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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Slams Clinton for Having Supported Slashing of America's Safety Net [View all]questionseverything
(9,646 posts)127. to be clear
i want millionaires and billionaires to provide the safety net
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Bernie Sanders Slams Clinton for Having Supported Slashing of America's Safety Net [View all]
FreakinDJ
Aug 2015
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The welfare reform gave training for two years, childcare, food and shelter assistance
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#1
So you think it is okay for people like myself who has a minimum wage job to work and pay taxes
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#117
No, I do not think low-wage workers should bear the burden of the safety net
bread_and_roses
Aug 2015
#148
I like the thought of training, I don't see others working with me who has training
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#149
I can only speak for myself and say if I was 20 years old and i had an offer to get training for a
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#151
Good for Bernie, who prefers helping the people SLEEPing on Main Street, as compared to Hillary, who favors the corporatists REAPing on Wall Street!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2015
#5
Hillary is On Record at the time supporting it, wrote about supporting it in her book,
bvar22
Aug 2015
#137
Yes. They were WRONG. I want an apology tour from Bill AND Hillary (she bragged about it).
bravenak
Aug 2015
#42
Add a guaranteed minimum income. That would take care of a lot of the mess. And it would end
jwirr
Aug 2015
#71
I suspect there is a lot more we could add. There is so much need out here. And all we have seen
jwirr
Aug 2015
#73
That is light weight compared to what the Old Dog did in the Arkansas Primary of 2010...
bvar22
Aug 2015
#143
It's one of those words that's okay if we refer to it but a no no for them.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#41
Geez. WHERE have I heard that before? "We should be encouraging people to work."
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#119
Ah, if only the two of them could discuss this issue face-to-face in a public meeting,
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#10
Oh, you think they'll actually have a chance to rebut each other. That's cute. n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#30
No; I think the DNC should relinquish its unprecedented stranglehold on the process. n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#38
Conspiracy? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the frontrunner benefits
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#67
If there is anyone to go after it's Wall Street and the 1% who are avoiding paying taxes.
YOHABLO
Aug 2015
#26
And then, of course, the "Workfare" parents were criticized, demonized even,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2015
#46
"The less money they pay you the more demeaning they try to make your life."
SusanCalvin
Aug 2015
#75
He never said he would not talk about her action regarding the issues. That is not attacking.
jwirr
Aug 2015
#69
From personal experience with Bill's welfare reform - the biggest problem was that there were
jwirr
Aug 2015
#68
And that is even more true today when we have so few good jobs. When you are not hired if you
jwirr
Aug 2015
#113
Thanks for bringing us an "anti-Illuminati" libertarian conspiracy author into it...
Bongo Prophet
Aug 2015
#123
Thank you. My rant was not as good as my wife's who mention the wiping out of civics class as well
diabeticman
Aug 2015
#154
RW? Poverty? It was the rw her and Bill were dancing to when they passed welfare reform.
jwirr
Aug 2015
#114
I kick and recommend with reservations. I don't think Bernie exactly "slammed" Hillary.
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#118
blah blah blah... a record of many successes, vs a record of failed positions.
Amimnoch
Aug 2015
#120