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guillaumeb

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62. GM switched from making cars and buse to making tanks in WW II.
Sat Nov 24, 2018, 09:08 PM
Nov 2018

Reverse that process, and make light rail transit vehicles. The same skills would be needed.

And we agree and know that stopping the money flow to the 1% will be a huge fight. FDR pointed the way.

tackle repub vote suppression nt msongs Nov 2018 #1
I agree. Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #2
K&R Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #50
That was my first thought. blueinredohio Nov 2018 #43
Critical. n/t susanna Nov 2018 #51
Note: This is an op-ed piece by Bernie Sanders oberliner Nov 2018 #3
Oh noes. The op it berns! Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #4
Fair enough oberliner Nov 2018 #5
Really? Do you know what the Democratic Platform is? still_one Nov 2018 #9
Yes, I do oberliner Nov 2018 #10
Exactly. It is not something new still_one Nov 2018 #11
Agreed oberliner Nov 2018 #12
we aren't still_one Nov 2018 #17
Bernie hits another home run. No surprise though... there's a reason he's among the most popular InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2018 #42
Indeed oberliner Nov 2018 #56
I have a good feeling Bernie is running. Why wouldn't he?... the guy is an all-star! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2018 #59
Disagree. Strategically try and do too much, wind up doing too little. empedocles Nov 2018 #6
The idea is to promote a clear agenda Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #7
Never be votes in the senate, not a matter of obstruction. They still have beachbum bob Nov 2018 #14
Yes, it has been undeniably clear since at least 2016, and for some of those points.... George II Nov 2018 #20
Precisely! We need an aggressive progressive agenda... that's how we instill confidence InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2018 #44
This is the Democratic agenda. In fact President Obama starting the ball rolling on a lot of that still_one Nov 2018 #8
Exactly, most of those bullet points are in the Democratic platform, wonder where these came from? George II Nov 2018 #18
Just the Table of Contents: George II Nov 2018 #21
+1 betsuni Nov 2018 #31
Yeah, BS acts like it's all his idea. I know Cha Nov 2018 #22
And some other important bold agenda items - prevent gun violence (gun control) and... George II Nov 2018 #24
Yes, the Winning Democratic Party already has Cha Nov 2018 #34
You're correct! Nobody should take credit for the ideas... NurseJackie Nov 2018 #25
Nobody should, yet...cant say more... Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #27
Remember when in 1987 Joe Biden had to withdraw as a Presidential candidate due to plagiarism. George II Nov 2018 #32
Yes I do. NurseJackie Nov 2018 #38
BS is late to our BOLD BLUE WAVE DEMOCRATIC Cha Nov 2018 #35
Democrats have no power to pass legislation...unless McConnel and trump agrees beachbum bob Nov 2018 #13
But that will put the GOP in the position of being the party of NO. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #29
Yes. Make THEM reject our Democratic agenda rather than Pelosi and our Democrats avoiding it. George II Nov 2018 #33
The GOP will say there is no money for these programs. Trump spent it all on tax cuts, and politicaljunkie41910 Nov 2018 #15
That IS the Democrats' "bold agenda" already. George II Nov 2018 #16
The Democratic Blue Wave Party Cha Nov 2018 #19
Exactly... Eliot Rosewater Nov 2018 #28
Excellent ideas but first, overturn Citizens United. Duppers Nov 2018 #23
Finding the money for that is one issue. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #26
Military defense budget is bloated but just to provide some more context here.. JHan Nov 2018 #57
A really concise and excellent description. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #60
well there are several challenges as well.. JHan Nov 2018 #61
GM switched from making cars and buse to making tanks in WW II. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #62
FDR yes...but I also lean towards Truman JHan Nov 2018 #64
Indeed. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #65
++ And he was honest about that too, he knew what would happen. JHan Nov 2018 #66
He predicted that the Dermocrats would lose the South for a generation. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #67
"It is not good enough for Democrats to just be the anti-Trump party" betsuni Nov 2018 #30
Where was BS during the campaigning of 2018?! Cha Nov 2018 #36
North Hero? George II Nov 2018 #37
Sorry what? Cha Nov 2018 #39
Bernie Sanders Buys a Summer Home in North Hero Celerity Nov 2018 #47
Right? betsuni Nov 2018 #40
And decriminalize weed. aikoaiko Nov 2018 #41
Isn't Bernie Sanders a Senator ? JI7 Nov 2018 #45
AH-AH Affordable health care, affordable housing. allgood33 Nov 2018 #46
Don't go overboard. Progressive, but not wild. Looks like over-reaching. Here is the agenda: LBM20 Nov 2018 #48
Incrementalism in the face of massive problems shanny Nov 2018 #52
Proposing ideas without a well thought way to fund them is no solution either. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #54
Public universities should be free for everyone shanny Nov 2018 #55
Making public colleges and universities tuition-free would hurt economically disadvantaged students. Small-Axe Nov 2018 #49
agreed. And I'll add.. JHan Nov 2018 #58
I have a better idea... Joe941 Nov 2018 #53
Three words malaise Nov 2018 #63
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