The Electable Mr Sanders

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ā€œHis single-payer healthcare proposal would cost so much it would require raising taxes on the middle class.ā€

This is a duplicitous argument. Studies show that a single-payer system would be far cheaper than our current system, which relies on private for-profit health insurers, because a single-payer system wouldnā€™t spend huge sums on advertising, marketing, executive pay, and billing. So even if the Sanders single-payer plan did require some higher taxes, Americans would come out way ahead because theyā€™d save far more than that on health insurance.

Someone should tell Hillary Clinton this, otherwise she might embarrass herself by saying something like this.

Oops, too late.

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Democratic-socialist-policies beats socialism-for-the-rich.

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You know that the conservatives are starting to look at Bernie as more of a threat because the accusations of him being a hardcore communist are starting to circulate. They really thought that screaming ā€œemail serverā€ and ā€œBenghaziā€ was going to win them the election over Clinton.

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(bailouts of Wall Street, subsidies for Big Ag and Big Pharma, monopolization by cable companies and giant health insurers, giant tax-deductible CEO pay packages)

No more Welfare for the wealthy 1%, the working class of the USA can not afford it any longer.

PS. If Bernie can make it to the big event he has my vote!

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First he has to get nominated, and you can help him there, too.

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Please vote for him in your state primary, @Papasan!

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I love Bernie. I love Robert Reich. I am over the moon that Dr. Reich has written this piece.

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We are a Union family, and you can be sure my Wife and I are voting Bernie.

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BTW: WE follow Robert Reichā€™s Tumblr feed, http://robertreich.org/post/137454417985

I highly recommend it.

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Iā€™m voting for the Bern, but the one argument that still makes me worried is his age. Not from a political perspective, but from a, ā€œno male in my family has lived to his age without cancer or a heart attackā€ perspective.

Iā€™m still voting for him.

And if he needs a slightly used lung, heart, liver, or skin graft, call me up. I can donate more than money :smiley:

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Thanks!

I graduated from the Graduate Theological Union of Berkeley this past May and my only regret is that I was never able to fit a class with Dr. Reich into my schedule.

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Iā€™d bet you a bottle of Scotch Whisky that his is in better shape than yours. :wink:

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Iā€™m not taking that bet, but Iā€™ve had an EKG recently and my heart is the gold standard. My guts may asplode, but my ticker is solid :smiley:

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Been saying this for a while, heā€™s the more electable of the two candidatesā€¦that whole ā€˜less electableā€™ meme was always complete bullshit.

And unlike Clinton, he wouldnā€™t have to debate from a position of weakness. Heā€™d murder any of the republicans.

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But not with an assault rifle. :wink:

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And sadly they wouldnā€™t die of embarrassment either because they know no shame. :wink:

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Whenever someoneā€™s elected President, Disney makes a robot version of them to go in the Hall of Presidents; every president since the 60s has recorded their voice for it.

So think about who you can see being made into an animatronic replica, gesturing on stage.

Itā€™s obviously Bernie, his animatronic duplicate up there with a halo of frizzy hair, doing his trademark ā€œpat pat patā€ motion while growling about making America the best country ever.

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Seriously? Heā€™s only 74, not 90 or something.

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I do not support my unionā€™s (LIUNA) nominee or the fact that there was no debate at my local or if there was there was no attempt to promote it. All of a sudden Iā€™m endorsing Sec. Clinton.

And Iā€™m not all that anti-Clinton, weā€™re basically 100% on social issues, I just think sheā€™s a bit more hawkish than I like and she appears to be softer on corporate and banking interests. I also believe Bernie will take a harder stance on police violence and on gun violence. But thatā€™s just my opinion.

What bothers me is that my union, a labor union, wouldnā€™t back the candidate pushing for large public works. Boggles the mind.

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