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Hillary Clinton

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kstewart33

(6,552 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 05:22 PM Apr 2016

Here's an interesting website. [View all]

It's called Political Wire and its founder Taegan Goddard posts short (1-5 paragraphs) but interesting bits of political news and commentary. The commenters are mostly Hillary supporters and many post thoughtful views and news. The Bernie supporters aren't Berniebots for the most part. Here's a comment that I thought was well worth thinking about:

It's very easy for Sanders to criticize making money and institutions that make money, manage money and employ people. He comes from the state with the lowest GDP in the nation (and it's not even close). Vermont is the second smallest state by population, second least diverse and it has no major industry or corporations based there (unless you count Ben and Jerry's and Orris). That has made it very easy for him to never have to consider corporations, banks, industry... as employers or major contributors to the economy. Vermont benefits from those institutions of course, but Sanders faces absolutely no political repercussions back home if he threatens to tear them down. Vermont is a wonderful place. But it is not very representative of the rest of the country or how most Americans have to get by.


https://politicalwire.com
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