Bernie Sanders’ refusal to reveal his economic advisers is an ominous sign

[Cali_Democrat]

<...>

In a previous debate in January, he talked about the importance of appointing the right people to economic policy positions: “If you have an administration stacked with Wall Street appointees, it ain’t going to accomplish very much.”

But despite repeated inquiries, Sanders’ campaign won’t tell Quartz, or anyone else, which economists he is talking to, or who he plans to appoint to high-level positions if he becomes president. What kind of experience does he think is is relevant, beyond not working in the financial sector? No one knows.

“I’m not going to get ahead of the senator on that,” said campaign press secretary Symone Sanders after last night’s debate. If not now, when? Sanders has been running for president for eight months, and voting has already begun.

It’s true that Sanders name-checks progressive economists. He told the Hill newspaper in October that he considered the Nobel prize-winning economists Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz important influences. But Krugman has been critical of Sanders’ plans for healthcare and financial reform, while Stiglitz is also claimed as an adviser by Sanders’ rival, Hillary Clinton. (Stiglitz’s staff told Quartz he would not answer questions about who he is advising.)

Read more:

http://qz.com/610963/bernie-sanders-refusal-to-reveal-his-economic-advisers-is-an-ominous-sign/

[tecelote]

1. But he has released all of his Goldman Sachs speeches!

[Jefferson23]

2. lol

[beam me up scottie]

3. Oooooo, spooky!

[Melissa G]

4. The Clintons are known for being vindictive.

article here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/10569576/Clintons-kept-a-political-hit-list-of-friends-and-enemies-after-failed-2008-bid.html

Not surprising that folks are slow to arise her ire. It amazes me how much Bernie has accomplished in spite of that.

[99th_Monkey]

5. Oh Noes! An "ominous" sign indeed. My guess is Bernie just couldn't decide which ones to name.

Because there are so damned many of them.

ALL of these economists have endorsed Sanders' Plan to Rein in Wall Street

1. Robert Reich, University of California Berkeley

2. Robert Hockett, Cornell University

3. James K. Galbraith, University of Texas

4. Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research

5. Christine Desan, Harvard Law School

6. Jeff Connaughton, Former Chief of Staff, Senator Ted Kaufman

7. William Darity Jr., Duke University

8. Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research

9. Brad Miller, Former U.S. Congressman and Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute

10. William K. Black, University of Missouri-Kansas City

11. Lawrence Rufrano, Research, Federal Reserve Board, 2005-2015

12. Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research

13. Peter Eaton, University of Missouri-Kansas City

14. Eric Hake, Catawba College

15. Geoff Schneider, Bucknell University

16. Dell Champlin, Oregon State University

17. Antoine Godin, Kingston University, London, UK

18. John P. Watkins, Westminster College

19. Mayo C. Toruño, California State University, San Bernardino

20. Charles K. Wilber, Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

21. Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University

22. Flavia Dantas, Cortland State University

23. Mitchell Green, Binzgar Institute

24. Bruce Collier, Education Management Information Systems

25. Winston H. Griffith, Bucknell University

26. Zdravka Todorova, Wright State University

27. David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco

28. Rick Wicks, Göteborg, Sverige (Sweden) & Anchorage, Alaska

29. Philip Arestis, University of Cambridge

30. Amitava Krishna Dutt, University of Notre Dame

31. John F. Henry, Levy Economics Institute

32. James G. Devine, Loyola Marymount University

33. John Davis, Marquette University

34. Gary Mongiovi, St. John’s University

35. Eric Tymoigne, Lewis & Clark College

36. Trevor Roycroft, Ohio University

37. James Sturgeon, University of Missouri-Kansas City

38. Spencer J. Pack, Connecticut College

39. Thomas Kemp, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

40. Ronnie Phillips, Colorado State University

41. John Dennis Chasse, SUNY at Brockport

42. Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Bard College

43. Silvio Guaita, Institution, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

44. Glen Atkinson, University of Nevada, Reno

45. William Van Lear, Belmont Abbey College

46. James M. Cypher, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

47. Philip Pilkington, Political Economy Research Group, Kingston University

48. Eric Hoyt, PhD candidate, UMass-Amherst

49. Jon D. Wisman, American University

50. James K. Boyce, University of Massachusetts Amherst

51. Hendrik Van den Berg, Professor Emeritus, Universities of Nebraska

52. Thomas E. Lambert, Northern Kentucky University

53. Michael Nuwer, SUNY Potsdam

54. Nikka Lemons, The University of Texas-Arlington

55. Scott T. Fullwiler, Wartburg College

56. Charles M A. Clark, St. John’s University

57. John T. Harvey, Texas Christian University

58. Daphne Greenwood, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

59. Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst

60. Mohammad Moeini-Feizabadi, PhD candidate, University of Massachusetts

61. Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University

62. Andres F. Cantillo, University of Missouri-Kansas City

63. Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Western New England University

64. Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University

65. Timothy A Wunder, Department of Economics University of TexasArlington

66. Mariano Torras, Adelphi University

67. Gennaro Zezza, Levy Economics Institute

68. Wolfram Elsner, University of Bremen

69. Larry Allen, Lamar University

70. John Miller, Wheaton College

71. Chris Tilly, UCLA

72. Sean Flaherty, Franklin and Marshall College

73. Clifford Poirot, Shawnee State University

74. Anita Dancs, Western New England University

75. Calvin Mudzingiri, University of the Free State

76. Roger Even Bove, West Chester University

77. Andrea Armeni, Transform Finance

78. Anwar Shaikh, New School for Social Research

79. Steven Pressman, Colorado State University

80. Frank Pasquale, University of Maryland, Carey School of Law

81. John Weeks, SOAS, University of London

82. Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University

83. Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute

84. Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College

85. Avraham Baranes, Rollins College

86. Janet Spitz, the College of Saint Rose

87. Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst

88. Jennifer Taub, Vermont Law School

89. Irene van Staveren, Erasmus University

90. Yavuz Yaşar, University of Denver

91. Scott McConnell, Eastern Oregon University

92. Don Goldstein, Allegheny College

93. J. Pérez Oya, Retired UN secretariat (Spain)

94. Elaine McCrate, University of Vermont

95. Thomas E. Weisskopf, University of Michigan

96. Jeffrey Zink, Morningside College

97. Scott Jeffrey, Monmouth University

98. Lourdes Benería, Cornell University

99. Frank Thompson, University of Michigan

100. Baban Hasnat, The College at Brockport, State University of New York

101. Ilene Grabel, University of Denver

102. Tara Natarajan, Saint Michael’s College

103. Leanne Ussher, Queens College, City University of New York

104. Kathleen McAfee, San Francisco State University

105. Victoria Chick, University College London

106. Steve Keen, Kingston University

107. Heidi Mandanis Schooner, The Catholic University of America

108. Louis-Philippe Rochon, Laurentian University

109. Jamee K. Moudud, Professor of Economics, Sarah Lawrence College

110. Timothy A. Canova, Shepard Broad College of Law, Nova Southeastern University

111. Karol Gil Vasquez, Nichols College

112. Mark Haggerty, University of Maine

113. Luis Brunstein University of California, Riverside

114. Cathleen Whiting, Willamette University

115. William Waller, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

116. Kade Finnoff, University of Massachuettes-Boston

117. Maarten de Kadt, Independent Economist

118. Timothy Koechlin, Vassar College

119. Ceren Soylu, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

120. Dorene Isenberg, University of Redlands

121. Barbara Hopkins, Wright State University

122. Matthew Rice, University of Missouri-Kansas City

123. David Gold, The New School for Social Research

124. Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota

125. Mark Paul, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

126. Xuan Pham, Rockhurst University

127. Erik Dean, Portland Community College

128. Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., George Washington University Law School

