sacramento to rid our state of these low life’s.
Yep, we need a bullet train like the Sahara needs sand.
You are right. Western states need water storage. All states need better water management.
Have you considered using a bit of your free time to make that happen?
Misquote: The LOVE of money is the root of all evil.
I’m sorry, if you want to go to college YOU pay for it. I spent 10 years out of highschool in the Marines, I could have used the GI bill to go to college….so can anyone else. I went straight to a trade and worked to learn that trade. I studied and got my GC license and put my home up as collateral to get a loan (I didn’t qualify at the time because I was white) so I could buy the equipment I needed to start out on my own. So you have a problem with capitalism?? Yeah, that’s me!!! I worked my ass off!!! For 6 years I didn’t even have 2 days connected to take off from work. There were months I didn’t take a day off and I still found time to coach my kids in baseball and football.
It really bothers me to hear people like you say capitalism like it’s a bad thing…of course my body would probably agree with you. But, I’ve never asked anybody for any thing and I’m tired of people asking for something they should work for. I watched as my insurance premiums have gone up over 145%…my deductible doubled… Because of the higher increase in premiums we went with an hmo instead of the ppo which meant the services weren’t as good.
Hard work never killed anyone….they keep reaching in my pocket…now a days I shoot thieves.
I admire your ethics, even though they are a little bit of the “cut off your nose to spite your face” kind. It was your decision not to take advantage of the GI bill, and I can imagine several reasons why that would be. Are you saying, I wonder, that if the GI bill had extended to trade training you would have refused the assistance? Would you have refused a loan from the Small Business Administration to help you start out on your own because it is government run?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with capitalism (or private ownership as opposed to socialism or government ownership) until it gets to the point of making a profit rather than making a living.
If the US adopted universal healthcare (like the rest of the developed world) would you refuse that as well so that you could continue to pay your hard-earned money to an insurance company instead?
Apparently you didn’t or have tried to get a small business loan back in the 80’s … Unless you had 50% receivables coming in OR you were a minority OR you were an immigrant like the Asians were back then, I couldn’t get a start up small business loan. I had three strikes against me right off the bat 1. I was white 2. I was a born and raised American citizen. 3. I was male/white. Heck, out of the service I tried to get on with the fire dept. LA city captain told me I was the wrong color. Pasadena…minorities and women got 10 point head start on the written…got help through the physical agility test and I was told that even though I was top in the class, that the 10 openings were still going to be filled with the top 10 blacks, Hispanics and women. Long Beach was the same story.
Glad I never had to worry about being rescued by the bottom of the class.
I refused anything that the government tried to give me because of my last year in the Marines. I went to Grenada as a MGySgt E9, two weeks later I was having my shoulder replaced and looking at being medically discharged. Long story short, they kicked me pretty good while I was down….not the Marines, the golden boys that don’t ever see combat or know what it’s like to have your lively hood striped from you. The VA is run by the government and when they were pretty much done with me, I didn’t ever want to deal with them again.
The problem with universal health care is it will never ever be what someplace like Canada has. You know why? They don’t let you sit home and collect welfare and have anchor babies and then dole out free health care. Just try and move there…better have a job lined up, at least $10,000 in the bank and have references. Somebody has to pay for it.
He wants free free free it’s called Socialism or communism you are very naive I suggest you move to Russia our communist China to live you do not belong here America it was not set up to be a socialist Nation bye bye ! Oh yeah and every communist country they are all screwed up go live there and find out for yourself you don’t like it here leave.
Work hard reap the benefits and Rewards ! Don’t sit on your ass anticipating everything to be handed to you but somebody else it is working his ass off.
The US is not a socialist nation and is very unlikely to become one.
I have not been to Russia and would not like to live in China (FAR too many people), but I think that I could live quite happily in Cuba, that well-known communist hell-hole.
Not very many people do sit on their asses anticipating everything to be handed to them. You obviously belong to the ‘working his ass off’ category. Is that going well?
Under Obama this country is turning into a socialist Nation can with Hillary and will be the nail in America’s coffin, and as for working my ass off it’s going quite well thank you ! I’m going to my second house again this weekend at Lake Havasu and I’m taking out my bad ass boat that I worked hard for and bought a few years back and I’ll be driving my bad ass truck that I also worked hard for been leaving my nice sports car in the garage. So yes working hard has been going well for me thanks for asking , can you know what I’m going to expecting anyone to pay my way or do they need too ! I work hard I play hard and I enjoy the hell out of my life .! So How’s Riding Off The Tail of hard working people working for you ?? And that is the problem with socialism bunch of lazy people wanting a free ride and think that they are owned by people that have been working hard their whole life to get where they’re at. I’m working hard you’ll appreciate whatever it is you have a hell of a lot more then being handed to you too for free .. America it was originally built by hard-working people not a bunch of couch potatoes expecting handouts and entitlements.
Because you’re entitled to nothing work for !!!
rI’m very happy for you that your hard work is paying off. You seem to be living the American Dream out there in Arizona, which is great as the dream is becoming more nd more difficult to achieve.
I have to wonder, though, what led you to think that I am, or ever have been, “Riding Off The Tail of hard working people”?
You said the truth, Gingergirl!
So true so true ! Nicely put
O bullshit any simple minded person such as yourself would think that you’re an idiot
If the Sanders are so honest and just one of us, why didn’t she sell the property and redistribute their new wealth??? Oh, I get it, they just that law for us, not these two and the elites!
If Bernie Sanders has ever said anything about redistributing wealth, I have missed it.
But as matter of curiosity, if such a thing were to happen, would you opt out? That is would you say, no thank you, I don’t want any of this wealth that is being taken from those who have more than enough and redistributed to those who perhaps don’t have quite enough? Or are you wealthy enough to fear that it is going to be YOUR wealth that is being redistributed?
Yeah she inherited one right LOL I wouldn’t expect them to say anything different they were bought and paid for ,Sanders sold out his communist followers….to the other commy. ..
Until you can provide convincing evidence that Bernie was “bought and paid for”, I am sticking with the inheritance story. Because it does happen you know. My socialist- leaning husband was somewhat embarrassed to inherit enough to buy a house from his decidedly middle-class parents who had scrimped and saved to pay the premiums on a generous life-insurance policy.
Sanders bought his self a new mansion.
himself, but no matter
What has he done during his lifetime in office???? (Hint: Nothing!) As a politician, he did not earn enough money to buy a $600K retreat, so where did the money come from?? And, his purchase right after he decided to support Hillary and drop out of the race? A bit of coincidence? (Hint: NO!)
You, Elizabeth are either very naïve or very stupid. Most of these politicians are crooked – I don’t know if Bernie was before, but I’d bet the farm that he is now!!! HE SOLD OUT TO HILLARY!!!
