Bernie Sanders

TheSocialDem

(191 posts) Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:54 PM Feb 2016

Bernie on minimum wage! and WS speculation tax

when bernie is asked about the minimum wage raising prices he should remind people that since the minimum wage was enacted in 1935, it's been raised about 30 times and never accompanied by a raise in the CPI!

Its a myth that businesses cant support a raise in the minimum wage!

tax breaks to the wealthiest do not trickle down to the middle-class and poorest individuals, rather, that money gets stowed in offshore tax havens or gambled in the wall street casino where gains are barely taxed.

also when he is asked about his speculation tax, could he remind people of the stabilization this would bring to the exchange markets, lowering the chances of crashes and bank runs!

there are so many obvious examples of how his policies would help the economy that I think bernie need to articulate better to the american people!

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Bernie on minimum wage! and WS speculation tax (Original Post) TheSocialDem Feb 2016 OP

While many of us do understand what he is proposing... malokvale77 Feb 2016 #1

It's amazing TheSocialDem Feb 2016 #2

I'm not baffled because I saw it coming decades ago. malokvale77 Feb 2016 #3

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)

1. While many of us do understand what he is proposing...

Reply to TheSocialDem (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:38 PM

Feb 2016

it can be difficult to articulate ones position, when the populace is so dumbed down by 30 second sound bites and oft repeated buzzwords.

TheSocialDem

(191 posts)

2. It's amazing

Reply to malokvale77 (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:45 PM

Feb 2016

The amount of americans who vote republican and against their own interests. It just baffles me how the country's populace can essentially be split between republicans and democrats.

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)

3. I'm not baffled because I saw it coming decades ago.

Reply to TheSocialDem (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:18 PM

Feb 2016

Texas was the proving ground. I watched in horror as the bible thumpers slowly took over the local school boards and city councils.

Too many didn't see the harm. After all, they were good church going people, "just like me".

For what it's worth, I'm not the me in that quotation.

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