129. Rohan Grey, President, Modern Money Network

130. Tamar Diana Wilson, University of Missouri—St. Louis

131. Radhika Balakrishanan, Rutgers University

132. Alla Semenova, SUNY Potsdam

133. Yeva Nersisyan, Franklin and Marshall College

134. Linwood Tauheed, University of Missouri-Kansas City

135. Michael Perelman, California State University, Chico

136. Janet T. Knoedler, Bucknell University

137. David Laibman, Brooklyn College and Graduate School, City University of New York

138. Ann Pettifor, Director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics, London

139. Steve Schifferes, City University London

140. Al Campbell, University of Utah

141. Faith Stevelman, New York Law School

142. Kathleen C. Engel, Suffolk University Law School

143. Jack Wendland, University of Missouri-Kansas City

144. Ruxandra Pavelchievici, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis

145. Zoe Sherman, Merrimack College

146. Donald St. Clair, CFP, Financial Planning Assoc. of Northern California

147. Carolyn McClanahan, CFP, Life Planning Partners, Inc.

148. Thomas Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute

149. Saule T. Omarova, Cornell University

150. Josh Ryan-Collins, City University, London

151. June Zaccone, Hofstra University

152. Alex Binder, Franklin & Marshall College

153. Albena Azmanova, University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies

154. Hans G. Ehrbar, University of Utah

155. Devin T. Rafferty, St. Peter’s University

156. Reynold F. Nesiba, Augustana University

157. David Zalewski, Providence College

158. Claudia Chaufan, University of California-San Francisco

159. L. Randall Wray, Levy Economics Institute and Bard College

160. Richard B. Wagner, JD, CFP, WorthLiving LLC

161. Joseph Persky, University of Illinois-Chicago

162. Julie Matthaei, Wellesley College

163. Peter Spiegler, University of Massachuetts-Amherst

164. James Ronald Stanfield, Colorado State University

165. William D. Pitney, CFP, Director of Advocacy, FPA of Silicon Valley

166. Ora R. Citron, CFP, Oak Tree Wealth Management

167. Susan Webber, Former Associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

168. Richard D. Wolff, Democracy at Work and New School for Social Research

169. Mu-JeongKho, University College London

170. Kevin Furey, Chemeketa Community College

http://usuncut.com/politics/170-top-economists-back-bernie-sanders-plan-to-rein-in-wall-street/

[ejbr]

13. I think you missed one

Oops, no you didn't. My bad

[CorporatistNation]

30. Thanks! As Soon As I Saw The Stupid Title I was Looking for This List...

The Hillbots Will Do Anything as she fades into the darkness.................. .......

[KittyWampus]

45. #1. endorsements don't mean they are advisors. #2. Robert Reich is as ESTABLISHMENT

ad it is possible to be having been in the Ford, Carter and Clinton Administrations.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

48. OK, so Reich is out. What about the other 169?

[99th_Monkey]

49. Reich has upped his progressive chops during Bush & Obama years a lot.

Point being Sanders has a very deep well of competent economic counselors to draw upon,
as needed. I think chief among them are Reich (#1) and Richard Wolff (#168).

To insinuate that Sanders is a voice in the wilderness with no one to provide sound counsel
is absurd.

[thereismore]

6. Oooh, ominous music, I can hear it now. You are such a caricature. You are really not a good

representative for your candidate.

[Nanjeanne]

7. Perhaps you can use one of these 170 economists who endorsed his Wall Street Plan

Here’s the full list:

1. Robert Reich, University of California Berkeley

2. Robert Hockett, Cornell University

3. James K. Galbraith, University of Texas

4. Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research

5. Christine Desan, Harvard Law School

6. Jeff Connaughton, Former Chief of Staff, Senator Ted Kaufman

7. William Darity Jr., Duke University

8. Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research


9. Brad Miller, Former U.S. Congressman and Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute

10. William K. Black, University of Missouri-Kansas City

11. Lawrence Rufrano, Research, Federal Reserve Board, 2005-2015

12. Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research

13. Peter Eaton, University of Missouri-Kansas City

14. Eric Hake, Catawba College

15. Geoff Schneider, Bucknell University

16. Dell Champlin, Oregon State University

17. Antoine Godin, Kingston University, London, UK

18. John P. Watkins, Westminster College

19. Mayo C. Toruño, California State University, San Bernardino

20. Charles K. Wilber, Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

21. Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University

22. Flavia Dantas, Cortland State University

23. Mitchell Green, Binzgar Institute

24. Bruce Collier, Education Management Information Systems

25. Winston H. Griffith, Bucknell University

26. Zdravka Todorova, Wright State University

27. David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco

28. Rick Wicks, Göteborg, Sverige (Sweden) & Anchorage, Alaska

29. Philip Arestis, University of Cambridge

30. Amitava Krishna Dutt, University of Notre Dame

31. John F. Henry, Levy Economics Institute

32. James G. Devine, Loyola Marymount University

33. John Davis, Marquette University

34. Gary Mongiovi, St. John’s University

35. Eric Tymoigne, Lewis & Clark College

36. Trevor Roycroft, Ohio University

37. James Sturgeon, University of Missouri-Kansas City

38. Spencer J. Pack, Connecticut College

39. Thomas Kemp, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

40. Ronnie Phillips, Colorado State University

41. John Dennis Chasse, SUNY at Brockport

42. Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Bard College

43. Silvio Guaita, Institution, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

44. Glen Atkinson, University of Nevada, Reno

45. William Van Lear, Belmont Abbey College

46. James M. Cypher, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

47. Philip Pilkington, Political Economy Research Group, Kingston University

48. Eric Hoyt, PhD candidate, UMass-Amherst

49. Jon D. Wisman, American University

50. James K. Boyce, University of Massachusetts Amherst

51. Hendrik Van den Berg, Professor Emeritus, Universities of Nebraska

52. Thomas E. Lambert, Northern Kentucky University

53. Michael Nuwer, SUNY Potsdam

54. Nikka Lemons, The University of Texas-Arlington

55. Scott T. Fullwiler, Wartburg College

56. Charles M A. Clark, St. John’s University

57. John T. Harvey, Texas Christian University

58. Daphne Greenwood, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

59. Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst

60. Mohammad Moeini-Feizabadi, PhD candidate, University of Massachusetts

61. Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University

62. Andres F. Cantillo, University of Missouri-Kansas City

63. Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Western New England University

64. Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University

65. Timothy A Wunder, Department of Economics University of TexasArlington

66. Mariano Torras, Adelphi University

67. Gennaro Zezza, Levy Economics Institute

68. Wolfram Elsner, University of Bremen

69. Larry Allen, Lamar University

70. John Miller, Wheaton College

71. Chris Tilly, UCLA

72. Sean Flaherty, Franklin and Marshall College

73. Clifford Poirot, Shawnee State University

74. Anita Dancs, Western New England University

75. Calvin Mudzingiri, University of the Free State

76. Roger Even Bove, West Chester University

77. Andrea Armeni, Transform Finance

78. Anwar Shaikh, New School for Social Research

79. Steven Pressman, Colorado State University

80. Frank Pasquale, University of Maryland, Carey School of Law

81. John Weeks, SOAS, University of London

82. Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University

83. Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute

84. Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College

85. Avraham Baranes, Rollins College

86. Janet Spitz, the College of Saint Rose

87. Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst

88. Jennifer Taub, Vermont Law School

89. Irene van Staveren, Erasmus University

90. Yavuz Yaşar, University of Denver

91. Scott McConnell, Eastern Oregon University

92. Don Goldstein, Allegheny College

93. J. Pérez Oya, Retired UN secretariat (Spain)

94. Elaine McCrate, University of Vermont

95. Thomas E. Weisskopf, University of Michigan

96. Jeffrey Zink, Morningside College

97. Scott Jeffrey, Monmouth University

98. Lourdes Benería, Cornell University

99. Frank Thompson, University of Michigan

100. Baban Hasnat, The College at Brockport, State University of New York

101. Ilene Grabel, University of Denver

102. Tara Natarajan, Saint Michael’s College

103. Leanne Ussher, Queens College, City University of New York

104. Kathleen McAfee, San Francisco State University

105. Victoria Chick, University College London

106. Steve Keen, Kingston University

107. Heidi Mandanis Schooner, The Catholic University of America

108. Louis-Philippe Rochon, Laurentian University

109. Jamee K. Moudud, Professor of Economics, Sarah Lawrence College

110. Timothy A. Canova, Shepard Broad College of Law, Nova Southeastern University

111. Karol Gil Vasquez, Nichols College

112. Mark Haggerty, University of Maine

113. Luis Brunstein University of California, Riverside

114. Cathleen Whiting, Willamette University

115. William Waller, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

116. Kade Finnoff, University of Massachuettes-Boston

117. Maarten de Kadt, Independent Economist

118. Timothy Koechlin, Vassar College

119. Ceren Soylu, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

120. Dorene Isenberg, University of Redlands

121. Barbara Hopkins, Wright State University

122. Matthew Rice, University of Missouri-Kansas City

123. David Gold, The New School for Social Research

124. Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota

125. Mark Paul, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

126. Xuan Pham, Rockhurst University

127. Erik Dean, Portland Community College

128. Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., George Washington University Law School