If you look into it carefully, you will find that Mrs Sanders bought the house.
I am neither naive nor stupid, and I think you are making a huge assumption that his support of Hillary has anything to do with this house. He has said from the very beginning that he would support whoever was the Democratic nominee; he did not need to be paid for his support.
No, many of the “Elizabeth” type are neither naïve or truly stupid. They simply lack “rational and logical thinking and reasoning skills. I don’t know if that is a genetic abnormality, or an acquired trait.
I JUST THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO RUIN THIS NATION!
Why do you continue to keep your head in the sand about the Democrats and Bernie Sanders??? You are naive about anyone coming from the Democrat Party – and he did. Another possibility of where he received his new money is perhaps his campaign fund. Now, if he truly was and is what he made you believe he was, why wouldn’t he take his left over money and make a hefty contribution to the less fortunate, poor folks??? Was his call for us to redistribute our wealth amongst ourselves just that – for us little folk, but not for him or any of the elites? Is he seriously “honest” politician??? I seriously question him. A major thought for you to seriously ponder!
No. Snaders did not come from the Democratic party. He has been an Independent for most of his political career. But if he had run as an Independent, let’s face it, he would not have stood a chance (such is the power of the two party system), so for purely pragmatic reasons, he ran as a Democrat. And the Democrats were OK with that because they thought that he didn’t stand a chance.
Once again, I have never seen Bernie call for a redistribution of wealth. Perhaps you can point me to a source for that idea.
(Do you know for a fact that he has NOT recently made a hefty contribution the the less fortunate?)
Liz, I’m with U all the way, I wouldn’t give politician’s one red cent of my hard earned money so they can waste it buying wine for their dinner parties at $280 bucks a bottle, fooey on that and on them!
Misusing campaign contributions is one thing. Mis-spending your congressional salary is another. Taxpayers do provide the salaries of Representatives and Senators, but that does not give us the right to dictate how they spend them anymore than Bill Gates, say, can tell Microsoft employees how to spend their earnings.
That said, I would choke on $280 a bottle wine, regardless of who provided it. And I’m not sure that Congressional salaries are that extravagant.
Well, Liz, Obama pay’s $280.00 bucks a bottle for rot-gut wine for his State Dinners, and most attendees to those parties are fallen down, tongue chewing, babbling drunks, who show up for the booze only. Google it. 🙂
I wouldn’t know where to begin. What search words should I use: babbling drunks, rot-gut wine, State dinners? For fun I search for “$280 wine”. I gave up looking for references to Obama, White House or State dinner after the first 70 entries.
Obviously your search skills are much more refined than mine. Could you help me oout with just one little link?
Hi Liz. Here’s the link you requested, “http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-03-13/obama-transparency-scaled-back-when-it-comes-to-wine-list-at-state-dinner”. They show wine Obama bought up to $399 per bottle.
Thanks. That is an interesting article, although it is more about why the White House does or does not name the wine being served.
“They show wine Obama bought up to $399 per bottle.” Not really. What the article said was: “originally sold for $115 a bottle and went for as much as $399 by the
time of the dinner.” The White House could have made a large purchase early in the wine’s history and received a discount (in return for the prestige associated with having your wine served to the President); they could have bought a few bottles on eBay, or their local wine merchant may have wanted to unload a bunch of unsold, over-priced bottles.
OK the last two are fairly silly, but they underline the point that ‘ The price the White House paid per bottle was not
made public.’ In other words, you have no idea how much was paid for this wine. Certainly $280 was never even mentioned.
Liz, First, good job reading and reporting on the web site I sent you, however, that wasn’t where I gleaned the information about wine costing $280 bucks a pop for Obama’s State Dinners. I got that off Fox News, after one of the State Dinners the journalist/reporter reported that was the cost of the wine served at the party the night before. This isn’t such a much, I’m a businessman, and have paid that much and more for good wine at parties, but I was doing the “Paying” not the taxpayers who have to work for and earn the money to buy alcohol for these sloppy drunks sucking off the taxpayer’s tit, which I highly resent. By the way, I don’t drink, but I didn’t mind getting my clients tipsy at dinner because they bought more of my products. 🙂 Who knew?
So you consider Angela Merkel (just as an example because she was in the photograph accompanying the article) a sloppy drunk sucking off the taxpayer’s tit?
I wouldn’t want to argue with Fox News which we all know is the world’s most reliable source of information, bar none. But maybe on this occasion they were right and the White House did serve some quite expensive wine. Would you rather that they served some plonk out of a box? May I remind you that a state dinner is America on show for the rest of the world. Or any country, for that matter. When you are trying to impress you tend to pull out all the stops.
Well, Liz “There you go again”! First Fox News isn’t any more reliable than any other news media in my humble opinion, they just are the best of them all most of the time. Angela Merkel ought to be tarred and feathered then run out of office on a rail, for permitting all the Muslims into Germany, now look at what these Muslim terrorists are doing to Europe?
I’m a former Infantry Marine, I have a very low threshold for subversive or terroristic nonsense and would put every Muslim in front of a Military Tribunal and ask for the Death Penalty for the least infraction of the Law of the Land! I’d request they be taken from the Court Room to the Cotton Wood Grove and promptly hung to death on the spot without any review of their sentence. That is probably the reason American’s will never elect a former United States Marine to the office of President, you think? However, if you like remaining ‘safe’…… who do you call on first? Just saying? 🙂
Back to the wine issue, a State Dinner nor any Dinner is in fact, about the Wine. Wine is simply a liquid you drink at dinner with your food; unless you are a sloppy drunken louse then you bypass food and just drink your Supper that we pay for! If you want to get drunk then do it on your own time, and stop making us Taxpayers pay the bill for your drunkenness! (I’m not refereeing this to be about you, but towards these worthless politician’s – all of them! Ewwww)
I also refuse to give money to any of them.
Hummmmm,,,,,Supports the cackling witch a month ago,,,,now he doesn’t need to take “day trips to the islands” any more. What good commissar ever lived like the masses? Hey, Khrushchev had a dacha didn’t he?
Maybe if he dose one more favor for her he will OWN his own island.
So THAT’S what thry do with unspent campaign donations?
Possibly. But maybe they have been saving their pennies for the last forty years to buy a retirement home.
Oh, it’s you again; article said it was their third home? Explain that being done with a piggybank, troll!
Since I made this comment I have read that Mrs Sanders inherited a property in Maine which they sold in order to buy this one.
Nevertheless, you have obviously never gone through the process of saving, and are unaware of the wonders of compound interest. If you save as little as $100 a month and invest that at as little as 3%, in 40 years you will have nearly $100,000. Leaving it in the piggy bank would give you only $48,000.
