2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: On what issue is Hillary better than Bernie? [View all]Sancho
(9,070 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 1, 2015, 03:13 PM - Edit history (1)
I've heard more than one person describe Bernie Sanders as an economic pyramid scheme - because his economic proposals aren't realistic (like the Robin Hood tax), and promises things that can't happen.
As to the MIC, Bernie voted once on the Iraq war, but he was just as much a supporter of the military complex as anyone else if it helped him in Vermont. People keep going back to one vote, but Bernie is no saint on the same issues as other progressives.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/24583-bernie-sanders-doubles-down-on-f-35-support-days-after-runway-explosion
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/30/the-myth-of-bernie-sanders/
http://socialistworker.org/2012/08/09/vermont-says-no-to-the-f35
http://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2015/02/hypocrisy-alert-bernie-sanders-wanting.html
http://muckraker-gg.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-lockheed-and-sandia-came-to-vermont.html
http://www.libertyunionparty.org/?page_id=363
http://gui.afsc.org/birddog/bernie-sanders-calls-out-defense-contractors-and-lobbyists
https://thewordsmithcollection.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/bernie-sanders-supports-the-right-wing-war-lobby/