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What Killed the Middle Class?
eleman:
Bernie, the 70+ years old fella loved by the youth, apparently thinks about these problems as well. It is interesting to hear about the pressure on and bleak future of the middle class from someone who has a real shot at the presidency.
wraith808:
Bernie, the 70+ years old fella loved by the youth, apparently thinks about these problems as well. It is interesting to hear about the pressure on and bleak future of the middle class from someone who has a real shot at the presidency.
-eleman (April 01, 2016, 03:05 PM)
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Unfortunately, unless something dramatic and drastic happens, I don't think that last part is true.
rgdot:
Someone who openly mentions/mentioned 'socialism' winning the US presidency? Pigs will fly before that. Enthusiasm (and let's face it, it is that) during the primaries has zero chance of translating to general election votes for someone who has 'wealth Inequality' as the first issue on his site, and others like 'living wage' too. If the republicans had any sane candidates Sanders' and Clinton's chances would be less than zero. As it stands Sanders' is just zero.
40hz:
@40hz:
...There's an awful lot to unpack and think about in that post of yours before I could hope to offer anything intelligent or considered in response. ...
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-40hz (March 30, 2016, 06:04 PM)
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Sorry, I didn't mean to do a "core dump" on it, it's just that my mind can't abide some kinds of puzzles without seemingly being compelled to try and solve them, and reading what I did helped to make bits of a jigsaw fall into place, in my mind - things that "didn't make sense" before now had a workable theory to describe under what conditions they could make sense.
That was what led to my making the post in this thread, anyway, as I thought that others might find the theory and ideas generated interesting and worth exploring.
-IainB (March 31, 2016, 03:52 PM)
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No apologies needed. It's good to get something big and solid to chew on for a change. :)
eleman:
Someone who openly mentions/mentioned 'socialism' winning the US presidency? Pigs will fly before that.
-rgdot (April 01, 2016, 07:37 PM)
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I wonder how many pigs flew before someone black won US presidency? Or will fly before 2017 when someone without a penis will be elected if people don't get over their 'socialism' obsession? Times change.
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