I think Bernie was confusing Socialism with LIBERALISM!
The two are not mutually exclusive.
If that particular perspective on life is not sufficient to make one stop and think, taking a look back at the quarries of Vermont, and realizing that more gravestones have come out of there than one would care to think about, should give cause for sober reflection.
Living like all true Democrats , bought and paid for by the sheep who follow them to hell and back. You Bernie supporters now have a choice, vote for the Benghazi Butcher or put in a real American Mr Trump. Wake up it is time to put the brakes on the paid for Politicians of DC. of both parties
While I agree with your last sentiment (put the brakes on paid for politicians), I have a huge problem with the idea that Trump is a ‘real’ American. Honestly, is he the face of America that you want to show the world? Do you want the rest of the world to think that Donald Trump represents the ideals and values of the American people?
Hey Elizabeth,,Whats wrong with being successful ? In reading your comments, I see you have drank the Obama,Clinton Liberal Loon Koolaide.I guess you don’t consider the Clinton’s successful huh.Trump earned his money,,The Clinton’s pilfered & stole theirs…Is hypocrisy even in your vocabulary?
I don’t remember mentioning the word, or the idea, “successful”.
If I had, I would have said that making a lot of money is not the same as being successful. Possibly you have not seen the suggestion that if Donald Trump had taken his inheritance and invested it in bonds and medium growth stocks, he would be as rich as he is today.
I think that any couple that can put Governor, President (and related First Ladies), Senator, Secretary of State and Presidential nominee on their resumes could be successful, regardless of their net worth.
Lets not for get the death and destruction. Obama is George Bush 2.0. Libya is a failed state for we bombed them into the stone age. For they were going to start there own money backed by gold. No more petro dollar.
Obama is a long, long way from being Bush 2.0. I agree that the results in Libya are not what one might have hoped for, but it is very far from being the first time that American intervention has been disastrous.
You miss the point that makes people like me support Trump. He could have just invested that money. He chose instead to build things. Sometimes he succeeded and sometimes he failed but each time he took the risk and built something while creating jobs. He recognizes how overbearing regulations and taxes hurt business. Trump has admitted that the taxes and regulation expenses in the US have forced him to export jobs. He understands that businesses exist to make money for their owners and he knows what must happen to bring those jobs back. Except for her initial job in a law firm Hillary Clinton’s ‘jobs’ have all been supported by the taxpayer. If you look at her record while First Lady she was a failure, as Senator she never passed anything, as Secretary of State she not only disregarded national security she failed to properly manage State Department finances which led to the budget being spent on ‘aesthetic enhancements’ in countries such as England and Germany but nothing for additional security in Libya.
Hey! you have superior reasoning and organizational skills! When you lay out the “facts” about Hillary’s and Trump’s qualifications for POTUS, it is very clear for whom we should vote! Only really blind Libs would not see this.
TRUMP 2016
Thank you Mary. While President, Bill Clinton LIED UNDER OATH, candidate Hillary Clinton LIED UNDER OATH. DECEIT is their family tradition.
Yes, it is! I just cannot believe that the Hill would actually be elected. Although all our votes may be at her mercy. She has none of that. So, it is possible the elections may be rigged!
You didn’t have to use the word “successful” Trump, by definition, of what he has accomplished is “successful” and typifies the American dream and success. But,, i gotcha,,you’re voting for Clinton because she’s simply a woman and has a vagina . NOW,,THAT’S A QUALIFICATION FOR YA,,HUH ? Regardless of the fact she’s one of the biggest liars to ever run for president in US History ! And whats your proof that had Trump invested as you say he could have he would be as rich “successful” as he has been in Real Estate Clinton,like Obama is just another George Soros Puppet.
Who says I’m voting for Hillary?
Who was it that said this Elizabeth ? I think that any couple that can put Governor, President (and related
First Ladies), Senator, Secretary of State and Presidential nominee on
their resumes could be successful, regardless of their net worth Certainly sounds like a endorsement to me.
Here we have the problem. You take two and two and make five. You assume that ANY Democrat is a whatever you think ALL Democrats are. You assume that anyone who is anti-Trump is pro-Hillary (and vice versa). That’s not how the world works – at least not for the minority of Americans who stop and think about a situation, maybe read up on it a little before making a pronouncement. You don’t know me, you don’t know political stance. I just mentioned a few quite prominent items on the combined Clinton resumè.
I happen to think that Bill was a great President. I just don’t know what Hillary will be like. I am not going to vote for her because I live in New York, a state that she will carry easily. So I will express my reservations by voting for Jill Stein. If, on the other hand, I lived in a swing state, I would vote for Hillary without hesitation, in order to ensure that we do not have a man in the White House who is bordering on fascist and psychopathic.
Successful at lying, cheating and murdering.
You may well be right. But until you provide some evidence to support your claims, I am giving her the benefit of the doubt. (you know, innocent until proven guilty).
I agree.
It wouldn’t be nearly as bad as having President Obama as the representative of the US to the world. What a laughing stock we have become.
I don’t often say flat out “you are wrong”, but this is one time when it is appropriate.
You are overlooking, or conveniently forgetting, that President Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize for re-introducing the idea of civility, compromise and diplomacy to American politics.
During his tenure I have been to sixteen countries including Cuba and Iran, Kenya and Ethiopia, Italy and France, and I can assure you that it is not President Obama who made the US the laughing stock of the world.
Getting a peace prize does not mean you are a person of peace.
I think it does. At least it means that you would rather have peace than war. It means that you promote ideas that lead to peace. It doesn’t mean that you are always successful. It means that you try.
A Nobel Peace Prize given long before he’d actually done anything. The Cuban elite loves him because they have not had to change their terrible treatment of average citizens in order to get US dollars. Iran loves him because he’s expedited their path to having nuclear armaments and because they’re getting 1.5billion dollars. Although I am sure Kenya and Ethiopia have received tax dollars from the US most of the money they get is from private US citizens. Italy and France are recipients of US protection through NATO so they have funds to spend on the thousands of Muslim immigrants that are flooding into their countries. When a country is rich it is good that they can be a benefactor to the world, we are nearly 20 trillion dollars in debt and that money will be paid by the average taxpayer.
He was given the Peace Prize because of the man he is, not for what he might do. He has done nothing that would make the Nobel Committee regret their decision. He has tried hard to live up to his campaign promise to be a bipartisan president, but it takes two to tango. He has never been rude or offensive in spite of quite serious provocation. He is, and always has been, a true gentleman. Because of him, America regained some respect in the eyes of the world.
Cuba does not really have an elite. At least not any more – they all moved to Miami. And average citizens are not treated terribly. It is one of the happiest countries I have ever been to. (Maybe it was not always that way, but it is now.)
