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dgauss

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74. There is a context to "arguing that bread lines are a good thing"
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 12:08 AM
Mar 2019

and it was pretty clear in that short clip. He was comparing countries where people who didn't have enough money to eat and those countries let people starve to a country where the government provided food to people who didn't have enough money to eat.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
What does this have to do with Bernie's taxes?! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #1
This thread didn't mention anything about the lack of released taxes by BS, but now that you mention SFnomad Mar 2019 #2
Bernie submitted his 2014 tax returns... that leaves only four more tax years, 2015-2018... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #4
Isn't that like... revmclaren Mar 2019 #10
It's a lie that BS submitted his 2014 tax returns ... he released the 2 summary pages only n/t SFnomad Mar 2019 #11
Here we go... a lie? Really? No, what YOU just said is 100% factually untrue. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #17
Here is the 7 page full return Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #27
Not gonna happen... just crickets, chirp! chirp! They NEVER admit when they're wrong... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #43
running out of creative excuses? Try "under audit" if that doesn't work redstateblues Mar 2019 #53
So if he applies for an extension will it give him another TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #63
That's possible, though I doubt it. Let's wait and see... soon you'll have your answer. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #67
I have plenty of patience. TexasTowelie Mar 2019 #86
I think that's COMPLETELY fair TT... I'd have to rethink my voting for Bernie were that the case... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #91
From Jennifer Rubin Gothmog Mar 2019 #106
I agree with the tweet you posted from Jennifer Rubin... that still gives Bernie almost a year InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #108
Washington Post-Enough with the excuses. It's time for Sanders to release his tax returns. Gothmog Apr 2019 #125
Better yet, what do Sanders' taxes have to do with this video? Why bring it up here at all? George II Mar 2019 #25
Distraction. No one wants to defend riverine Mar 2019 #33
thousands of americans depend on such charity rampartc Mar 2019 #77
Okay, that's the funniest thing I've heard all day!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #46
It's like performance art! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #49
No, it's better!! Can't stop laughing!! How one Democratic candidate, who represents InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #56
Yes!! He is the saviour!! The Angel!! Wow dude. Eko Mar 2019 #61
I never said Bernie was a perfect angel... but, his heart is ALWAYS in the right place InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #66
Yup it ALWAYS is!!! Eko Mar 2019 #72
Sorry, he doesn't deserve my love and admiration NastyRiffraff Mar 2019 #104
Glad I can entertain, but................... George II Mar 2019 #73
Nothing RandySF Mar 2019 #39
Why did you bring that up? There's nothing about his taxes in the OP. MineralMan Mar 2019 #102
So it's bad people are getting fed versus starving? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #3
Seriously! This takes Bernie bashin to a whole new level; refusing to let people starve? The horror! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #5
Feeding the hungry is always a good thing revmclaren Mar 2019 #6
In what Alternative Universe is a country that serves its starving people lined up for food InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #9
Again, you willfully miss Bernie's point. Food lines are for EVERYONE riverine Mar 2019 #19
Oh okay, so Bernie, who compared our system to that of other countries, which let their poor starve InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #22
During the 60s and 70s while I was growing up, revmclaren Mar 2019 #21
This is history we need to know. I'm sorry for your family's struggles. Glad you are here on DU MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #29
Thank you. revmclaren Mar 2019 #65
In the 60s and 70s while I was growing up, there were commodities given out to the poor Autumn Mar 2019 #114
'Let them eat cheese'... revmclaren Mar 2019 #115
No but my husband and I lived on Ramen noodles for a year while he finished his Autumn Mar 2019 #116
As I said... clueless. You were adults when you revmclaren Mar 2019 #118
As a matter of fact I did grow up in a one parent family and we had no Autumn Mar 2019 #119
Then please stop pushing the Bernie is always correct memes... revmclaren Mar 2019 #120
I didn't push anything, no did I mention Bernie. I responded to your post with Autumn Mar 2019 #121
"those who never had to go without a meal or two a day but believed they were experts on the poor. " MH1 Apr 2019 #126
I wonder how many True Blue American Apr 2019 #127
Wow. That's pretty damn callous. LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #7
Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat cake." George II Mar 2019 #35
You missed Bernie's point. The bread lines are not just for poor people riverine Mar 2019 #8
I would have to see more context. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #12
Your careful nuance has some credibility I admit. riverine Mar 2019 #15
So what's YOUR excuse for posting a chopped off quote here on DU? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #24
