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tecelote

(5,122 posts)
Sun Jan 3, 2016, 07:37 PM Jan 2016

Democratic Socialism for a Great America. An America for Americans. All Americans.

Democratic Socialism isn't about the state owning everything. It's about regulating businesses, like pharmaceuticals, to balance profit against social welfare.

Democratic Socialism isn't about everyone getting an equal amount. It's about a guaranteed minimum standard. From there, we are free to rise to our own level of inadequacy (go as far as you can go).

What needs to be done now is to show where we have rampant socialism in the wrong direction.

Republicans love socialism as it stands today. They bitch about food stamps but really food stamps are a gift to Walmart stockholders. Every dollar paid in food stamps is a dollar Walmart does not need to pay it's employees. The poor do not benefit, they work to sustain themselves. Stockholders benefit.

Endless war means endless profits. Our tax dollars are making war mongers rich while we are just creating more threats that demand more war.

The task is to show that all Americans deserve the benefits of our tax dollars, not just the wealthy and corporations.

Our infrastructure is crumbling while we build bigger and better war machines for the largest military in the world... by far. Wouldn't replacing bad bridges and becoming peacemakers be a better use of our tax dollars?

Students can't afford college and are burdened with debt before they earn a penny while we bail out Wall Street and allow these rich bastards to keep getting richer. Wouldn't free public college be a better use of our tax dollars?

The tables need to turn and America needs to support its citizens instead of giving corporate takers our money. Yes, it's our money!

Bernie is fighting for Americans against the America we have today that is rigged for the rich and for corporations to benefit.

He's right, we need major change. We need a revolution.

Time to stop being afraid of a label and look at the substance of what Bernie is saying.

Ironically, many, many Republicans will benefit greatly from a Bernie presidency. Just like the rest of us.

American's priorities:



Listen to Bernie. This is what he's talking about.

Like Lincoln... Bernie also wants to make sure that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Both Lincoln and Bernie never saw corporations as people.

If enough people vote, we will win.

An America for Americans. All Americans.

A moral and just America we can be proud of.

Vote for Bernie.

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Democratic Socialism for a Great America. An America for Americans. All Americans. (Original Post) tecelote Jan 2016 OP
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