129. Rohan Grey, President, Modern Money Network

130. Tamar Diana Wilson, University of Missouri—St. Louis

131. Radhika Balakrishanan, Rutgers University

132. Alla Semenova, SUNY Potsdam

133. Yeva Nersisyan, Franklin and Marshall College

134. Linwood Tauheed, University of Missouri-Kansas City

135. Michael Perelman, California State University, Chico

136. Janet T. Knoedler, Bucknell University

137. David Laibman, Brooklyn College and Graduate School, City University of New York

138. Ann Pettifor, Director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics, London

139. Steve Schifferes, City University London

140. Al Campbell, University of Utah

141. Faith Stevelman, New York Law School

142. Kathleen C. Engel, Suffolk University Law School

143. Jack Wendland, University of Missouri-Kansas City

144. Ruxandra Pavelchievici, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis

145. Zoe Sherman, Merrimack College

146. Donald St. Clair, CFP, Financial Planning Assoc. of Northern California

147. Carolyn McClanahan, CFP, Life Planning Partners, Inc.

148. Thomas Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute

149. Saule T. Omarova, Cornell University

150. Josh Ryan-Collins, City University, London

151. June Zaccone, Hofstra University

152. Alex Binder, Franklin & Marshall College

153. Albena Azmanova, University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies

154. Hans G. Ehrbar, University of Utah

155. Devin T. Rafferty, St. Peter’s University

156. Reynold F. Nesiba, Augustana University

157. David Zalewski, Providence College

158. Claudia Chaufan, University of California-San Francisco

159. L. Randall Wray, Levy Economics Institute and Bard College

160. Richard B. Wagner, JD, CFP, WorthLiving LLC

161. Joseph Persky, University of Illinois-Chicago

162. Julie Matthaei, Wellesley College

163. Peter Spiegler, University of Massachuetts-Amherst

164. James Ronald Stanfield, Colorado State University

165. William D. Pitney, CFP, Director of Advocacy, FPA of Silicon Valley

166. Ora R. Citron, CFP, Oak Tree Wealth Management

167. Susan Webber, Former Associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

168. Richard D. Wolff, Democracy at Work and New School for Social Research

169. Mu-JeongKho, University College London

170. Kevin Furey, Chemeketa Community College

I see no reason why the campaign has to give out his advisors' names. What is the reason for that? And why does he have to say who he would appoint at this point in time? Boy the hoops Sanders has to jump through for some person at Quartz (whatever that is). The article linked is so incredibly misleading. And Friedman isn't good enough for Quartz? For some reason Thorpe is better because he disagrees? Well Robert Reich agreed with Friedman. But nothing is good enough for Quartz I guess.

[stuffmatters]

25. I'll take Black, Reich, Baker, Galbraith over Hillary's Summers etc anyday.

I guess she can pull the Obama bait and switch using Krugmann, Stiglitz during the campaign then turning full Summers, Geithner
once in the W.H.

[KittyWampus]

46. LOL! Another FAIL. Endorsements aren't advisors. And Reich is the epitome of "Establishment"

[guillaumeb]

8. Will Hillary Sink Her Campaign by Picking a Pack of Big-Bank Loving Economic Advisors?

From the article:

However, there is one key area that could undercut all of what she has offered. That is her choice of a senior economic team. The recent history of Democratic presidents is not reassuring on that score.
Ever since the administration of her husband, senior economic posts have been given over to Wall Street Democrats. The financial deregulation that collapsed the economy in 2008 was the work of the Robert Rubin economic team that worked for (and on) Bill Clinton.

After that collapse helped propel Barack Obama into the White House in the 2008 election, he disappointed supporters by naming many of the same people or their protégés as his senior economic officials -- Larry Summers as top economic honcho, Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary, more Clinton ex-budget staffers to the Office of Management and Budget. Paul Volcker, useful as a symbol, proved too left wing for the rest of the Obama crew because he was serious about breaking up the big banks. The key economic post in the campaign went to another Robert Rubin protégé, Jason Furman, now head of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. The top trade job went to yet another Rubin ally, Michael Froman.

And we know how that went. No bankers went to jail. The taxpayers bailed out, and continue to bail out the bankers. Clinton has said that her Presidency would be a continuation of the Obama Presidency.

Hillary looks to be playing something of the same game. In 2008, her advice came from the same people who had staffed her husband's administration. Today, she likes to say that she has been in touch with more than 200 economic experts, representing a broad spectrum of views.

