2016 Postmortem

tonyt53

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5. How about this line from the GOP - "If you want your taxes raised, vote for Bernie".

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 12:46 PM

Jun 2016

It worked for Reagan against Mondale, and it would not be a lie. Under Bernie's proposals, the taxes of everyone, including those least able to pay more, would go up significantly. To say "but they would receive the most benefit though" indicates a clear lacking of how people living in poverty are getting by. Any tax like that is regressive, just like a GOP proposed national sales tax or a flat income tax.

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Would a Clinton presidency bring back Alan Greenspan? [View all] rhett o rick Jun 2016 OP

No...nt SidDithers Jun 2016 #1

I hope not. Maybe the Clintons have learned their lesson. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #17

what an incredible bogus stretch. Trying to tie Clinton to Rand. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #2

Alan Greenspans physical appearance has nothing to do with the reverence that the Clinton's rhett o rick Jun 2016 #13

Desperate times call for desperate ops. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #3

Yes. Lewinsky too. nt firebrand80 Jun 2016 #4

How about this line from the GOP - "If you want your taxes raised, vote for Bernie". tonyt53 Jun 2016 #5

that would get us slaughtered in the general election. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #14

oh, please. That is not why Reagan defeated Mondale. merrily Jun 2016 #28

Bill liked Greenspan. Hillary did say she would put Bill in charge of the Exilednight Jun 2016 #6

The wealthy 1% love Greenspan/Rand because their philosophy promoted rhett o rick Jun 2016 #21

Sure, even if he dies between now and her inauguration. She has the ability to resurrect the dead! stevenleser Jun 2016 #7

Janet Louise Yellen Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2016 #8

Smart bet. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #26

Greenspan had the guts to admit he was wrong on allowing the free markets to correct. puffy socks Jun 2016 #9

Alan Greenspan, born March 6, 1926, is 90 years old. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #10

you're forgetting about #berniemath. Anything is possible. You only need to twist enough. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #15

I am too old to play competitive twister. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #16

Bernie Isn't. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #25

Well Bless his little heart. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #31

Janet Yellen has a four year term jamese777 Jun 2016 #11

How modern "capitalism" works, unbeknownst to idiot ideologues like Alan Greenspan BernieforPres2016 Jun 2016 #12

Great post. Thanks. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #19

And Johnny Carson, itsrobert Jun 2016 #18

Sure, they'll put his brain in a US Robotics Exoskeleton and he'll FSogol Jun 2016 #20

No. Dem2 Jun 2016 #22

Good question. If the hubz has a say we'll probably get a Greenspan surrogate. ancianita Jun 2016 #23

Do you always see the negative in things? Andy823 Jun 2016 #24

I volunteer at a foodbank and work with the homeless. I have friends and family that either rhett o rick Jun 2016 #30

the way Hillary screwed over Andrea Mitchell...not happening. nt Jack Bone Jun 2016 #27

It will be some other wall street hack. That's her orders. onecaliberal Jun 2016 #29

In retrospect, he undeniably kept interest rates too low for too long, encouraging the bubble. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #32

The quotes in the OP indicate that he believed in the integrity of the unregulated capitalism. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #34

What do you think of Janet Yellen's approach to interest rates? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #35

He never left. CobaltBlue Jun 2016 #33

Well, maybe she could get him through the first term if he were embalmed ahead of time. longship Jun 2016 #36