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In reply to the discussion: Dear Hillary supporters, how can you trust her on issues of war and peace? [View all]whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)which have been limited to the abstract notion of "inclusive capitalism" and "wealth envy".
"Inclusive capitalism" is a fancy way of saying "trickle down". The difference being mostly rhetorical semantics, with trickle down becoming a bit dated.
"wealth envy" is a way of scolding those who make less than $250,000 a year to "get over it".
What has been leaked during her $400,000 speeches to Goldman indicates that she does not hold Wall Street responsible for the economic decay of ordinary Americans, Wall Street CEOs were not responsible for the financial meltdown, and America needs to be kinder to the job creators. Clearly she doesn't bite the hand that feeds her.
On out sourcing to Asia she has been called "the senator from India".
While Hillary claims that only the most qualified individuals should be employed, it is worth noting that her daughter was paid $600,000 as a special correspondent to MSNBC, an amount which alienated experienced veteran reporters. Chelsea's crowning achievement as special correspondent was a shameless puff piece where she interviewed the GEICO lizard.
Her son-in-law is a hedge fund manger with investment from Goldman Sachs.
Nearly all her public appearances are associated with VERY expensive and exclusive events far out side access of mere mortals.
Other than that, her lack of strong documented commitment to undoing the years of decay to working American families indicates that she intends to keep punishing the lower class by making it harder and hard to compete with low wage workers from other nations.
Her husband "reached across the aisle" to toss millions off of welfare, leading to today's record levels of pvoerty and extreme poverty (making less than $2 a day).
She claimed she was dead broke when she left the White House. That was supposed to resonate with us. Instead, it crashed the bullshit detector.
Further stressing the bullshit detector she said this -
"You know, in my Judeo-Christian faith tradition, in both the Old and the New Testament, the incredible demands that God places on us and that the prophets ask of us, and that Christ called us to respond to on behalf of the poor, are unavoidable. Maybe the lord is just waiting for us to respond to his call, because this despair is what we ar expected to be spending our time responding to, and so few of us do."
Nothing in Hillary's recent behavior indicates she intends to change these views, in fact she seems to be triangulating more than ever and doubling down on 3rd way philosophy which involves legislating lavish benefits and entitlements for corporations with a non-binding agreement that CEOs will "do the right thing" out of the goodness of their hearts after paying her $300,000 for a one hour revival session where she speaks in tongues.