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And you wonder why Bernie's message is so well received...... (Original Post) UglyGreed Feb 2016 OP
Thank you for posting that Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #1
no problem UglyGreed Feb 2016 #2
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #3
Interesting, informative video. Reagonomics did this grotesque thing to America. senz Feb 2016 #4
This is over 3 years old. MelungeonWoman Feb 2016 #5
I love your username! I've always been fascinated by Melungeon ethnicity Arazi Feb 2016 #6
Thanks! MelungeonWoman Feb 2016 #8
The ultimate melange of US culture and history imo Arazi Feb 2016 #9
Yep and Bernie UglyGreed Feb 2016 #7
I don't think slow, incremental changes will fix the problem. jalan48 Feb 2016 #10
We have been bled slowly UglyGreed Feb 2016 #12
This is a great video ybbor Feb 2016 #11
Thanks for this... kracer20 Feb 2016 #13
Well, some of them apparently are. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #14
This is also why Trump's message is resonating nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #15
Thank you. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #16
I Love this.....but, need to show it in a 10, 30, and and minute spot. ADVERTISING BABY.... a kennedy Feb 2016 #17
Thanks For Putting This Out There... ChiciB1 Feb 2016 #18
I'ma gonna kick that with a good ole soccer kick right into goal! (and rec) n/t w0nderer Feb 2016 #19
This can't get too much exposure. kristopher Feb 2016 #20
Then you have some people in the middle class who believe people on welfare make more than them. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #21
The people who deny or understate the gravity of this whatchamacallit Feb 2016 #22
K&R dchill Feb 2016 #23
If More Citizens Understood These Facts - America Would Be A Vastly Different Place cantbeserious Feb 2016 #24
Great slap of reality. Thanks for posting!!' Akamai Feb 2016 #25
yup kicked and recced eom Arazi Feb 2016 #26
And The Sad Fact Is That The Top 1% Even Wants More......nt global1 Feb 2016 #27
OMG, that's it in a nutshell... k8conant Feb 2016 #28
Mind blowing is right!... this video should be required viewing for ALL Americans. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #29
Wow. If you don't think we need a revolution after watching that, then JimDandy Feb 2016 #30
It's simply amazing. I hope people wake up soon. Bernblu Feb 2016 #31
Almost everything on retail shelves is labeled "Made in China" Califonz Feb 2016 #32
K&R! myrna minx Feb 2016 #33
kick UglyGreed Feb 2016 #34
 

senz

(11,945 posts)
4. Interesting, informative video. Reagonomics did this grotesque thing to America.
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 10:52 PM
Feb 2016

Bernie knows how to stop the plundering and bring us back to a normal, livable life again.

He is the ONLY candidate with the will and vision to do it.

MelungeonWoman

(502 posts)
8. Thanks!
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:20 PM
Feb 2016

I came up with it in a fit of desperation when EVERY name I tried was already taken. It's kind of weird being identified by ethnicity and gender in every post and sometimes I wish I had picked something more generic but it's sorta kinda unique, just like me.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
9. The ultimate melange of US culture and history imo
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:23 PM
Feb 2016

native Americans, slaves, stubborn whites - it's a grand story

jalan48

(13,882 posts)
10. I don't think slow, incremental changes will fix the problem.
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:29 PM
Feb 2016

"No we can't" is not a solution to this problem.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)
12. We have been bled slowly
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:32 PM
Feb 2016

for over thirty years the bleeding has only increased, we need a god damn tourniquet ASAP!!!

ybbor

(1,555 posts)
11. This is a great video
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:32 PM
Feb 2016

I showed to my right-wing brother a few years ago. Unfortunately, it was totally lost on him. He said he wanted to be one of the top .5%.

He doesn't understand what I believe the late great George Carlin once said about the 1%, paraphrasing here "it's a small club, and you're not being invited to join it".

Anyway, shocking information presented in it.

kracer20

(199 posts)
13. Thanks for this...
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:36 PM
Feb 2016

Now I'm going to go cry myself to sleep. To be honest, I'm doing OK financially. Nowhere near great, but OK. It really makes my heart hurt knowing how many people out there are struggling. Compassion is what I think makes someone a Bernie supporter, and knowing that he truly gets this graph and cares for everyone.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
15. This is also why Trump's message is resonating
Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:45 PM
Feb 2016

I posted an OP on this in GD about two weeks ago, iirc. This is where the populist appeal is coming from. The answers are different, but this is precisely where it is coming from.

People know something stinks, and stinks hard.

a kennedy

(29,705 posts)
17. I Love this.....but, need to show it in a 10, 30, and and minute spot. ADVERTISING BABY....
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:00 AM
Feb 2016

love the "movie" ...but for the people watching tv???? They don't watch advertisements.....except for the super bowl....now what other sporting events are going to have the power as the super bowl???.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
18. Thanks For Putting This Out There...
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:09 AM
Feb 2016

PLEASE people, JUST WAKE UP! Baby steps AIN'T GONNA GET IT!

I'm going to have to go away for a while, at least I NEED to... I'm finding that the unfairness I'm seeing is depressing me more than is healthy. Having to think that I may have to vote for a person I really don't want to because EVEN HERE many simply are willing to settle for "more of the same" that will only make things worse makes no sense to me.

Feeding the BEAST only makes them FATTER and more BLOATED and their POWER will ruin us!

whatchamacallit

(15,558 posts)
22. The people who deny or understate the gravity of this
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:25 AM
Feb 2016

are very dumb... or rich. There are a lot of them around here.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
29. Mind blowing is right!... this video should be required viewing for ALL Americans.
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 01:49 AM
Feb 2016

Bernie would be a shoe-in!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
30. Wow. If you don't think we need a revolution after watching that, then
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 02:19 AM
Feb 2016

you are in the top 1%. Incrementalism, my ass!

Bernblu

(441 posts)
31. It's simply amazing. I hope people wake up soon.
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 03:54 AM
Feb 2016

We need a revolution soon or the economy will implode on itself like in 1929.

 

Califonz

(465 posts)
32. Almost everything on retail shelves is labeled "Made in China"
Thu Feb 18, 2016, 04:00 AM
Feb 2016

People making minimum wage in their 40s and 50s are starting to put 2 and 2 together.

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