The Iran deal is designed to prevent that country from getting a bomb. Do you think the signers – the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany as well as the US – are stupid? And Iran has not been given 1.5 billion dollars. That is their money that was confiscated as part of the sanctions. (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33521655)
The Nobel Prize because of the man he WAS? A community organizer, a one term Senator who voted ‘present’ more than he voted for or against bills? Besides empty words what exactly did he do to deserve that honor? He promised to be bipartisan-then he said “it’s time for Republicans to sit in the back of the bus.” You do not think he has been rude or offensive but it was not your ideals he insulted when he said “they cling to their bibles and their guns”. The fact that he is an eloquent teleprompter reader does not mean that we cannot hear his underlining disdain for the history or ideals that founded this great nation. I guess you do not consider Castro or his family to be elites. Whether or not the Iran deal was designed to stop them from getting atomic weapons it only works when the deal is enforced. Iran has already broken some of the terms of that agreement. If no country has the stomach to enforce the terms of the agreement then Iran has a more direct path to nuclear weapons. Giving them ‘back their funds’ immediately merely paved their way to that goal. After decades of reductions in nuclear armament Iran’s access has other countries looking to acquire or increase their ability to respond in kind thus making our world a much more dangerous place. Obama and Clinton’s legacy will not be a safer world.
“President Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize ” And now, he has given Iran the capability to build a nuclear bomb, not to mention more than 4 BILLION dollars towards that goal. People like you who will blindly follow someone so evil blow me away. I will say a prayer for you that you may open your heart and see the truth of what this man has done to our country.
“. . . .Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize for re-introducing the idea of civility, compromise and diplomacy to American politics.” How’s that working??
No. Obama has not given Iran the capability to build a nuclear bomb. The deal was brokered by the US, the UK, Germany, China, Russia and France. Do you really think that these countries would sign a deal that encourages Iran to build a nuclear bomb? The money that is being “given” to Iran is actually their money that has been sequestered because of sanctions. I am not the one who follows blindly.
He got the prize for being the first black President; thepoor lost souls in Oslo are alreaddy shining up one for the first woman President, which pretty much destroys a very long reputation for honesty!
Is your real last name Warren? You rave like it is.
I’ll take that as a compiment.
Yes i would like for Trump to be the face of America. Never back down from a fight. Saying what he thinks. Standing up for those who can not stand alone.
I disagree with you on all three points.
Never back down means that you will stick to your guns, even if you are wrong. Discourse and negotiation stand a far better chance of achieving a good outcome.
I have no problem with saying what you think. Just don’t expect everyone to take you seriously. Have you listened to what Trump says? Do you agree with him? On everything?
‘Standing up for those who can not stand alone’ sounds great. What makes you think that Trump would do that?
Why are you so convinced he won’t?
I am not “convinced he won’t”. But, so far, I have seen nothing to persuade me that he would. Assuming that you need him to, how will Trump stand up for you?
Elizabeth; Which ideals do you think put a ‘bad’ face on America? A secure border and enforcement of our immigration laws? A strong national security policy which requires that we know the histories of the people we invite into our country? Trade policies that help America keep jobs instead of outsourcing them? A military that is strong enough to convince foreign nations that when we say we will protect our allies they do not doubt it? Trump may not say things as delicately as you’d like but he says what he means and that is refreshing after listening to double talk for the last seven and half years. Bill Clinton lied under oath, Hillary Clinton lied under oath, Deceit is THEIR family tradition. Never Hillary!!
Many people in the world see America as the land of milk and honey, a land of endless opportunity. That may well be true if you come from a poor country with very few opportunities to make a better life. But the US no longer welcomes those seeking a better life, and is not particularly friendly towards those it does accept. The PATRIOT act means that it is not always friendly towards its own citizens.
I have no problem with the enforcement of immigration laws. Start with checking lapsed visas. At least 40% of illegals in this country came in on legal visas and didn’t leave. Building a wall will not stop that. I spent 32 years here as a resident alien and, I promise you, the US knows the histories of the people it invites in. Refugees are carefully vetted, and pitifully few let in.
Trade policies need to be reviewed. Even Hillary is against the TPP.
The military is larger than that of the next 26 countries combined consuming funds that could be used in far better ways (IMHO). But Trump has said that he would pull out of NATO. So much for protecting our allies.
You think that Trump says what he means? He is so inarticulate that no one knows what he means. I’m not sure that even he does.
I do not understand how you can claim that the US does not welcome those who come here legally. They have many programs to help them become Americans. That is the problem I see with most of the illegal immigrants and many of the refugees. They are not here to BE an American, they are here to USE America. Congress and our Presidents have turned a blind eye to those who disregard our immigration laws. Your claim that 40% of the illegals here is proof of that. You say that you have been a resident alien for 32 years-I hear that you want the advantages of being in America without the responsibility of BEING an American. Your history was vetted, ok. How do you learn the background of someone from areas where cities are gone, where records are non existent? Our military is larger than the next 26 countries combined? Number one America is larger by far than most of those countries. Number two America provides military security for most of those nations. Trump DID NOT say he would pull out of NATO, he said that it was time for the members that we provide security for to begin paying a fair share for that security. You consider Trump inarticulate. For an average American like myself I consider his blunt unscripted speech refreshing. Have you ever-in the last ten years- seen Hillary Clinton in an unplanned news conference. Leaked emails have already proven that ‘reporters’ have to present their questions for approval by her staff before her staged events.
I don;t think I said that the US does not welcome those who come legally. My point i that even legal immigration is being discouraged.
What do you mean by “BE an American”? What is an American? I am now a citizen and I have an American passport, but I may never be what you consider a true American. Does that matter?
You took a citizenship test as have millions of legal immigrants. That means that you are an American. However from reading your answers to many questions it seems to me that you have brought with you the social and political outlooks of your home country-which I am guessing is Socialist. I would like to know why, if you prefer that country’s socialism, did you immigrate to, and become an American citizen? America has become a great nation largely because it is a capitalist society. The freedom to start a business, to grow that business through your own hard work and to reap the benefits of that business are part of our capitalist culture, a basic culture that you have said that you do not agree with. Why should America not be able to restrict immigration? We are a country of roughly 350 million people, currently we have nearly 96 million people out of work. There is a point where there simply are not enough jobs created to equal the number of residents, those not employed must be supported by those that are. Education, even through high school is not really free-taxpayers pay for that education without consideration of whether or not they have children in the system. Free college may sound great but again someone has to pay for it and if I am required to support it through my tax dollars do I have a say in what degrees will be paid for? Will I have a say in how dedicated a student must be to have that education paid for? I paid for my college by working two jobs while going to school full time, why should I expect any less from current students. I do not understand why, if you didn’t like where you were, why did you come here, and why do you want to turn here into the place you left?
