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Hekate

(90,496 posts)
17. Bernie reminds me of the dog who chases cars & actually catches one. OMG what now?!
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 09:17 PM
Apr 2016

All his lfe he's had just one message, and has delivered it passionately. Share the wealth, share the wealth, people with money are oppressors! One size fits all, very little nuance.

But he was born and raised poor, and as my husband said when I told him about the 3 houses, "What's the poor man's capitalism?" It's real estate, my friends. That and retirement plans, which are invested in the stock market these days. By gods, I know that.

I read the article. There's nothing there to be ashamed of, as far as anyone can determine at this point.

What there is, though, is a man and his wife who have done pretty well for themselves. I do not know, and no on can know just now, whether he shared his wealth with any charities. He seems to not believe in them, as such, because his ideology/religion says that the State should be doing that stuff -- and there is film showing him saying that.

The problem is the simple-mindedness of his message. Bernie Sanders is the dog who caught the car, and now he has to figure out wtf comes next, including publishing his tax returns. You may quote me on that.

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