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In reply to the discussion: Hillary could be the final nail in the middle-class coffin. [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)117. And with her support for H-1B and the TPP she's actively been SCREWING tech workers...
... like myself who've been unemployed as I am now and many times recently and have only had salaries recently still lower than it was even in raw dollars than it was almost over 10 years ago.
She IS working against those people in the working class like me by doing this.
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What does she say about Organized Labor? Given record attacks on it by Scott Walker,
whathehell
Mar 2015
#7
that's the standard now? that a president doesn't (openly) fight against unions? (except for
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#30
Joe doesn't beat his wife in public. Well, only occasionally-- when they disagree.'
Marr
Mar 2015
#164
defending unions is a bit different from not attacking them. one is a positive action, the
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#174
I do not know what to say to you. Union have all agreed to delay supporting her.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#81
The date of that is this month. I seem to recall Wisconsin union problems with Walker
merrily
Mar 2015
#276
My post was to Janey Vee's Reply 54, which linked you to a March 2015 article.
merrily
Mar 2015
#280
I have zero reason to distrust this president. I base this judgment on his past performance.
BlueCaliDem
Mar 2015
#69
Because he refuses to sign Keystone XL into law and give them what they want?
BlueCaliDem
Mar 2015
#75
It runs much deeper than that. They almost did not endorse him in 2012, way before Keystone was
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#78
Actually, I always back up my words. Some people refuse to admit they are wrong
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#249
She has certainly offered something besides silence and spoken up many, many times.
NYC Liberal
Mar 2015
#61
And with her support for H-1B and the TPP she's actively been SCREWING tech workers...
cascadiance
Mar 2015
#117
"Saving Medicare and Social Security" means about the same as "reforming" them.
hedda_foil
Mar 2015
#157
I don't know when, where or who your quote is from, but read the link I posted in reply 175
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#197
And you know there is a difference between healthcare and health insurance, right?
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#215
Private insurance will always be around. It exists even in single payer countries.
JaneyVee
Mar 2015
#218
It won't be mandatory anywhere else, and none of their non-profit systems will be taken away
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#234
My bad, couldn't resist. The true Nail in the Coffin will be a GOP Pres win. And
misterhighwasted
Mar 2015
#48
I got booted off the HRC group. I never posted on it and did not know of it.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#262
I see it as sadly ironic that the HRC supports claim to want all Democrats to be united
rhett o rick
Mar 2015
#272
"Social issues are decoys used to fight for and decide who gains the White House."
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#8
Dayton is openly pro-union, higher-taxes on the rich and has raised the minimum wage.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#102
S.2514 - Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2007 110th Congress (2007-2008)
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#198
S.2725 - Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act of 2006 109th Congress (2005-2006)
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#199
Agree. The Democratic Party used to stand for social issues and economic issues.
merrily
Mar 2015
#50
He is strong. He can carry them from Insanityville to looney town and back again.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#321
Well that's stupid. Those groups are an enormous voting block. Civil & Equal rights.
misterhighwasted
Mar 2015
#51
And you're saying you don't care what happens wrt jobs, TPP, drilling, public schools, healthcare,
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#176
So your basic premise is that Clintn has the exact same economic agenda as Paul
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#45
Then why is Richard Trumka delaying endorsing her. Is his imagination goofed up, too?
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#55
The blowback is insane. Try to wake people up and they do not want to hear it.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#86
There are many great post in this thread that point out why Hill worries people. Please
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#268
I usually, but not always, read an entire thread before I post on it for the first time.
merrily
Mar 2015
#273
He wanted the auto industry to fail. Explain how that is not multi-national thinking.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#138
Please, he did not want to give them at the loan that saved the American auto industry.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#152
Is that the best you can come up with? A logical fallacy? Argumentum ad populum
AgingAmerican
Mar 2015
#226
Here you go. I did not want to waste time. He flip-flopped for political reasons.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#232
The reference is clear, Suskind's book. Please, Give it up. Summers was against the auto bailout
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#336
Yes, I do not care who it is. It does not take long to forget where you come from.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#271
Considering what Bill did to the poor with "Welfare Reform", you might be on to something.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2015
#94
You don't know a lot about Hillary Clinton, huh. If you did you would never have
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#111
The problem is both sides claim to be fighting for higher wages, health care.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#112
I have been a union person for a very long time, I do not agree with every union leader.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#118
Like you, I am a long-time union member and an activist. I know a bit about unions,too.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#123
IF TRUMKA fights against the DNC nominee my opinion will of him will drop like a rock.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#132
Trumka should read the history on how unions was created and the challenges in the past.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#140
"They both view the middle-class as an inefficient relic from a bygone past with huge legacy issues.
Wella
Mar 2015
#113
Actually, they viewed it as something to hold up to show that capitalism is better than communism
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#181
Hypothetically: Do you think he would get more done than Hillary, assuming he had the house and senate?
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#150
Notice how women are people of color are assumed to be other than middle class
BainsBane
Mar 2015
#158
If you are planning on being the next David Alexrod, you should look for something else.
FSogol
Mar 2015
#125
Wow, I do not know where you got that. Economic justice is for all not just white men, Oy.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#159
He said if she can get elected solely on social issues, she'll abandon economic issues
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#183
How do you talk about women without using the word women? Non-males? Child-bearers? X-Ys?
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#266
Just for the record, are you serious? My entire goal is raising the bar for everybody through econom
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#290
Women, minorities and whites all have one thing in common. They are workers.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#303
"We voted for an African American president and the standard of living dropped for 99 percent
YoungDemCA
Mar 2015
#310
More than half the posts at DU, especially in GD, are opinions. Few have the disclaimer
Doctor_J
Mar 2015
#178
Only if she needs them. I honestly think if she feels she does not need them she will keep distance.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#184
K&R Not just the middle class, but the chance of reclaiming democracy itself.
woo me with science
Mar 2015
#186
Who would? And Bush would never tell you there are no WMD's. What is your point?
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#229
Hillary will win handily. She has no Republican competition. First in history will carry her.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#275
I am getting ahead of myself, looking at her likely Republican opponents for 2016.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#291
Thanks for allowing me to point out Bernie Sanders and his 12 point plan are great.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#305
By the way, if you read the thread, rather than simply attack, you can read about me bragging up dem
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#307
Thankfully, most people understand the piece is not about women and minorities. It is a complex
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#312
The current hyper-partisan political climate is by design, and crafted by both sides.
Maedhros
Mar 2015
#322
DU is the home of a great number of personality cultists, either for Obama or for Hillary.
Maedhros
Mar 2015
#327
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Gandhi
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#334
True, But she insists the spoon is made in China with slave-labor. TPP guideline.
WillTwain
Mar 2015
#328
VERY clever LOL --- personally, I want a con as president so we can legislate hate some more
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#330