I agree, good thing that Donald “The Fraud” Trump will never be President of the United States, he never even intended to be President. His finances are in such bad shape he just saw a campaign for the Presidency as a way to make easy money. So far the only money spent on advertising has been from outside groups, not one dollar from the Trump Campaign, according to an article by Mark Murray “ Clinton Campaign Now Outspending Trump on Ads — $52 Million to 0”
US Banks are unwilling to loan him money because of all his bankruptcies, so he has gone overseas for loans. Perhaps all his fawning over Putin is because that is where Trump received his loans.
His refusal to not release his tax forms, until after the election, just means he never intended to release them. He has always known that he will never win the White House, that is why he continues to damage his own campaign. Trump is in it just for the money.
Trump the consummate con artist has bamboozled many Americans into donating to his campaign. Donald “The Fraud” Trump is trying to pull off the best grift ever, of all time: After your supporters willingly give you their money, you don’t have to give it back.
Oh so very true. Which is why the leadership of both parties hats Trump. Crying about what Trump says. And at the same time giving Hillary Clinton a pass for all the people killed on her watch at state.
So vote LIBERTARIAN!!!
What is more dangerous to the sheep, the wolf who is held at bay or the conniving wolf in sheep’s clothing? after all isn’t the later just a sheep born with the wrong body.
Oh, very clever. And irrelevant.
Does that make me a Socialist?
Only if you want it to.
Yes, you’ve got it all wrong. You simply do not understand what Bernie’s political stance is. It is, in my opinion, very unfortunate that socialism/socialist appears in the description because that allows the ignorant to immediately brand him a communist, or as good as. He calls himself a democratic socialist; others call him a social democrat. Nowhere does he renounce (or denounce) capitalism. In his world, entrepreneurship is to be encouraged and rewarded; exploitation and greed, not so much.
What has been labelled socialism in the past is based on the idea that the government controls the means of production – industries are nationalized to provide income for the government. That is not what Bernie advocates. He just feels – and I agree wholeheartedly – that this country (or any country) should be concerned about the welfare of the majority of its people. And that means all the readers and commenters on this site. Your sometimes odious views do not exclude you. You would benefit from an equitable tax system just as much as Bernie supporters would.
You would benefit from universal health care. But maybe you want to continue paying ever-increasing premiums to greedy insurance companies for less and less coverage. Maybe you want to declare bankruptcy because you can’t pay your share of the costs of a catastrophic health event. Maybe you want to go into debt in order to put yourself (or a dependent) through college. Maybe you get a thrill out of making the rich richer, and the poor poorer.
Hey socialism and communism are so very closely connected it doesnt matter they really are one and the same
No, it doesn’t. But that is not what Bernie Sanders advocates. I wish he could find another name for his platform.
Hmmm! It is a bit questionable, isn’t it. Bernie drops out of the race and all of a sudden has enough money to buy a summer retreat in North Hero, VT. Oh well, just politics as usual. Elections get extremely competitive but even the losers seem to be winning something in the process these days!!
Yea and ole Bernie never has had a job, interesting isnt it
Yes, I figure he was probably bought off for a million or so and that is why we didn’t hear more of a kick out of him when he dropped out. Pretty easy pickin’s for someone who never had a real job!
I wonder where that money came from? He probably took it out of his campaign contribution funds
I think it is illegal for anyone to spend campaign funds that way. But then again, he is a Democrat and trivial things like that do not matter too much to them!
Being Illegal to do has never stopped a Democrat before.
Nor many a Republican.
My guess is the Clinton Foundation bought Bernie his lake house as compensation for screwing him over.
Ah…come on, you mean all of his followers actually believed that he was sincere and really cared about his followers as well as everyone else who is struggling because the system is rigged. Truth now prevails, he isn’t part of the solution, he is part of the problem. Hypocrite.
You’ve heard the saying “Walk the Talk”.
Well, here’s another hypocrite that “Talks the Talk”.
But when it comes to practicing what one preaches, this phoney boloney falls short of being respectable.
Quite the opposite. Typical of a politician though. It’s what we’ve come to expect!
Here’s the question: Follow the money. Who paid for Mansion #3?
Hope this scoundrel spends his final days relishing his fortune earned as a politician, paid for by taxpayers and political donors. So many people fell for his bullshit—–here’s the true person. Another Elisist!
He is part of the problem, not part of the solution!
Is the love of money and power often corruption beyond redemption?
The Lord said, “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to pass through the gates of Heaven.”
FROM A KOREAN WAR VET. 51/53,
HAS HILLARY AND OBAMA SET THE USA UP FOR A MUSLIM INVASION? IF NOT, I HAVE A LOT OF WHYS BELOW.
VOTE TRUMP. PASS THIS ON, PLEASE.
COAT YOUR BULLETS WITH PIG GREASE OR BLOOD AND LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT ANY MUSLIM KILLED WILL BE BURIED WITH PIG PARTS.
IS THE BIASED NEWS MEDIA HELPING IN THE POTENTIAL INVASION OF AMERICA.
WHY HASN’T THE NEWS MEDIA SAID SOMETHING ABOUT OBAMA SWEARING A JUDGE IN UNDER SHEREE LAW,
WHY WAS OBAMA ALLOWED TO SWEAR IN CAROLYN WALKER IN AS JUDGE IN THE 7TH MUNICIPAL DISTRICT IN BROOKLING USING THE QURAN. SHE SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELLY.
WHY ARE THEIR 5 MUSLIM CAMPS ONE AT FAIRFAX, FALLS CH, RED HOUSE, MEHERRIN, BETHANY VA. ARE THEY TO INVADE WASH.DC? YOU SHOULD FIND OUT.
WHY IS THE TAX PAYER FORCED TO FEED AND CLOTH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO KILL US.
IF YOU WANT A LIST OF THE TOWNS THEY ARE CLOSE TO, CONTACT ME.
SINCE OUR TROOPS ARE NOT ARMED, YOU CAN TAKE 100 WELL ARMED PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KILL US & TAKE ANY MILITARY BASE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BETTER WAKE UP & ALLOW OUR TROOPS TO CARRY LOADED GUNS. TODAY OUR CAMPS ARE A FREE KILLING ZONE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THE MUSLIM MAJOR KILLED SO MANY IN TEXAS & HE IS STILL LIVING???.WHY?
I CALLED AND VERIFIED THE MUSLIM CAMP CLOSE TO FT. CAMPBELL & A LADY VERIFIED THE FEMA CAMP WITH ARMED GUARDS IN EAST KY. AND THE ONE IN SHAWNEE NATIONAL FORREST IN SOUTHERN ILL. FOR GODS SAKE AND OUR COUNTRY WAKE UP.
