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Bernie Sanders

SoapBox

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4. I was shocked again...

Reply to tecelote (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:43 PM

Nov 2015

When I saw something in an article this morning (about the SS cap)...

That only 6% of America makes above $97,000 per year?

I wondered if that was current or an older number from 2008...Regarless (because I'll lay odds, it hasn't changed much) I was appalled.

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Why Bernie Sanders isn't a Democrat (Because the Party has Moved Right) [View all] n2doc Nov 2015 OP

The reason I'm not either. leftcoastmountains Nov 2015 #1

Do you think that the Democratic Party is the party of the American working class? tecelote Nov 2015 #2

I was shocked again... SoapBox Nov 2015 #4

With the trends we've had the last few years.... daleanime Nov 2015 #9

I just look at him as totally mainstream. SoapBox Nov 2015 #3

Correction: the party APPARATUS has moved right BlueStreak Nov 2015 #5

Moved right? Phlem Nov 2015 #6

kick and rec NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #7

Personally Old Codger Nov 2015 #8

That's why I'm not pinebox Nov 2015 #10

This is Backwards. Bernie is a Democrat. The Democratic Party has become your daddy's Ferd Berfel Nov 2015 #11

And that goes for a lot of us. Especially us FDR Democrats. jwirr Nov 2015 #12

not even the party of the upper class, any more MisterP Nov 2015 #13

Interesting analysis. blackspade Nov 2015 #14

the Democratic party is where the Republican Party used to be... tk2kewl Nov 2015 #15

The Democrats used to be the Party of the working class but not anymore. Bernblu Nov 2015 #16