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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]xajj4791
(84 posts)He is referring to the habit of Republican presidents/Congress to run up the deficit, then once a Democrat is elected President or is in control of Congress, the Republicans start calling for fiscal responsibility. This ends with the Democrats having to tighten their budgets with cuts to social welfare programs, not because they want to, but because they are trying to balance the budget and reduce the deficit.
How many Democrats have voted for tax cuts to the 1%? If your answer is not 0 then you cannot count that one either.
Everyone on here keeps saying how Bernie is not a Democrat but in reality he is a Democrat simply because he chose to run as Democrat and was accepted by the DNC. The elitism here is rampant about who real Democrats are but in the end, those who vote Democrat make up the ranks of Democrats including those who run as Democrats.
His goals, most likely, are to continue pushing the Democrats to the left and to have them accept his plans for social programs and taxation as ideals to push for rather than letting the Republicans sharp shoot them with their hypocritical hawkish ways when they are not in control.