2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Hillary supporters don't understand [View all]pinebox
(5,761 posts)You seem to forget that.
Are you aware that Walmart costs US taxpayers $6.2 Billion every year because their wages are so low? http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/#8359617cd845 In fact a Dem House study found that there's a store in WI that could very well cost tax payers $900,000. And that is just ONE store. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html
While the amount of uninsured has gone down, wages and poverty remain stagnant http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/16/poverty-wages-remain-stagnant-despite-economic-recovery The economy has turned around but the people haven't. Wall Street is just fine but Main Street is suffering quite bad.
So when you cite your figures you ignore this http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/08/whats-the-real-unemployment-rate.html
So ya, you're candidate would actually have people making less who work at minimum wage, $12/hr vs $15/hr. Your candidate would have people making $120 LESS a week than Bernie. That equates to $480/month. That is a LOT of money to people who don't have a whole lot to begin with and that is more than what food stamps even provide, twice over and then some generally.
Not only that but Hillary's plan also leaves over 20 million+ uninsured.
It's ironic that you cite the cite the 90s too but ignore the fact that Bill Clinton gutted welfare. http://billmoyers.com/2014/05/12/how-bill-clintons-welfare-reform-created-a-system-rife-with-racial-biases/ and http://www.thenation.com/article/clinton-touts-welfare-reform-heres-how-it-failed/
You like THAT in a candidate?
Are you sure?