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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
143. Now, you must know his goals are basically Democratic Party
Sun Apr 8, 2018, 03:54 AM
Apr 2018

standards, creating a difference by promising more and right NOW. That is why when experts examine his economic promises they found his numbers didn't add up, the processes by which he would make it happen not explained, and those promises assessed to be unachievable.

Because if NOW was the time and his greater goals doable, WE would be doing them. Of course.

All of Hillary's goals were assessed to be achievable as she planned and promised them. Though not all would have been achieved: presidents on average have fulfilled roughly 73% of their campaign promises, but what hers would have been would have depended on whether we also gained a majority in the house or "merely" had the presidency and the senate.

Not failing voters, btw, is why she decided 2016 was not the time to say we would implement a universal basic income (UBI) paid for, as she hoped, by carbon and financial transaction taxes. "We couldn't make the numbers work," and so she didn't promise to implement it, just planned to work on it for the future.

RAISE INCOMES AND RESTORE ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS
Raising Workers’ Wages
Protecting Workers’ Fundamental Rights
Supporting Working Families
Helping More Workers Share in Near-Record Corporate Profits
Expanding Access to Affordable Housing and Homeownership
Protecting and Expanding Social Security
Ensuring a Secure and Dignified Retirement
Revitalizing Our Nation’s Postal Service
CREATE GOOD-PAYING JOBS
Building 21st Century Infrastructure
Fostering a Manufacturing Renaissance
Creating Good-Paying Clean Energy Jobs
Pursuing Our Innovation Agenda: Science, Research, Education, and Technology
Supporting America’s Small Businesses
Creating Jobs for America’s Young People
FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC FAIRNESS AND AGAINST INEQUALITY
Reining in Wall Street and Fixing our Financial System
Promoting Competition by Stopping Corporate Concentration
Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes
Promoting Trade That is Fair and Benefits American Workers
BRING AMERICANS TOGETHER AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITIES
Ending Systemic Racism
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
Reforming our Criminal Justice System
Fixing our Broken Immigration System
Guaranteeing Civil Rights
Guaranteeing Women’s Rights
Guaranteeing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights
Guaranteeing Rights for People with Disabilities
Respecting Faith and Service
Investing in Rural America
Ending Poverty and Investing in Communities Left Behind
Building Strong Cities and Metro Areas
Promoting Arts and Culture
Honoring Indigenous Tribal Nations
Fighting for the People of Puerto Rico
Honoring the People of the Territories

PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS, FIX OUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM, AND RESTORE OUR DEMOCRACY
Protecting Voting Rights
Fixing Our Broken Campaign Finance System
Appointing Judges
Securing Statehood for Washington, DC
Strengthening Management of Federal Government

COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY, AND SECURE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Building a Clean Energy Economy
Securing Environmental and Climate Justice
Protecting Our Public Lands and Waters

PROVIDE QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE EDUCATION
Making Debt-Free College a Reality
Providing Relief from Crushing Student Debt
Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions
Cracking Down on Predatory For-Profit Schools
Guaranteeing Universal Preschool and Good Schools for Every Child

ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS
Securing Universal Health Care
Supporting Community Health Centers
Reducing Prescription Drug Costs
Enabling Cutting-Edge Medical Research
Combating Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Treating Mental Health
Supporting Those Living with Autism and their Families
Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Ensuring Long-Term Care, Services, and Supports
Protecting and Promoting Public Health
Ending Violence Against Women
Preventing Gun Violence

PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND KEEP FAITH WITH OUR VETERANS
Defense Spending
Veterans and Service Members
Military Families
A Strong Military

CONFRONT GLOBAL THREATS
Terrorism
Syria
Afghanistan
Iran
North Korea
Russia
Cybersecurity and Online Privacy
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons
Global Climate Leadership

PROTECT OUR VALUES
Women and Girls
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Young People
Religious Minorities
Refugees
Civil Society
Anti-Corruption
Torture
Closing Guantánamo Bay
Development Assistance
Global Health
HIV and AIDS
International Labor

A LEADER IN THE WORLD
Asia-Pacific
Middle East
Europe
Americas
Africa
Global Economy and Institutions

