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BainsBane

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22. How bout this

Thu May 7, 2015, 01:27 AM

May 2015

Fuck food stamps. Establish a living wage and decent jobs. Food stamps shouldn't be necessary. We shouldn't be "helping the poor." We should eliminate poverty by creating a living wage. If there is anything I would expect a socialist to address is that. Food stamps are part of an economy built around rampant inequality. Real reform would mean lessening that inequality to the extent that such subsidies wouldn't be necessary. Socialism is from each his ability to each according to his need: Karl Marx. It's not food stamps. That's mainstream liberal, more of the same, and it subsidizes corporations paying low wages.

Those assholes on Wall Street actually repaid that bailout money. The problem wasn't so much that the government lost money on them because it didn't, but that it gave them license to carry on as usual. As has often been said: it privatized profits and socialized risk. I certainly agree with him that too big to fail should be too big to exist, and I said so at the time.

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The 99% earns less than you might think. [View all] BainsBane May 2015 OP

I mentioned income inequality to some teaparty morons and linked to the wealth of NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #1

There is a difference BainsBane May 2015 #2

Wealth is accumulated income. Yes, but they are repeating fox garbage because if they NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #3

Ah. One of the advantages of not having television service BainsBane May 2015 #4

I find it hard to believe only 20 percent make more then me yeoman6987 May 2015 #8

If you live with someone who works, that would put you higher BainsBane May 2015 #9

That reply could be true. I wish you did the study. yeoman6987 May 2015 #11

If you find information that conflicts with this, let me know BainsBane May 2015 #13

Thanks! yeoman6987 May 2015 #14

actually no hfojvt May 2015 #31

Okay BainsBane May 2015 #38

FYI BainsBane May 2015 #10

I am befuddled why you choose to misrepresent Sen Sanders. rhett o rick May 2015 #20

The only position of his I've spoken to BainsBane May 2015 #21

"even Sanders talks about the middle class." Bonobo May 2015 #27

Please, correct me BainsBane May 2015 #40

De[ends on where you live also. JDPriestly May 2015 #28

Where I live, you might as well be a millionaire. Jamastiene May 2015 #33

Thanks for the post. Wellstone ruled May 2015 #5

To turn around this mess around will take drastic change. I don't believe that rhett o rick May 2015 #6

Nor will Sanders' doing the bidding of gun manufacturers BainsBane May 2015 #7

I think your anger is misplaced. Are you pissed at the middle class more than the Oligarchs? rhett o rick May 2015 #12

I'm pissed off at you BainsBane May 2015 #15

I read until you said I hated H. Clinton. That's a lie. I don't hate her but rhett o rick May 2015 #18

Indeed, she should be held accountable BainsBane May 2015 #23

If you think that my concern about Wall Street has to do with the Stock Market and personal rhett o rick May 2015 #19

How bout this BainsBane May 2015 #22

So true. JDPriestly May 2015 #29

Put me in that top line there. hobbit709 May 2015 #16

That sucks BainsBane May 2015 #17

At least I don't have a house payment anymore. $968/mo SS helps. hobbit709 May 2015 #34

Is this the thread where you spread the false meme that Sanders is all about the 10% vs. the 1%? nt Bonobo May 2015 #24

No, not Sanders BainsBane May 2015 #25

Great, so I've already seen the last of your posts about how it is about the 10% vs. the 1%, right? Bonobo May 2015 #26

Why do you assume everything I say is about a politician? BainsBane May 2015 #41

$50k a year is considered super rich where I live. Jamastiene May 2015 #30

Interesting BainsBane May 2015 #37

Right. Jamastiene May 2015 #39

not less than I think hfojvt May 2015 #32

This aligns well with the graph on changes in global incomes which shows the 1% winning at pampango May 2015 #35

That is why programs such as VITA exist nitpicker May 2015 #36

And IMO they are working more. No one has any time anymore. jwirr May 2015 #42

I think evidence shows that is the case BainsBane May 2015 #43