LAST EDITED ON Mar-10-16 AT 10:49PM (MST)[p]That's kinda funny, if you don't like George Soros or his ilk why are you protecting his billions by supporting candidates who wish to continue giving him an IRS approved "special" tax rate of only 15%?
Meet the string pullers, politicians are just their puppets.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanv...chest-hedge-fund-billionaires-2/#7c9330d24b05
I digress or I've digressed. I'm going to do a little cherry picking here, in no particular order.
Nemont mentioned,"You may want to read what the numbers under Bernie actually would be and not just take his word for it. Lots of holes in his plan and tax hikes.
You know how to tell he is full of it, even Paul Krugman knows Bernie's numbers are bogus and won't work. So Obama is a right winger? That is news to everyone.
Look around the world, even the most socialist countries are struggling. How do you know what the economy should be? It is way better here than almost anywhere in the world right now. There is a reason for the strong dollar and it is the demand for the greenback."
Well...(looking down kicking at the dirt) ya know when the wind blows from one direction it get warm but then it almost always rains....
I've read the numbers, the critics of the numbers, the critics of the critics of the numbers, it will test an economic theory.
Krugman, not sure if he might be shilling for a SOT slot. Could there be or not be holes or theoretical shortfalls? Krugman like Saez hypothesize that Athletes, Actors, Hedge fund Managers, Corp. CEO's like the Koch Bros, so billionaires (more linked above) those that make $10 Million pay a higher Marginal Tax Rate...should I care?
So we repair Trickle Down Failure Economics, restore+ the tax code prior to the failed "Temporary" Bush Tax Cuts that only benefited the 1%, sounds like a good start to me. Which candidate is for all that stuff?
So on this one I say, really? I generally agree with Krugman, but he doesn't really know, it's an election year and Hillary is looking like she or the Donald might take it, so Krugman is being very select in his comments lately.
Bernie's UHC plan only accounts for 20% from higher revenues generated by bumping the "Marginal" rate for all of our multi-millionaire friends by 20 pts to support Single Pay.
There will still be a private market, private doctors and let us not make the jump from we have socialized medicine to we are now a self-identified Socialist state. That's a leap that is better suited for an out of control jet-pack, so far it would be difficult to draw a parallel to other "Socialist" nations simply because we adopt UHC over our current SHC.
We need change, we can't afford SHC and we both know it. Even under the modified 1993 Republican Response to the Clinton Universal Healthcare Act aka Obamacare it will be unsustainable given the stranglehold by Big Pharma, Insurer Costs, and continued Wall St. healthcare.
Tog has a great knack for bottom lining things and this is no different. But, and I maybe wrong but I believe you meant "shouldn't instead of "should"
Tog, "This country is and has been half socialist for years. So the concept should be seen as something new or scary"
I'm just not convinced being more socialist is what's best for me at this time."
I totally get that..