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GooD Catch Me. Apr 2018 #1
He can't talk about a topic he does not understand. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #3
Word. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #139
Oh God. When will this end? Do we need ANOTHER Bernie thread? Admins? Please? rainin Apr 2018 #2
You Didn't Have To Open This Thread Me. Apr 2018 #5
"The Admins" aren't going to help you.. Cha Apr 2018 #6
... LexVegas Apr 2018 #8
... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #10
... LexVegas Apr 2018 #11
What do you expect the Admins to do? lunamagica Apr 2018 #13
I'll let Robinson Jeffers answer your question. Jim Lane Apr 2018 #18
Martin Luther King sheshe2 Apr 2018 #19
Well, to be complete... Jim Lane Apr 2018 #32
What a beautiful quotation and source. Thank you, Jim Lane. nt Hekate Apr 2018 #38
Thank you for sharing that piece of inspiration. nt TexasTowelie Apr 2018 #70
Just ignore it if you don't want to read it EffieBlack Apr 2018 #23
It truly does given Sanders own words. arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #144
Who went to Mississippi and decided to criticize the Democratic Party and Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #84
This! MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #89
Yep, he brings criticism upon himself. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #94
+1000! arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #145
Who benefits from that, I wonder? ehrnst Apr 2018 #125
Who could it be? Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #127
Putin wants his Gopigs puppets and what better way to to keep arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #146
That is how I feel about Sanders pushing himself into this celebration. yardwork Apr 2018 #102
Well said. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #128
You nailed it darling! TY 👍👏✊️ arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #147
### NurseJackie Apr 2018 #140
K & R SunSeeker Apr 2018 #4
K&R Gothmog Apr 2018 #7
So typical.. he can't Cha Apr 2018 #9
He feels the need to control the discussion... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #14
Right.. I can imagine Cha Apr 2018 #15
He did the exact same thing with Rachel Maddow LisaM Apr 2018 #39
I knew that was his Cha Apr 2018 #42
Hi Cha! LisaM Apr 2018 #53
Aloha, LisaM! Cha Apr 2018 #54
K&R. Like Me asked in another thread, I wonder, whi invited him? Who thought lunamagica Apr 2018 #12
I read something about that. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #17
KnR! Good find, she. Its good to see these kinds R B Garr Apr 2018 #16
I thought Sanders' remarks were totally on point floppyboo Apr 2018 #20
the sanitation workers were already unionized. they were marching because of the treatment of Black JI7 Apr 2018 #21
This is all Bernie said to honor MLK. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #22
No, BS wasn't .. he was Cha Apr 2018 #24
What speech did you hear him give for unionizing sanitation workers? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #25
Fine, fine, not unionizing - but in support of unions floppyboo Apr 2018 #29
What speech was that? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #31
Fed to me? sheshe2 Apr 2018 #33
".. fed to you?" What are you implying? Cha Apr 2018 #45
Interesting comment. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #71
Insulting and a personal attack.. Cha Apr 2018 #72
Serioulsy??? I question your source, not you. floppyboo Apr 2018 #74
We are both perhaps finding the facts we want to hear? floppyboo Apr 2018 #76
Since I know who you and she are, to see "fed to you" makes my entire body tremble in rage Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #104
Thank you, Eliot.. just words Cha Apr 2018 #122
Thank you! 👍👏 arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #148
"Shame on you all" sheshe2 Apr 2018 #37
If King were alive, I bet he'd be more interested in talking about economic justice ... markpkessinger Apr 2018 #67
Not really. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #75
No matter how much they Cha Apr 2018 #79
Slavery ended with WWII? Prison labor isn't slavery? floppyboo Apr 2018 #81
Prison labor wasn't slavery? sheshe2 Apr 2018 #115
Really??? No - I'm not talking about African Americans floppyboo Apr 2018 #78
Why is it so hard for you to accept the fact that MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #92
Exactly EffieBlack Apr 2018 #129
Thank you 😊 MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #138
In case you haven't noticed, it seems to me that whenever Bernie is present it is always smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #88
Hello, smirky. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #116
Me too! arthritisR_US Apr 2018 #149
Right back at you. "Shame on you all". Cha Apr 2018 #47
Absolutely not. It was a campaign speech with a nasty attack on both Democrats and President Obama Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #85
Completely agree onetexan Apr 2018 #87
I think there would have been less damage to the party had he run as an independent. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #96
agree, but he should have never been allowed to run as Dem, and never should be allowed again onetexan Apr 2018 #142
Can he be stopped? Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #150
No. Shame on you. Adrahil Apr 2018 #95
THANK you! EffieBlack Apr 2018 #130
Sigh.... nt Susan Calvin Apr 2018 #26
Thanks! Scurrilous Apr 2018 #27
Bernie keeps insisting that racism is a symptom of poverty RandySF Apr 2018 #28
Correct. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #30
yes, it certainly is. And why is that? floppyboo Apr 2018 #34