But assuming she gets the nomination, who will the power players be? And who will she appoint if elected?

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/will-hillary-sink-her-campaign-picking-wrong-economic-advisors
So perhaps you should also post this in regards to HRC.

[stuffmatters]

28. ^This!!!

[guillaumeb]

34. I am eagerly awaiting a refutation or response from the original poster.

[SammyWinstonJack]

43. Probably shouldn't hold your breath waiting.

[californiabernin]

9. Ohh...so ominious...so scary!

It doesn't matter. He knows what's wrong with the economy in this country. So do I.

I assure you there will be advisors aplenty! (of both the professional and non-professional kind)

[mythology]

10. Because then somebody could go to his advisors and ask about their math

The funding for Sanders' plans just doesn't add up.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. Bingo. nt

[Nanjeanne]

23. so much scrutiny I guess that's why Hillary hasn't released any details

On how she would pay for anything.

[Fearless]

42. That's false.

[UglyGreed]

11. That is terrifying!!!!

[Jefferson23]

15. Ominous I tell ya. lol

[UglyGreed]

18. After learning this my nerves are

even more frazzled than usual and I probably will not well sleep tonight. Oh darn I nearly forgot that fact I don't sleep very well any night because even though I have insurance the out of pocket costs keeps me from getting the additional help I need........

[nc4bo]

12. Crap, send up a flare! nt

[daleanime]

16. Ooooh, ominous. You need to cross my palm....

with five pieces of silver.


Because money makes everything better.

[frazzled]

17. That probably explains why his numbers don't add up

Like claiming savings on pharmaceuticals that outweigh the actual amounts currently being spent on pharmaceuticals altogether. They're made-up numbers. But knock yourselves out. Nobody seems to care.

[Fearless]

44. Absolutely false.

[kath]

19. It's so OMINOUS! ZOMG!

Thank you for your concern
Now excuse me while I go hide under my bed.

[kath]

21. Aww, you deleted your reply before I got to see it!

[frylock]

22. How ominously disappointing.

[SidDithers]

24. DU rec...nt

Sid

[peacebird]

26. Oooo - scary! LOL NOT!

[enid602]

27. advisors

Well, bern did manage to snag his campaign manager from a comic book store in Northern Virginia. Gives you some indication of the quality of his advisers.

[The Wielding Truth]

32. Jeff Weaver sounds like a solid man. Here's info. I hear the ice cream boys like him, too.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/bernie-sanders-jeff-weaver-victory-comics


.....Jeff Weaver had worked on Sanders' campaigns and in his Washington offices for more than two decades. But before he came on board Bernie 2016, Weaver had retired from politics to launch one of the DC-area's biggest gaming businesses....

[bkkyosemite]

29. It's the primary, voting has just started. He doesn't have to name anyone

until he is elected President.

[Enrique]

31. worse than ominous

it's also disturbing.

And even worse than disturbing, it's concerning!

[2pooped2pop]

33. Ominous, I tell you.

[jillan]

35. Robert Reich is one. You remember him? He used to be in the Clinton Admin.

[Cali_Democrat]

37. He's not an official adviser

Under Bill Clinton he was labor secretary. Bernie hasn't names any economic advisers yet.

You should probably do some more research before replying next time.

[jillan]

39. He is working directly with the campaign - he is even putting out online videos for Bernie along

with writing op-eds supporting Bernie's proposals.

[jillan]

36. In addition to Robert Reich there are these 170 economists.... Do they count?

http://www.inquisitr.com/2709907/170-top-economists-feel-the-bern-endorse-bernie-sanders-wall-street-reform-plan/

Guess another "concern" gets

[Cali_Democrat]

38. They aren't his advisers. nt

[jillan]

40. How do you know that? Do you follow Bernie around and sit in all of his meetings?

If these people enthusiastically endorse him I am sure they will meet with him any time any where.

[catnhatnh]

41. Well-if it were just Time or Newsweek that's one thing...

But to refuse QUARTZ????? BWAAAHAHAHAHA who do these supercilious idiots think they are?????

[NurseJackie]

47. Do they exist? Is he making it up as he goes along? Winging it?

Not good ... not good at all. Thank god Bernie won't be the nominee!

Go, Hillary!