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still_one

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8. Perhaps you are unaware of her record. She has always supported income equality. Strongly
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 08:12 AM
Sep 2014

supported the Lilly Ledbetter Act, and took the following positions:

No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased. (Jul 2007)
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)
Stand up for unions; organize for fair wages. (Jun 2007)
Get tough with China and bring jobs back home. (Feb 2007)
Minimum wage increases haven’t kept up with Congress’ wages. (Dec 2006)
Passed 2 planks of 7-plank platform, “New Jobs for New York”. (Oct 2006)
Minimum wage should be tied to congressional salaries. (Jun 2006)
Pushed for extension of unemployment insurance. (Feb 2004)
The working poor deserve a living wage. (Oct 1999)
America can afford to raise the minimum wage. (Sep 1999)
Recently “we’re in it together” became “you’re on your own”. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Nov 2008)
Voted NO on terminating legal challenges to English-only job rules. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Jun 2007)
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Feb 2007)
Voted YES on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)
Protect overtime pay protections. (Jun 2003)
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003)
Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006)
Sponsored bill linking minimum wage to Congress' pay raises. (May 2006)
Extend unemployment compensation during recession. (Jan 2008)
Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue. (Jan 2009)
Sponsored bill enforcing against gender pay discrimination. (Jan 2009)

