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SoCalDem

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40. Substitute "totally", in place of "nearly"

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 08:03 AM

Nov 2014

and you are close..

The middle class was killed (although it was really only a blip to start with)
Unions were killed
College affordability was scrapped
Pensions were gutted, then killed
Tax burden was shifted downward
voting rights were weakened
The New Deal & Great Society were targeted and severely wounded

there are more, but those are fresh in my mind

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Warren Torches GOP On Economy: 'We Tried It for 30 years, It Was 'Nearly Catastrophic' [View all] kpete Nov 2014 OP

The problem is that they do not want ot know. The truth is that when we practice trickle down and jwirr Nov 2014 #1

Yup. Perfect example is my older brother he lost his job of almost 20 years at Bi-Lo cstanleytech Nov 2014 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #16

??? pinto Nov 2014 #18

Thats because it wasnt due to the ACA. cstanleytech Nov 2014 #31

The problem is language. They say trickle down is wildly successfull. And it is for them. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #7

Ah, yes. THEM. the ever-present OTHER who takes what should be for ME and MINE, without earning it. Volaris Nov 2014 #33

What you say is true but is a tangent from what I was saying. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #34

she's so brilliant MissMillie Nov 2014 #2

I'd be proud too. ~nt RiverLover Nov 2014 #3

She's saying the things that NEED to be said! calimary Nov 2014 #13

Run Elizabeth Run .... Please flying-skeleton Nov 2014 #4

Would be nice but I dont picture her running until 2020 at the earliest. nt cstanleytech Nov 2014 #6

As V.P. with Sanders in 2016? maddiemom Nov 2014 #20

I doubt she would run with him as I suspect she probably wants to focus on cstanleytech Nov 2014 #30

Awww, that's so... childish. n/t A Simple Game Nov 2014 #8

Meh, fouled on a technicality. Welcome to DU, flying-skeleton! calimary Nov 2014 #14

Warren / Sanders 2016!!!!! Initech Nov 2014 #23

Supply-side economics doesn't work. Demand is what stimulates the economy. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2014 #9

it never worked, it never will work noiretextatique Nov 2014 #10

I love her. ReRe Nov 2014 #11

Bush lesson: Tax cuts 4 rich+ bank & mortgage deregulation= DOOM! ErikJ Nov 2014 #12

People who did this did it to make us fail spectacularly. lark Nov 2014 #15

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #17

What is this "nearly" of which you speak ? eppur_se_muova Nov 2014 #19

I just LOVE this woman!!! closeupready Nov 2014 #21

Preach it Liz!!!! Initech Nov 2014 #22

What will you bet that at the next GOP Presidential debate, trickle down tax cuts will be front and aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2014 #24

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #25

Reality of what happens when elections are won by GOP, Reagan pushed his Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #26

So what? POE-PurityOfEssence Nov 2014 #28

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #27

She's awesome and speaks the truth...but... IkeRepublican Nov 2014 #29

K&R Segami Nov 2014 #32

GREAT turbinetree Nov 2014 #35

Tell it to Obama and the Third Way "Democrats." blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #36

There was no "Nearly" Senator Warren as it clearly has been a disaster. nt cstanleytech Nov 2014 #37

Exactly the trickly stopped humbled_opinion Nov 2014 #38

30 years of failed conservative economics 4dsc Nov 2014 #39

Substitute "totally", in place of "nearly" SoCalDem Nov 2014 #40

Nearly? woo me with science Nov 2014 #41

And yet EW says she was a Republican because they had better ideas about "the markets..." polichick Nov 2014 #42