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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Slams Clinton for Having Supported Slashing of America's Safety Net [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)98. wow...that was brave
no pun meant
However, now I am afraid the attacks from certain Clinton people will double, especially the ones who went to Clinton because he knew how to cover the racism and classism the party used to define as the enemy. Hell, he still has not apologized for blowing all those dog whistles in 2008, not for calling Obama a "wuss." I would not be as angry if she was not counting on the Black vote so much.
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Bernie Sanders Slams Clinton for Having Supported Slashing of America's Safety Net [View all]
FreakinDJ
Aug 2015
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The welfare reform gave training for two years, childcare, food and shelter assistance
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#1
So you think it is okay for people like myself who has a minimum wage job to work and pay taxes
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#117
No, I do not think low-wage workers should bear the burden of the safety net
bread_and_roses
Aug 2015
#148
I like the thought of training, I don't see others working with me who has training
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#149
I can only speak for myself and say if I was 20 years old and i had an offer to get training for a
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#151
Good for Bernie, who prefers helping the people SLEEPing on Main Street, as compared to Hillary, who favors the corporatists REAPing on Wall Street!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2015
#5
Hillary is On Record at the time supporting it, wrote about supporting it in her book,
bvar22
Aug 2015
#137
Yes. They were WRONG. I want an apology tour from Bill AND Hillary (she bragged about it).
bravenak
Aug 2015
#42
Add a guaranteed minimum income. That would take care of a lot of the mess. And it would end
jwirr
Aug 2015
#71
I suspect there is a lot more we could add. There is so much need out here. And all we have seen
jwirr
Aug 2015
#73
That is light weight compared to what the Old Dog did in the Arkansas Primary of 2010...
bvar22
Aug 2015
#143
It's one of those words that's okay if we refer to it but a no no for them.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#41
Geez. WHERE have I heard that before? "We should be encouraging people to work."
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#119
Ah, if only the two of them could discuss this issue face-to-face in a public meeting,
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#10
Oh, you think they'll actually have a chance to rebut each other. That's cute. n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#30
No; I think the DNC should relinquish its unprecedented stranglehold on the process. n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#38
Conspiracy? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the frontrunner benefits
winter is coming
Aug 2015
#67
If there is anyone to go after it's Wall Street and the 1% who are avoiding paying taxes.
YOHABLO
Aug 2015
#26
And then, of course, the "Workfare" parents were criticized, demonized even,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2015
#46
"The less money they pay you the more demeaning they try to make your life."
SusanCalvin
Aug 2015
#75
He never said he would not talk about her action regarding the issues. That is not attacking.
jwirr
Aug 2015
#69
From personal experience with Bill's welfare reform - the biggest problem was that there were
jwirr
Aug 2015
#68
And that is even more true today when we have so few good jobs. When you are not hired if you
jwirr
Aug 2015
#113
Thanks for bringing us an "anti-Illuminati" libertarian conspiracy author into it...
Bongo Prophet
Aug 2015
#123
Thank you. My rant was not as good as my wife's who mention the wiping out of civics class as well
diabeticman
Aug 2015
#154
RW? Poverty? It was the rw her and Bill were dancing to when they passed welfare reform.
jwirr
Aug 2015
#114
I kick and recommend with reservations. I don't think Bernie exactly "slammed" Hillary.
Enthusiast
Aug 2015
#118
blah blah blah... a record of many successes, vs a record of failed positions.
Amimnoch
Aug 2015
#120