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Good for Hillary! Laelth Sep 2014 #1
Ha! She said it is a problem and "she hopes there will be a mass movement that demands rhett o rick Sep 2014 #18
It's weak sauce, I admit. Laelth Sep 2014 #20
I would really like to feel better, but in some cases rhetoric is worse than nothing. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #28
As far as I know, you are right. Laelth Sep 2014 #31
Well, she can't support such a movement AND support the secret Free Trade Agreement sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #84
And to say that in another way, "Those that support the TPP do not care about the environment." rhett o rick Sep 2014 #88
Exactly. When you watch what they do rather than what they say, it is amazing sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #90
How About A Mass Movement Demanding Action On Income Inequality cantbeserious Sep 2014 #2
She also called for a broader mass movement toward political change. pnwmom Sep 2014 #3
Yeah but NAFTA happened under him. mucifer Sep 2014 #6
Is her name Bill? Last I checked, women could even vote without their husband's permission.nt pnwmom Sep 2014 #9
In fact she has opposed CAFTA, which Bill does not, so you are correct still_one Sep 2014 #10
Bush Sr. arranged NAFTA pandr32 Sep 2014 #49
Between the two of them they have amassed quite a bit of wealth in a few years. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #19
She made most of her money selling her books, and since then pnwmom Sep 2014 #21
Yes "selling books". That's where you can get $14 million in advance to keep whether any books rhett o rick Sep 2014 #25
Why isn't the advance justified? Since Bill Clinton's made $15 million, it's reasonable to expect pnwmom Sep 2014 #26
It looks like a great way for PAC's to transfer money to candidate's personal accounts. rhett o rick Sep 2014 #66
Right. She's just like the Repubs, you keep saying that. All I see is speculation. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #68
I have never said that and I am tired of you defaulting to that meme when you rhett o rick Sep 2014 #69
You just compared her to Newt Gingritch. Why didn't you compare her pnwmom Sep 2014 #70
Wow you are really reaching. I think H. Clinton is running for president and I don't think she rhett o rick Sep 2014 #72
Obama ran for President, and wrote books. Did you criticize him for that, too? pnwmom Sep 2014 #75
How did they become wealthy on government jobs? former9thward Sep 2014 #41
Calling for a mass movement isn't really taking any action. When she gets Wall Street to get rhett o rick Sep 2014 #67
She'z pot of da One Puhcent!!! BeyondGeography Sep 2014 #5
Perhaps you are unaware of her record. She has always supported income equality. Strongly still_one Sep 2014 #8
I believe she can walk AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #40
Why the Repub sarcasm? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #4
Many people here have repeatedly said that Hillary is nothing but a Republican in disguise. pnwmom Sep 2014 #11
They are blinded by animosity, and refuse to even look at her record. While not everyone will agree still_one Sep 2014 #12
Thanks for the link, still_one. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #13
Please quit spamming me with that link. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #15
Who made you ruler of what can or cannot be posted. Typical...put your fingers in your ears and say still_one Sep 2014 #16
I'm not, I'm simply asking you not to keep posting it under *my* comments. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #17
first of all I was replying to someone else in YOUR thread. Second, it isn't spam. Are you saying still_one Sep 2014 #23
Ok, I sometimes have trouble with the nesting here. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #29
OK. I definitely am not angry about it, and respect diverse opinions. Seriously, have a nice day still_one Sep 2014 #30
Doh! AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #42
Yeah, I got the nesting wrong. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #44
It's all good AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #45
Comments in a thread are open to anyone, they don't belong to you. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #54
If you bother to read the rest of the comments Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #58
Even so, anyone's free to reply to anyone -- sometimes so that others can see what the person's pnwmom Sep 2014 #60
Sure, which is why my first response Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #61
Bow out of the thread, then. It's an accurate resource to describe HRC's -- or any politicians'-- MADem Sep 2014 #52
She's a centrist Dem. Better than practically any Republican, to be sure. And I'll vote for her nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #74
Well, I'd suggest they're being hyperbolic. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #14
Not by much. Being more like Republicans was the whole merrily Sep 2014 #39
The whole country shifted to the right after the fall of the Soviet Union. pnwmom Sep 2014 #55
I actually don't believe that. I think a lot of people were simply confused as to Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #59
I don't think she's a republican in disguise. I think she's a full fledged corporatist cali Sep 2014 #46
Well, see, she really doesn't mean it. She's just saying that MineralMan Sep 2014 #7
there is plenty of evidence to contradict her words. cali Sep 2014 #47
Looks like rhetoric to me. At least candidate Obama PROMISED to turn back the Patriot Act. nm rhett o rick Sep 2014 #22
So she said "someday, someone should do something about this". jeff47 Sep 2014 #24
Do you disagree? AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #43
She's passing the buck on to someone else to do it. jeff47 Sep 2014 #65
She is in reality AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #77
And she's saying it's someone else's job to start that movement. (nt) jeff47 Sep 2014 #80
Nowhere does she say AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #81
She says it's up to young people to do it. jeff47 Sep 2014 #87
You have a "No more third way bullshit" sig line.... bunnies Sep 2014 #71
so that's what cognitive dissonance looks like AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #73
So thats what AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #79
My takeaway from this is that it's AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #83
So she is wrong? AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #85
yes her simplistic statement is incorrect AtomicKitten Sep 2014 #89
Im not defending Hillary, but AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #78
and I should believe her why? cali Sep 2014 #27
And her State Dept's "Git Er Done!" approach on KXL hatrack Sep 2014 #33
Rebranding. Different wrapper. Same contents. Don't buy it. merrily Sep 2014 #32
sadly must agree. Nt navarth Sep 2014 #35
Hopes there will be? Maybe she should be in NY on the 21st. raouldukelives Sep 2014 #34
"hopes" implies that there isn't one now, and that she won't be leading it KurtNYC Sep 2014 #36
Did she happen to mention what she would do, or what should be done, to address the issue? nt NorthCarolina Sep 2014 #37
The media barely covered this, as it was. So I have no idea. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #63
"Somebody tell me what to do," begs our next president. Orsino Sep 2014 #38
Just in time for the climate march...... marmar Sep 2014 #48
Yada, yada, blah, blah - full of sound and fury but--- packman Sep 2014 #50
Oh yeah? She's been speaking but most of the media hasn't been reporting. How about this: pnwmom Sep 2014 #53
Thanks for link- packman Sep 2014 #56
Me, too. Hopefully this will continue even more strongly as time goes on. n/t pnwmom Sep 2014 #57
+2 nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #76
Thanks Hillary. We know you care riversedge Sep 2014 #51
Wonder if she will show up for the Climate March this weekend. oldandhappy Sep 2014 #62
Just like the mass movement that demanded NO WAR ON IRAQ? Dems to Win Sep 2014 #64
There was no mass movement AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #82
She must be running for POTUS Rex Sep 2014 #86
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