Is this something you've actually studied in depth? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #36
;) hmmm sheshe2 Apr 2018 #44
I feel comfortable saying, obviously not. herding cats Apr 2018 #48
yes, I have studied this in my distant youth floppyboo Apr 2018 #50
So, the answer is no EffieBlack Apr 2018 #90
Yea. Now take the next step. Adrahil Apr 2018 #98
That's ridiculous.. look at President Obama.. Cha Apr 2018 #35
huh? what? are you responding to my comment? floppyboo Apr 2018 #43
As you can see by my post I'm responding Cha Apr 2018 #46
oops - didn't see floppyboo Apr 2018 #60
Yup EffieBlack Apr 2018 #132
Exactly, Effie.. President Obama is a prime Cha Apr 2018 #137
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2018 #154
MLK was interested in addressing both racism and economic polarization. David__77 Apr 2018 #40
No. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #52
No what? David__77 Apr 2018 #58
My bad. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #59
Perhaps the senator could explain why AA doctors and lawyers mcar Apr 2018 #91
Even better, maybe non black people could shut up and listen for once Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #105
Now there's a fine idea! mcar Apr 2018 #113
actually racism is a tool of the 1 % to divide us ,which of course questionseverything Apr 2018 #101
actually racism is Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #106
"Racism is a tool of the 1%?" Please just stop. You just don't seem to know enough EffieBlack Apr 2018 #134
How do those studies do that work? That doesn't entirely make sense to me. Institutional racism JCanete Apr 2018 #103
If it was all and only about free labor, why were white people also not enslaved? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #135
It was a valuable thing to keep that belief system in place. It was not good for poor whites. JCanete Apr 2018 #141
Study after study after study - none of which, I'll bet - Bernie has bothered to read EffieBlack Apr 2018 #131
I always look forward to The Root posts, thanks for posting! betsuni Apr 2018 #41
I love the Root...they be bad asses. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #49
Bernie is going to be exposed to a lot of sunlight between now and 2020. herding cats Apr 2018 #51
Sunlight have at 'er! The past has been picked over - floppyboo Apr 2018 #55
This is predawn. herding cats Apr 2018 #56
I missed that. What was his response to the criticism? floppyboo Apr 2018 #64
Yes, he did on Twitter yesterday. herding cats Apr 2018 #65
can you copy/paste that? I don't do twitter nt floppyboo Apr 2018 #80
No. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #68
Exactly! herding cats Apr 2018 #73
If he wishes to persue a 2020 run... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #57
I think he is, and that's exactly what I'm saying here. herding cats Apr 2018 #61
Thanks. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #66
We should ask other politicians how being in the spotlight as a front runner worked for them? herding cats Apr 2018 #69
I suspect that in 2020, like in 2016, the GOP will lay off Bernie in the primary... SidDithers Apr 2018 #93
So am I. NurseJackie Apr 2018 #117
Where are Bernie's tax returns? Nobody should give a pass to that again. yardwork Apr 2018 #151
Poor Bernie has only one analysis to work with, and it is reductionist... Hekate Apr 2018 #62
Reductionist, yes, but I believe after reading everything Hortensis Apr 2018 #82
+1000 Great post and very true. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #86
Don't want to get into the rest, but the truth is the goals difference IS there, and can be seen JCanete Apr 2018 #114
Now, you must know his goals are basically Democratic Party Hortensis Apr 2018 #143
Your POst Makes Me Think Of Ann Richards Me. Apr 2018 #97
+1000. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2018 #126
Bernie is so tiny tiny next to the genius of Obama AlexSFCA Apr 2018 #63
To put the last paragraph in the OP in perpective: floppyboo Apr 2018 #77
What Sen. Sanders has never understood is that both racism and sexism are the main Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #83
We just discussed dthat its more complicated than that, and that economic incentives actually call JCanete Apr 2018 #100
I posted this before that. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #108
yeah, I edited after the fact to reflect that. nt JCanete Apr 2018 #111
Sorry missed it. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #124
What policy does Sanders propose that won't actually begin to address these things? JCanete Apr 2018 #99
To respond BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #107
Your post was compelling and I think true. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #109
Right, I agree that that is what white people think. That's why you dismantle that premise by JCanete Apr 2018 #112
As a (unfortunately long) response BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #120
We are simply cynical about different aspects of the same problem. Actually, on edit, we are JCanete Apr 2018 #121
Again in response BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #123
Teach! sheshe2 Apr 2018 #118
This is a fair criticism and that is refreshing GaryCnf Apr 2018 #110
Thank you, Gary. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #119
Compared to what I've heard him say about Barack in interviews, this was high praise. ucrdem Apr 2018 #133
Gotcha. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #136
Sanders isnt a racist. Hes more Archie Bunker Renew Deal Apr 2018 #152
That is a great explanation, Renew Deal. sheshe2 Apr 2018 #153
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