Democratic Primaries
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You don't solve the problem (of wealth inequality) by taking things away from the richprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BigMin28
(1,180 posts)They haven't a clue.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
GP6971
(31,220 posts)with the rank & file...NOT.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DENVERPOPS
(8,845 posts)Maybe he is a russian agent, trying to screw up and confuse the Democrat voters even more than they already are........
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
He may have made a mistake.......he truly should be running as a Republican.......
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,053 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)No one is taking anything....you are being asked to pay a fair price for a fair day's labor...to pay a fair price for what you get
Bye Felicia
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)The rich have been stealing from vulnerable people the middle class and the poor the most.
They are parasite thieves. Who evade taxes by buying senators to pass legislation that gives them obscene loopholes.
Profit is theft.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,133 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the next great liberal hope. Amazing that not one of them got elected, eh?
Problem is that for every teabagger out there, there's a "progressive" who claims to be every bit as possessive of the "truth" as the wooliest right wingnut.
And for a dose of the "truth" we have NEVER, EVER elected a liberal or progressive as president. OK, I'll give ya Jimmy Carter, but he didn't run as a liberal, and when we found out, we elected Reagan.
Don't bring up FDR-- we elected him because of the Depression, not labor rights or the environment. Or even racial or civil rights. Cousin Teddy was all for consumer rights and nature but human rights and such did escape his notice. And he did get thrown under the bus with hardly anyone caring. More to the point would be that guy with the cross of gold speech, but who lost anyway. Then he lost the Scopes trial. But so it goes...
So, given that the voting population is a third wild-eyed reactionary, another third wild-eyed liberal, and the last third just wanting to get on with things with as little trouble as possible, doesn't seem sensible to run a candidate fairly close to the center leaning a bit to the left?
Bloomberg is basically an honest, decent guy who happens to be worth billions because he's smarter than the rest of us. He's also given away more than Trump has ever claimed to own. (So much for wealth tax)
Is that so bad?
Trump is so bad.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Dont let the door hit you and Tulsi in the ass on your way out.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,796 posts)Why bother running as a dem... hes got all the gop talking points
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,343 posts)More billionaires preaching austerity for everyone else
To reduce the deficit we must cut entitlements
Q: Your thoughts on the sequester?
BLOOMBERG: Winston Churchill once said, "You can always depend on America to do the right thing after exhausting all other possibilities." We've had a democracy for 235-odd years and it works in the end, and that's what's in important. Sequestering is here. It will go on for a while. It's not going to be the end of the world as we know it. And everybody was saying, "Oh, the worst-case scenario is exactly what we're going to implement." And now they're into the real world and they'll try to find ways to do more with less, and then hopefully Congress will come together and modify sequestering to cut things back where we can afford it and not where we can't. And keep in mind, no program to reduce the deficit makes any sense whatsoever unless you address the issue of entitlements, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, interest payment on the debt, which you can't touch, and defense spending. Everything else is tiny compared to that.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crazytown
(7,277 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Green Line
(1,123 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)The big picture doesn't fit into a quarterly earning statement.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ritapria
(1,812 posts)The Progressives are seeking to preserve the system that they have profited from so handsomely ...The billionaires want it all..ll The Oligarchy has run amok ..In the long run they are their own worst enemy
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
RainCaster
(10,923 posts)What bonehead thought that the DNC needed a NYC billionaire? We already have a Russian mouthpiece from Hawaii.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
yellowdogintexas
(22,274 posts)one more and he is out
Stick a fork in this dude he is done already
He is going to have to do a lot to overcome his remarks on legalizing marijuana and now this
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Jewls2
(218 posts)What a jerk. Or am I not allowed to say cause I suppose he is a Democrat. How offensive.
I can't play the video. I am at work. At minimum wage.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,722 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doreen
(11,686 posts)liked him from the beginning has been explained.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Valley Below
(1,701 posts)Bloomberg proposes deducing income inequality by increasing the earned income tax credit as a way to increase the real-world income of low wage earners, which he believes will lead employers to increase hiring vs raising the minimum wage, which he believes reduces jobs.
Bloomberg says the way you solve the problem of wealth inequality by creating opportunity and creating jobs.
He may be right or wrong, but the OP paints a false scenario.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)"Bloomberg says the way you solve the problem of wealth inequality by creating opportunity and creating jobs"
In other words, a rising tide lifts all boats. No.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
The Valley Below
(1,701 posts)That is NOT Bloomberg's position.
He is in favor of expanding the earned income tax credit as a way to boost income.
He is not my candidate, but you are not being honest in how you are portraying his position.
His position is that his position of an increased EITC would have the same effect as raising the minimum wage for a worker, but would do so without providing a disincentive to employers to hire.
That's quite different that what you suggest here.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BannonsLiver
(16,470 posts)Especially if people living paycheck to paycheck spend time educating themselves on the intricacies of our tax code. Because they have so much time and resources to do all of that.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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kysrsoze
(6,023 posts)He just doesn't want to own up to what kind of madness he helped create in his own party.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mvd
(65,180 posts)the rich from our candidates. No thanks, Bloomberg! Everyone from Biden to Buttigieg to Warren and Sanders wants a minimum wage increase. Out of line position.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)make liberal policy.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Joe941
(2,848 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)Yes, you actually have to, the economy is not a perpetual motion machine, its a largely closed system and is NOT based on infinite resources. Resources have to be allocated as equitably as possible.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Retrograde
(10,159 posts)Or of non-Democrats who are trying to be the Democratic Party's nominee for president in general.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Joe941
(2,848 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BannonsLiver
(16,470 posts)If it comes to it, we will all need to do our part to keep this man from being the nominee. The MSM is going to be pushing this guy hard. Hopefully it wont matter.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided