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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Whether he succeeds or not in the coming months and perhaps years ahead, Bernie Sanders [View all]Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)24. Greece's economy represents a tiny fraction of ours. I don't see a relevant comparison.
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Whether he succeeds or not in the coming months and perhaps years ahead, Bernie Sanders [View all]
Cal33
Jun 2016
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Bernie's proposed policies come closest to keeping the U.S. competitive in this much more
Uncle Joe
Jun 2016
#4
That's nice but, in this global economy, that still won't return us to a post WWII America as the
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#12
It's not "nice" it's a requirement if you don't want the world to eventually be dominated
Uncle Joe
Jun 2016
#15
Very true, Uncle Joe, a super-nation rotting from the inside, will not stand for long, unless
Cal33
Jun 2016
#17
More than anything else, it's the Corporations that have brought ruin to our nation. Don't you
Cal33
Jun 2016
#5
Technology allows corporations to do that where they couldn't in the past.
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#11
Unless we get the corporations under control, we will go the way of Greece.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#20
Corporate America and Greece have absolutely nothing in common. Apples and oranges.
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#22
To the Globalized Corporations Greece was easy pickens and the USofA is just a bigger fruit.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#23
Greece's economy represents a tiny fraction of ours. I don't see a relevant comparison.
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#24
If one is interested discussing the size of the economies, you'd be spot on. That's not the point
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#25
Due to technological advances, the movement of goods and information has never been able to
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#28
All we need to really do is to put honesty, integrity and some caring for our fellow human beings
Cal33
Jun 2016
#29
Acknowledging the new global economy paradigm is neither Republican or Democrat.
Trust Buster
Jun 2016
#27
Yes, Occupy certainly deserves full credit. I'd love to see all like-minded people unite. It
Cal33
Jun 2016
#7
Yes, FDR's policies worked well for about 50 years, then they were changed. I firmly
Cal33
Jun 2016
#9
Thanks, Samantha. I knew that 6700 of his supporters had responded to his call to
Cal33
Jun 2016
#16
Actually it will be Obama and Hillary who will be remembered for restoring our nation.
YouDig
Jun 2016
#18
Sanders and Warren did not invent the revolution. They just cared enough to notice it.
Orsino
Jun 2016
#19