WHY GIVE 5 TERRIOSTS FOR ONE TRAITOR. FOLKS IT GOES ON & ON, WAKE UP AMERICA.
WHY GIVE 150 BILLION AND ANOTHER 400 MILLION TO IRAN TO FUND A HYDROGEN BOMB, AND TERRIOST?
WHY STOP THE SHIPMENT OF PLANES & TANKS TO EGYPT WHEN THEIR ARMY KICKED THE RADICALS OUT. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF WHYS, AND THERE ARE MORE, SUCH AS,
WHY IS OBAMA & HILLARY TRYING TO BRING IN 160 THOUSAND MUSLIMS?
WHY TRY AND TAKE OUR GUNS
WHY DID THEY TRY & BUY UP ALL AMM0
WHY HAS OUR GOVERNMENT BUILT A FEMA CAMP IN EVERY STATE, SOME MORE THAN ONE.
WHY HAS THIS GOVERNMENT ALLOWED 35 MUSLIM CAMPS HERE IN THE USA & ONE 9 MILES OVER IN MEXICO
GOOGLE THE NEW CLINTON CHRONICLES, THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS. IS HILLIARY ON DOPE?
VOTE DONALD TRUMP TO STOP THIS INSANE DESTROYING OF AMERICA.
I’m not sure how to respond to such an ill-informed rant. Part of me wants to say find a therapist, and fast. Part of me wants to say, chill out, smoke a joint and take another look at reality. Part of me wants to say shut up. Part of me says learn to read (by which I mean think about an evaluate the words you see).
A tirade like this does nobody any good. It is full of inaccuracies and provocative suggestions. Take this: WHY HAS OUR GOVERNMENT BUILT A FEMA CAMP IN EVERY STATE, SOME MORE THAN ONE. The implication is that FEMA is some sort of terrorist/Muslim support group, whereas it is, in fact, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, tasked with helping the people (Dems and Repubs) cope should disaster hit. New Orleans might have fared a lot better if there had been a couple of FEMA camps in place prior to Hurricane Katrina.
Take this: SINCE OUR TROOPS ARE NOT ARMED. Really? Not only are our troops better armed than the rest of the world combined (perhaps a slight exaggeration, but not far off the truth), our police are now armed with military-grade weapons.
Eiizabeth – I felt the same way, too! People just can’t or won’t see the extent of power/persuasion/pay-for-play the Clinton’s & Obama’s have exerted over politics over the past 30 years +! We all need to stand united against a disastrous continuation of their control of our White House! If not, this country is going down!
Wake up democrats, your party has been taken over by communists.
“Democratic Socialism” isn’t socialism, and Sanders doesn’t say it is. It is, rather, government intervening more in society to rectify the huge problems that never seem to get fixed>
Of course it is not Socialism. He is working the Capitalism and riding its coat-tails to get rich. Under Socialism, he would be as poor as the rest and complaining wanting to go back to Capitalism.
Socialism works as long as you don’t run out of ” OTHER PEOPLE’S” Money!
Ahhh the Hypocrisy of it all!! What would it take for people to finally wake up to this Scheme! Redistribution of wealth is a Scam, a shell game. Raising all our taxes then steal money from our social security benefits to send some to college, pay for this,that,and the other. Haven’t we had enough of the Hypocritical B.S.
Sanders proves that he is a POS and HIS followers are the real MORON in this election. Go back to Vermont you idiot looking creep.
Conservatives never let facts interfere with a good story.
The Sanders SOLD a lake home in Maine, that had been in Jane’s family since the early 1900s enabling the purchase.
Besides, the man is 74 years old and his financial disclosures are public record. Problem is, you can’t accept his authenticity because to do so would be to invalidate your world view.
Honestly, I’ve never read a more absurd statement than “Conservatism is truth. Conservatism (at its best) doesn’t hide behind a layer of fantasy. Conservatism acknowledges both the good and bad in the human heart. Conservatism is an ideology in harmony with WHAT IS. When you hear it, you feel it on a level deeper than the mundane thing we call the “mind.” You feel it at the very core of your being.” While I have no doubt that this is what you believe, it boggles the mind that someone would actually believe this.
But remember Bernie says he is NOT a socialist HE IS A DEMON RAT socialist!!!!!!! That’s excuses his FRAUD because the DNC is all about feelings not truth!!! They’re INTENT is all that matters!!!! Like Killary did NOT INTEND to commit TREASON so it’s OKAY!!!!!!!!
The payoff to drop out of the race, all liberal heros are actually zeros
If he paid cash, Where did he get the $600,000?
It was in the talks between Bernie and Hillary, if he dropped out of the race and endorsed Hillary, the Clinton Foundation would pay for his house in Vermont . He did NOT agree to tell his followers to back Hillary. He said she would be on her own there. Plus, in the bargain that was signed, sealed and delivered Hillary would work with Bernie to get some of his important issues passed and eradicate some issues !
I disagree with the author.
Bernie Sanders showed his voters that socialism works!
He used other peoples money expertly to by the $600,000 “summer retreat” in North Hero, Vermont.
bernies peoples should take it over
And just how, on a congressman’s pay of $150,000 +, does it permit a man to buy a $600,000 dollar home when the payments are double what he makes a month? I smell something very ‘stinky’ in the woodpile, it smacks of fraud and corruption on a level hitherto fore unknown in this twerps entire lifetime of corruption! In the remarkable words of Ronald Reagan, “There you go again Bernie”. But…, …, …, ‘wait for it’, …, …, …, “Bernie we all knew you are, were, and will always be, nothing but a freaking fraudulent snake-oil salesman, peddling socialism, communism, which you don’t believe in for your-own-damn-self but want to profit off of from others! The laughable thing is, millions of common, uneducated, not very bright people believed in you, “Bernie, they believed that you are a man of the people. You are nothing but a sick, demented, twisted joke and all this is by now realized by all those you’ve duped, as to exactly who and what you are! You are a phony baloney, so “Phooey on you Bernie’, we hope you get busted for fraud and thrown in the clink for the rest of your life!
bullshit
Eric – Bite me creep.
Sorry. You’re not my type sailor.
Sorry Eric, I’m a straight United States Infantry Marine, who has paid the price for your freedom with my blood. What R U Eric, a gay hysterical female wantabee that whines about everything and think your entitled to everything? Your entitled to only one thing you gay little thing you, a boot in the ass and kicked out of my country. Go live in Africa or somewhere that loves gays please. Oh, wait, they hang gays in Africa don’t they?
Hmmm. So first you say it is a free country then you imply it is not. Make up your mind. In answer to your question, no.
