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Bernie's campaign was not ever about free stuff, but always about corruption. Those sneering at Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #1
I know. But I wish he and other Dems would talk more about public goods. eridani Feb 2016 #37
I hear you, he talks primarily about what blocks our efforts. A constant uphill battle Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #42
I think we all know by now that the Clinton wing of the party Doctor_J Feb 2016 #2
They are essentially pro-choice Republicans. [n/t] Maedhros Feb 2016 #32
And barely that Hydra Feb 2016 #35
It's bizarro world when you're attacked with repug words. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #3
The Repub policies are even more worriisome. n/t eridani Feb 2016 #5
It's weird that it's "free stuff" when the money goes to the general public winter is coming Feb 2016 #4
^^^This^^^ -none Feb 2016 #6
Good point! AllyCat Feb 2016 #9
+1 daleanime Feb 2016 #12
Fantastic! Great expose of corporate propaganda. PatrickforO Feb 2016 #24
Free stuff for corporations KansDem Feb 2016 #25
Exactly Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #30
If your house catches fire, a capitalist wouldn't care, if it ignites his, he does. HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #7
Excellent arguement and NOT boriing. maddiemom Feb 2016 #10
"I'm less able to tell you ..." CrispyQ Feb 2016 #20
IMO wherever market incentives don't work private enterprise/free markets shouldn't HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #34
I had a conservative tell me today that taxes pay for roads and schools and that is not AllyCat Feb 2016 #8
I don't know about youse guys.... griloco Feb 2016 #11
Thanks Mexico! TheUndecider Feb 2016 #29
The folks with jobs pay taxes to educate kids that will become folks with jobs bigbrother05 Feb 2016 #13
Yet we have some UglyGreed Feb 2016 #14
Not one word when the free stuff was going to the 1% jillan Feb 2016 #15
Privatize profit, socialize losses. The 1% anthem. kairos12 Feb 2016 #16
And yet they manage to call it capitalism without laughing out loud. -nt CrispyQ Feb 2016 #19
It's a successful Big Lie. DirkGently Feb 2016 #17
We don't teach civics in school anymore so the concept of The Commons is being lost. CrispyQ Feb 2016 #18
The free stuff meme just bugs the heck out of me. PatrickforO Feb 2016 #21
It makes me loathe Clinton even more than I already did that she inspires CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #22
It's interesting how they understand the "spread the risk" and "spread the benefit" concepts TBF Feb 2016 #23
It isn't just the GOPers. It's some of the Clinton supporters, too, right here The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #26
And the trillions we've spent slaughtering and maiming tens and tens of thousands of Iraqis? Arugula Latte Feb 2016 #31
Thank you. The contempt some here have toward educating our young people is appalling. myrna minx Feb 2016 #40
...And is a distraction for the big-ass freebies wingers love handing out. n/t Orsino Feb 2016 #27
Recommended and very well said. eom guillaumeb Feb 2016 #28
Well, not really ALago1 Feb 2016 #33
The parasites are the rich who confiscate everyone else's labor. eridani Feb 2016 #39
There is so much wrong with this post... white_wolf Mar 2016 #44
We the People of the United States SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #36
Free stuff indeed coyote Feb 2016 #38
+1. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #41
Excellent graphic==thx for aharing n/t eridani Mar 2016 #43
K&R nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #45
People sneering about 'Free stuff' Kentonio Mar 2016 #46
Public goods are socialist, period. n/t eridani Mar 2016 #47
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