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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specifically would Hillary do to address rising poverty and income inequality? [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)21. As president? or as boardmember of WalMart? Or as a $500,000/hour speaker to Goldman Sachs?
Or as a cheerleader for "ending welfare as we know it"? Or as a member of the fellowship? Or as adopted daughter of the Bush family? As a "young protestor" campaigning for Goldwater?
Hillary supporters belief in her depends on her disavowal and rejection of every major part of her life prior to that point.
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What specifically would Hillary do to address rising poverty and income inequality? [View all]
onecaliberal
Apr 2016
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Not One Damned Thing - HRC Serves The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks - The 1% - Not The 99%
cantbeserious
Apr 2016
#3
If the poor would only invest, they could enjoy tax cuts on their capital gains.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2016
#6
Raise elegibility age for Social Security, then means test it to further the divide-and-conquer ...
Scuba
Apr 2016
#11
How do supposed dems who have railed against everything she stands for suddenly support all of this?
onecaliberal
Apr 2016
#14
He thinks the attacks originate from republicans, that's rich when her whole platform
onecaliberal
Apr 2016
#33
Not be full of shit and demonize "big banks" without a practical plan to break them up? tia
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#20
"Not to be full of shit" is not a policy. And NOT WANTING to break up big banks is not helpful.
Armstead
Apr 2016
#22
As president? or as boardmember of WalMart? Or as a $500,000/hour speaker to Goldman Sachs?
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2016
#21
Thank you, really good points. My point is, she's going to do nothing because she can't be
onecaliberal
Apr 2016
#24
Well, don't you know, it's all about the math, those tax breaks for the 1% are just about to lift
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#27
Chained CPI on Social Security, and raise the retirement age for Social Security.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2016
#29