Yes that home was bought by the clintons part of their slush fund from their money laundering scam the Clinton Foundation told him to either take the money our risk being murdered probably, because he sure waffled it’s all rigged as Trump said !!
Screw The Comumnist liberals !!
B>S>
Wake up ! It’s people like you that they count silly and uninformed our illegal that’s there whole base ..Do the math Sanders didn’t have two nickels to rub together he is probably the poorest senator the whole lot. His first job when he was 40 years old was handing out literature for food stamps then we all know his second job was handing out masturbation propaganda of himself. So I’m going to say you have too much money he’s a socialist got everything for free so yeah Clinton’s bottom that house from there money laundering slush fund the Clinton Foundation.
Essure flip flop he went from trashing Hillary to he loves her and then bam brand new house geee don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out but then again you are a liberal and it may be hard for you to understand.
Well, if it were not for years of raygunomics you might not laid off and pissed off. But you being a CONservative and all it might be hard to understand.
Lol.no the Reagan years were the best years you see silly I work in the Aerospace industry and weapons systems for a great military it was obamanomics that is wiped out our defense industry in our military I’ve never been laid off in 36 years of working on some of America’s Finest equipment only to have Obama get in office and laid everybody off , so it your shit stright ! I since started my own business since then, but let’s get this straight it was Obama nomics that destroyed our defense in industry ! And that was the reason why I was laid off but I didn’t sit on my ass and collect food stamps I started my own business thank you very much….
Oh I see. Well it was a good thing you weren’t an Air Traffic Controller or in the Airline industry with Ronnie at the helm. While some of us were scrapping for a living you on the other hand were sucking the big government tit working for the “military industrial complex”. Socialism on a scale you liked then, no?
Well, if it were not for years of raygunomics you might not be laid off and pissed off. But you being a CONservative and all it might be hard to understand.
Hey suckers that donated to Sanders you just bought him a 660,000 dollar retirement home. pretty good pay check, got to travel all over the country on your dime and now has a beautiful retirement home. OH! how foolish we are.
bullshit
FROM A KOREAN WAR VET 51/53.
HERE IS WHY HILLIARY SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT, GOOGLE THE NEW CLINTON CHRONICLES. LISTEN TO ALL OF IT. WE DO NOT NEED THIS AGAIN.
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE DONALD TRUMP, BELOW IS HIS AGENDA, HE PROMISES TO DO.
IDIOTS SAY HE HAS NO PLAN. HERE IT IS,
1 STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. IT CAN BE DONE IN 3 MONTHS, OR LESS.
2 BUILD A WALL ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
3 STOP ILLEGAL DRUGS AT THE BORDER.
4 RE-BUILD OUR MILITAIRY.
5 MAKE OUR VETERANS TOP PRIORITY.
6 BRING JOBS BACK TO OUR COUNTRY.
7 KEEP RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS OUT.
8 ILLEGALS OF ALL COUNTRYS SEND THEM HOME.
9 DEFEATE ISIS .
10 ABOLISH COMMON CORE EDUCATION.
11 LOWER TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
12 LOWER TAXES FOR BUSINESSSES.
13 PRESERVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
14 REPEAL OBAMA CARE HEALTHE OBAMACARE MESS.
15 REBUILD OUR FAILING INFRASTRUCURE.
16 WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONLY.
17 DO AWAY WITH OBAMA’S EXECUTATIVE ORDERS.
18 RECCOMEND 10 TO 12 SUPREM CT JUDGES.
19 GET RID OF UNFAIR TRADE.
20 IS PRO-LIFE.
21 IS FOR THE HEALTH OF WOMEN.
22 NATIONAL SECURITY WILL BE FIRST.
23 PROSCUTE EMPOYERS HIRING ILLEGALS.
24 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PUT GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COURT HOUSES.
TRUMP CAN DO ALL THE ABOVE AND SOME SAY HE DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN. SHUTING DOWN THE BORDER AND STOPPING ILLEGALS IS SIMPLE. TAKE THE 40 THOUSAND TROOPS OBAMA IS CUTTING, PLACE A SQUAD OF 20 EVERY MILE ACROSS THE BORDER, HAVE THEM BUILD A TOWER 30 FT HIGH, ARMED WITH A QUAD 50 MACHINE GUN, WITH SERCH LIGHTS, BACKED WITH A TANK AND AN ATTACK HELICOPTER EVERY 5 MILE, BORDER CLOSED.
IN MY 85 YEARS, DONALD TRUMP IS THE FIRST PERSON RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT IS REALLY QUALIFIED REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL. HE SCARES THE POLITICAL ELITE IN WASHINGTON, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT CONTROL TRUMP AND THIS INCLUDE THE BIASED NEWS MEDIA.
NOBODY WILL OWN TRUMP, EXCEPT WE THE PEOPLE. WE FINALLY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN WHO IS STRONG ON THE ECONOMY AND WANTS TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE. THIS MAN LOVES MY COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT, IF HE DIDN’T HE WOULDN’T BE WASTING HIS TIME OR MONEY.
STOPPING RADICAL MUSLIMS IS SIMPLE, PUT HOG LARD ON ALL AMMO AND THE ONES KILLED BURY THEM WITH PIG PARTS. FOR THE ONES BLOWING THEMSELVES UP, GLYCERIN & GELATINE IS IN ALL EXPLOSIVES AND ARE DERIVATIVES FROM PIGS SO THIS DENIES THEM HEAVEN AND THEIR VIRGINS.
VOTE DONALD TRUMP.
A NEW POLL SHOW TRUMP LEADING HILLIARY NATIONWIDE BY 3%. SOUNDS LIKE THE MAN TO RUN THIS COUNTRY.
One of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s stronger economic appeals to working-class voters is his position on trade. Trump understands that people are upset that “trade” deals have moved so many jobs out of the country and he offers solutions that sound like he is saying he will bring the jobs back so wages can start going up again.
But a deeper look at what he is really saying might not be so appealing to voters.
Trump says the U.S. is not “competitive” with other countries. He has said repeatedly we need to lower American wages, taxes and regulations to the point where we can be “competitive” with Mexico and China. In other words, he is saying that business won’t send jobs out of the country if we can make wages low enough here.
Trump even has a plan to accomplish this. He has said the way to make U.S. wages “competitive” is to pit states against each other instead of using China and Mexico to do that. He has said, for example, that auto companies should close factories in Michigan and move the jobs to low-wage, anti-union states. After enough people are laid off in one state, he has said, “those guys are going to want their jobs back even if it is less.” Then companies will be able to “make good deals” to cut wages. He says that companies should continue this in a “rotation” of wage cuts, state to state, until you go “full-circle,” getting wages low enough across the entire country. Then the U.S. will be “competitive” with China and Mexico.
