2016 Postmortem

Fred Sanders

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19. How will they play this? I have to anticipate the following:

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:31 PM

Jul 2015

What will happen here goes something like this:

I see that the Clinton's have got something, in this case hard earned wealth over 50 years of hard work and cashing in on their educational sacrifices early in life.

I see that I do not have that much money and hence feel inferior to the Clinton's.

I justify this by making it unfair that the Clinton's have so much and I so little - I am a victim.

This makes the Clinton's the 'bad guys'.

I can now legitimately dislike the Clinton's.

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Hillary Clinton just released her tax returns, Republicans aren't too happy about it [View all] rsexaminer Jul 2015 OP

But you need to find out if one of the secretaries at one of the places they donated to AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #1

You noticed. calimary Jul 2015 #50

Thank you, sir. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #2

Wow NJCher Jul 2015 #48

They aren't preachy but Bill is a good ole Southern Baptist and Hillary is a somber Methodist.... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #53

Thank you, rs Cha Jul 2015 #3

Thanks.... George II Jul 2015 #4

K&R ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #5

Wonder how the Hillary haters will spin this? mcar Jul 2015 #6

They haven't made it to this thread yet - give them time wyldwolf Jul 2015 #7

Yep mcar Jul 2015 #8

Really? RobertEarl Jul 2015 #11

+1. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #13

Schadenfreude for some, Mudita for me. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #17

You don't people should get rich? Evergreen Emerald Jul 2015 #18

Not by working for the government -- NO!! RobertEarl Jul 2015 #20

Who got rich "working for the government"? Are government workers getting rich? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #24

What? RobertEarl Jul 2015 #32

You left out a step ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #35

Was just going to post the same thing. Well said. Laser102 Jul 2015 #44

Ditto. Facts are confusing when there is Outrage to be stalked. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #49

Their fortune comes from government employ RobertEarl Jul 2015 #55

Their "fortune" comes from working hard, and........ George II Jul 2015 #58

Not to mention if... RobertEarl Jul 2015 #60

You should look into where "all those speaking fees" wind up going. You may be shocked, but..... George II Jul 2015 #61

Forget it george RobertEarl Jul 2015 #62

You just refuse to recognize reality - I'll do it for you - Bill Clinton gives all of his.... George II Jul 2015 #63

Fame, maybe. Fortune, hardly. George II Jul 2015 #57

Carter made a fairly decent income in retirement dsc Jul 2015 #34

That your best? RobertEarl Jul 2015 #38

He wasn't when he left office dsc Jul 2015 #41

How will they play this? I have to anticipate the following: Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #19

Throw in that they're corporatists, part of the 1%, and they're oligarchs. George II Jul 2015 #23

You got it George! mcar Jul 2015 #29

By George, I think he's got it! Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #45

LOL mcar Jul 2015 #52

The Left-wing Hillary haters or the Right-wing Hillary haters? bluestateguy Jul 2015 #30

I'm thinking both mcar Jul 2015 #33

oh dear. She has grabbed a little oxygen! oldandhappy Jul 2015 #9

On the flip side, I bet Hillary isn't too happy about this turn of events: silvershadow Jul 2015 #10

Why was that locked? Wrong area? artislife Jul 2015 #16

It was off topic, as was the post you responded to. This is about Clinton's Tax Returns. George II Jul 2015 #21

I would say her tax returns are directly related to my post. What a sticky wicket. nt silvershadow Jul 2015 #27

Oh...like a thread never veers from the topic at hand artislife Jul 2015 #56

CNN report quickly passed over the tax rate paid and large donations....never to be mentioned again! Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #12

There we are. This is the republican class-warfare argument. We're just jealous of the rich. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #14

It is undeniable that many folks are resentful and jealous of even modest well earned wealth. Is that a new Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #15

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #39

And for black folk the resentment begins at a much lower level of "wealth", far lower than that EARNED by Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #46

I know ... I can point to a thread to prove it. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #54

The Clintons made their money on their own their own merits/achievements, not their fathers' family ericson00 Jul 2015 #22

100% correct. The stark contrast between the Oligarchs and the Clintons is crystal for anyone not Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #25

What % did Huckaback give? safeinOhio Jul 2015 #26

Looking at it statistically passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #28

I see a pattern... Thor_MN Jul 2015 #36

LOL. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #40

I also see something in the post referred to....someone not completely familiar with "percentages" Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #47

Good for Hillary on this one. Transparency will help her win. jalan48 Jul 2015 #31

GOP has come up with a repsonse Enrique Jul 2015 #37

And DU has come up with a response ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #42

Watch them claim the "charity" was their own foundation. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #43

The tax returns are out there....review them and let us know who their charities are, okay? George II Jul 2015 #59

You don't get it.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #64

Awesome! onecaliberal Jul 2015 #51