Was he saying that before the revolution there was no food but after the revolution there was? betsuni Mar 2019 #30
Look, I tried to credit you for your nuance on this topic riverine Mar 2019 #32
I'm sure the entire context is available. George II Mar 2019 #36
here is the entire interview, it is from July, 1985 Celerity Mar 2019 #99
Well, at least you didn't mention Bernie's taxes, I'll give you that much... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #13
They used to say that about slavery too BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #16
That's some spin!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #18
Not a spin BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #20
No, I don't doubt for a nanosecond that what you report was said about slavery... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #23
Please take a moment to BlueFlorida Mar 2019 #26
Sorry, I'm not getting what you're sayin'... too many beers!! haha!! It's certainly possible... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #31
So bread lines are a good thing like he says? George II Mar 2019 #28
If it distributes food to the poor and homeless who would otherwise starve, that's a good thing, yes InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #34
If it was so wonderful, why so many defect from the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries? RandySF Mar 2019 #41
So you think food lines qazplm135 Mar 2019 #101
I like bread too. Therefore, I have no problem voting for Sen. Sanders. Devil Child Mar 2019 #14
Same goes for Tulsi... good luck to your candidate! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #38
The vetting of Bernie: LenaBaby61 Mar 2019 #37
LOL, there's NOTHING, ZERO, NADA they have on Bernie that's not 100 times WORSE... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #40
Excellent points, LenaBaby! Cha Mar 2019 #42
Vetting bernie.. Cha Mar 2019 #44
Breadlines are never a good thing. Eko Mar 2019 #45
It's a phenomenal thing if the alternative is death!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #48
Is that the standard you really want to go by? Eko Mar 2019 #52
Read what I said. Moldy cheese?! That's your come back?! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #62
Read what I said buddy! Eko Mar 2019 #70
Read what I said (I'll leave out the "buddy" part)...if the choices are eating or dying... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #75
The fact that you think people surviving on Eko Mar 2019 #79
Go ahead keep twisting my words... it's not a good look. You know I never said that.. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #85
You are correct. Eko Mar 2019 #93
We have bread!!!! Eko Mar 2019 #54
There is a context to "arguing that bread lines are a good thing" dgauss Mar 2019 #74
I guess you missed this part I wrote? Eko Mar 2019 #84
I got that which is why I commented. dgauss Mar 2019 #87
No its not. Eko Mar 2019 #88
I think poverty is more complicated then "the government created the situation in the first place." dgauss Mar 2019 #92
Once again I am not talking about the clip, Eko Mar 2019 #94
Here. Eko Mar 2019 #90
speaking of vetting, why are you posting content from what is literally a RW Russian troll account? Celerity Mar 2019 #47
Are you surprised?! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #50
Very good question melman Mar 2019 #51
Do you claim the quote is false? riverine Mar 2019 #55
not fake but impossible to tell the context, and my original question still stands Celerity Mar 2019 #57
It is a 12 second clip of Bernie speaking and nothing else. riverine Mar 2019 #59
I Googled Bernie Sanders Bread Line Quote and found R B Garr Mar 2019 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author melman Mar 2019 #60
curious argument Celerity Mar 2019 #64
Bernie is NOT saying this (what you claim) riverine Mar 2019 #69
that interview is old, July, 1985, EBT cards first went national Celerity Mar 2019 #80
I didn't post content. Googling it, though, the clips R B Garr Mar 2019 #71
sorry I replied to the wrong person, my sincere apologies R B Celerity Mar 2019 #81
No problem! R B Garr Mar 2019 #82
Here's the context. OilemFirchen Mar 2019 #68
From your link: riverine Mar 2019 #76
The GOP Slime Machine Freddie Mar 2019 #96
Nobody listens to them Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #109
The GOP slime machine? Yes, people listen to them. ehrnst Mar 2019 #112
Wow! That is a bombshell. Everyone should bookmark this, R B Garr Mar 2019 #78
"repeated-ad-infinitum sermons about billionaires twisting mustaches, adjusting monocles, betsuni Mar 2019 #83
Yep. Clearly he was not referring to the Great Depression dalton99a Mar 2019 #89
I listened to Bernie every Friday on Thom Hartmann, probably since 2004. He's good with me. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #95
Much of Sanders' public face is okay with everyone Hortensis Mar 2019 #97
+1 betsuni Mar 2019 #98
The sauce is weak with this one. aidbo Mar 2019 #100
I disagree with Sanders Buzz Lightyear Mar 2019 #103
No one took sanders seriously in 2016 and so sanders was not vetted Gothmog Mar 2019 #105
Many of his detractors have been going Non-Stop since 2015 Mr Tibbs Mar 2019 #110
There is a trend in thinking that certain POTUS candidate should be exempt from the usual vetting or ehrnst Mar 2019 #111
I am glad that sanders will be vetted this cycle Gothmog Mar 2019 #123
... betsuni Mar 2019 #113
There is so much material out there that it is not funny Gothmog Mar 2019 #122
So what would have happened when Sanders hit a real opponent, someone who did not care about alienat Gothmog Mar 2019 #107
The bottom line DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2019 #117
For this thread Gothmog Apr 2019 #124
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