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Hillary Clinton

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10. Yup, VT crunched the ACTUAL numbers and determined a 12% tax on the middle class was needed.

Reply to Her Sister (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 08:40 PM

Mar 2016

Bernie went AWOL after that, abandoning Vermont single payer after he had previously touted it as the "model for the nation." Such a tax would have been toxic to his political career, so obviously he chose his political career.

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Sanders had big ideas but little impact on Capitol Hill [View all] otohara Mar 2016 OP

All talk - no action? SharonClark Mar 2016 #1

Thanks for the link! Blue Idaho Mar 2016 #2

Now now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #3

Yes he loves to think. Maybe he can get a bigger pay for thinking. Maybe the Brookings Institute livetohike Mar 2016 #4

Tried to get Single Pay in Vermont but Her Sister Mar 2016 #5

Yup, VT crunched the ACTUAL numbers and determined a 12% tax on the middle class was needed. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #10

Odd this... Stand and Fight Mar 2016 #6

Nobody remembers him. yallerdawg Mar 2016 #7

I am wondering when we will get the correct numbers on his programs. A plan was revealed Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #8

But apparently he's been really good at photo ops with Hillary. nt SunSeeker Mar 2016 #9

Yeah, not impressed. Mahalo otohara~ Cha Mar 2016 #11