Yes, Trump Actually Said These Things
Trump discussed this in an August 2015 interview with The Detroit News headlined, “Trump suggests moving some car production from Michigan.” In the interview, the subject of moving jobs out of the country because other places offer lower wages, “free or nearly free land on which to build, and fewer regulatory hurdles” came up. “Trump suggested one way to stop automakers’ expansion to Mexico is by moving some production out of Michigan to lower-wage states.”
He said U.S. automakers could shift production away from Michigan to communities where autoworkers would make less. “You can go to different parts of the United States and then ultimately you’d do full-circle — you’ll come back to Michigan because those guys are going to want their jobs back even if it is less,” Trump said. “We can do the rotation in the United States — it doesn’t have to be in Mexico.”
He said that after Michigan “loses a couple of plants — all of sudden you’ll make good deals in your own area.”
Trump has made similar arguments on other occasions. That same month The Washington Times reported, in Donald Trump: ‘Having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing for this country’, that Trump said the following, using the same state vs. state argument (emphasis added).
Saying the United States needs to be able to compete in a global economy, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday having a low minimum wage isn’t a bad thing for the country.
“… I think having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing for this country.”
… “It’s such a nasty question because the answer has to be nasty,” Mr. Trump said. “You know, we’re in a global economy now. It used to be people would leave New York state and companies would leave New York state or leave another state and go to Florida, go to Texas, go to wherever they go because the wages … you know, all sorts of different things.”
“Well now, it’s not leaving New York or New Jersey or wherever they may be leaving — now they’re leaving the United States, and they’re going to other countries because they’re competing for low taxes and they’re competing for low wages and they’re competing for all sorts of things …”
“So what’s happening now is people are shopping, companies are shopping. … They’re shopping their companies to [other] places, and we can’t have a situation where our labor is so much more expensive than other countries that we can no longer compete.”
Mr. Trump said if he wins the White House, he would “make us so competitive as a country.”
Again, in November 2015, The New York Times reported, in “Donald Trump Insists That Wages Are ‘Too High'”:
“We are a country that’s being beaten on every front, economically, militarily. There is nothing we do now to win,” said Mr. Trump, adding at another point that “our wages are too high.”
… “Our taxes are too high. Our wages are too high. We have to compete with other countries.”
Again and again, Trump says U.S. taxes, regulations and wages are too high for American companies to “compete.”
Trump repeated the same argument in his “Economic Speech” Monday at the Detroit Economic Club, saying that high taxes and regulations make America uncompetitive so businesses move away. He left out his – and every other Republican’s – position on wages.
Run the Country Like a Business?
Trump talks about how he is a “businessman” who is a great “negotiator.” He wants to run the country like a business.
But people who run businesses always push for lower taxes, fewer regulations and lower wages. Trump used to talk openly about his desire to cut all three, in order to make America more “competitive” with Mexico and China. Lately he only promises to radically cut taxes and regulations on businesses. Of course, he has learned to keep quiet about his desire to cut the third leg of that argument, wages.
But Trump is, after all, the Republican candidate. He is, after all, a businessman. He has, after all, openly expressed his wish to bring American wages down in the past and even voiced his plan to pit states against each other to accomplish that.
So we should, after all, understand that a Republican businessman who has made it clear that he thinks wages need to go down does not suddenly have the best interests of American workers at heart. He is also a politician, and in this one instance he has learned to keep his mouth shut, at least when it comes to his argument that wages are too high. That doesn’t mean his argument has changed.
The Court Jester becomes one of the Elite in less than a year of performances
Who? trump?
The Story is about Basement Bernie Sanders the Court Jester now a member of the Elite & still without a Job but has a Mansion with a great Basement for his Parents & his own Private Plane. Running on Communism was all a farce how many times are they going to beat that dead Horse.
Warren, I hate to say it but.. Your ignorance abounds. What the article failed to mention is that Bernie and Jane sold a home in Maine that had been in Jane’s family since the early 1900’s in order to buy their “new” lake house. At $600K, hardly a mansion. Basement? Maybe, but doubtful being close to a lake and all. Parents in the basement? Doubtful, Bernie is 74 years old. You think his folks are still alive? Besides, isn’t that overrated/overused insult supposed to be the other way around? He would be in his folk’s basement? At a net worth of $528,014 hardly an “elite”. He has had a job for years in the public sector and has not been frivolous. If you had a brain and the gumption you too could have a job in the public sector. Myself? I wouldn’t care for it. Part of his net worth is in retirement accounts. He did not run on communism as you imply. He is a self proclaimed “democratic socialist”. You really haven’t a clue on what his proposed platform was. Oh, and your imagined “private plane” you claim he has? Does it come complete with your imagined chemtrails? Hahaha. You are without a doubt something else.
So maybe you can tell me the difference between a Socialist & a Communist “Debbie” Wasserman Schultz couldn’t on TV. Bernie is an unaccomplished Goon same as Debbie
The Democratic Party is the Communist, Marxist, Anarchist, Atheist, LGBT, BLM, Black Panthers, La Raza, Planned Parenthood, Core, SPLC Party & many more Gyorgy Schwartz Criminal Organizations Just a wonderful group of Fun Loving Gestapo type degenerates. I will try to be politically correct: Try to accomplish a physically impossible act.
Yes, DWS is an “unaccomplished goon”, that we can agree on. Bernie, on the other hand is not. Yes, I can tell you the difference between Socialism and Communism, but why should I do the research for you? If you are stuck in the cold war mentality and have no intellectual curiosity it would not mean a thing to you anyway. I will give you a hint though. Who owns IKEA and Volvo? Who owned Saab? Was it the government? Who owns all the businesses in Denmark?
You forgot unions in your colorful descriptions. I hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend, brought to you by the unions.
I hope you are not to jealous, but I regret to inform you that, for me, your “politically correct” suggestion may not be so impossible afterall.
I’m sure if the money was followed, one would find the Clintons finger prints all over it.
As a Republican, I have an idea! All the Sanders followers, can now dump the hypocrite Bernie and vote Trump for the thrill of honesty
Really?
Sorry, not a frickin chance. Drumpf is nothing more than a pseudo populist.
If that’s the only comment Mr. Hartman can make really not worth commenting on except that shows what kind of intelligence there is in the democratic party.
Donna dear, if Ike were alive you folks would call him a socialist/communist.
Socialism: Sharing the poverty.
Sanders is a closet communist. And you show me one country where socialism has benefitted the middle class! What is going on now in Venezuela is a classic example. And Bernie never took money?! Not a true statement for ANY politician. So where did he get the $600,000 to by that vacation place in Vermont? His third home, by the way. All that rhetoric about ‘free’ stuff- no such thing! And check out his record prior to politics- less than impeccable.