The old Jewish white guy, pandering to tax evader and racist Al Sharpton

Markle wrote:The old Jewish white guy

PkrBum wrote:It is kinda funny...

a guy that would skyrocket taxes pandering for the support of a guy that evades paying his fair share... lol

You can't make that shit up... lol.

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:

Markle wrote:The old Jewish white guy

Oh looky here.... Poster Markle is already developing lines for his cheap propaganda should Bernie Sanders get elected President of the United States.

Wordslinger wrote:Q: Does Bernie's waltz with Sharpton in pursuit of black votes, equal Cruz's waltz with evangelicals?  Trump's waltz with the blue collar under-educated crowd? Or Hillary's waltz with Goldman Sachs?  Reality

Markle wrote:The old Jewish white guy, pandering to tax evader and racist Al Sharpton.

Al Sharpton is LOVING this and makes no secret that, in his opinion, he has Bernie Sanders by the short hairs.

Watch at about the 20 second mark as Al Sharpton.  He puts his hands together with the fingertips touching.  For anyone who reads body language this is clear sign that the person has a lot of confidence and a superiority over the other person.

I'm curious if Bernie Sanders had ever visited Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem before?

2seaoat wrote:Bernie does not walk on water.  He has policy mistakes which I think he is naive.  However, I know of Nobody who does not respect and like this man.  I can easily vote for him, Hillary, Kasich, or Chris for President.  However, Bernie has solutions.  He is right.   He could win the general in a landslide, and calling him a Jew, or a communist, or any other name will bounce off him like water off a duck.  People like Bernie, and when I saw a bunch of old white guys wearing Alabama hats at lunch yesterday saying they like Bernie and even if their taxes go up, they like the idea that he is going after the folks stealing this country....I was shocked.  I think folks who think being a Jew, or socialist is going to matter about as much with people in America as a person being gay.....now old farts maybe will use fifties ideology to explain America today......but they are dying faster than any chance to be relevant in the next election.

PkrBum wrote:My read is that bernies talking enormous sweeping radical changes... and hillary is talking the smallish progressive steps.

He is certainly dragging her left tho.

Salinsky wrote:

PkrBum wrote:My read is that bernies talking enormous sweeping radical changes... and hillary is talking the smallish progressive steps.

He is certainly dragging her left tho.

That's true, but neither of them will be able to get much done before the post 2020 census redistricting, so why not go with the guy who's swinging for the fences.

There's some value in painting the differences between the two parties in the starkest of terms.

Wordslinger wrote:The people of Scandinavia pay the highest taxes of any industrialized nations in the world. And they are the most satisfied -- free college, free healthcare, early retirement.

Let me have a country less interested in policing the world, with free healthcare and college education, and I'll gladly pay whatever taxes are necessary!!

Markle wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:The people of Scandinavia pay the highest taxes of any industrialized nations in the world.  And they are the most satisfied -- free college, free healthcare, early retirement.

Let me have a country less interested in policing the world, with free healthcare and college education, and I'll gladly pay whatever taxes are necessary!!

We are seeing the disaster created by the vacuum Lame Duck President Obama has left in world leadership.

How is multiplying that 100 times over better for the world and for us?

Perhaps you missed the Denmark thread.  It points out the error of your thoughts...on NPR no less.

It isn't that they're happy, they don't know any better and have no aspirations beyond the status where they are born.

NPR
ECONOMY

Are Danes Really That Happy? The Myth Of The Scandinavian Utopia

by NPR Staff | February 1, 2015 — 4:50 AM

INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

On Denmark's high taxes and what Danes get for it

Let's take Denmark for example. We do have literally the highest taxes in the world. The income tax is about — top measures are just over 50 percent. But there's all sorts of other very heavy taxes. ... Most people reckon about three quarters of your income ends up in the state's coffers if you include all the various taxes. You know, if you want to buy a car, there's a 180 percent tax on the car. [Value-added tax] is 25 percent. They have the highest energy taxes. ... So basically I'm working until Thursday lunch time for the government, and the rest of the week for myself. ...

What you get is free education, very cheap pre-school care, functioning public transports, a free health service — all the things that many Americans dream of. Now the big question is: You're paying the highest taxes in the world, is the education system the best in the world? Are the hospitals the best in the world? No, they're not.

On whether Danes are satisfied with the status quo

Actually, that's the perfect word for the Danes. You may have heard they're supposed to be the happiest people in the world, and they have regularly topped these happiness rankings. [But] they haven't, actually, in the last few years. They've dropped dramatically in line with their economy. So I'm afraid [the] side message here is: Money does make you happy. But I've spoken to some of these people who are behind these ranking lists and they secretly admit it's not about happiness, but they just use the word "happy" to grab the headlines. It's really about ... satisfaction and contentedness, and the Danes are massively content.

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http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2015/02/01/155121/are_danes_really_that_happy_the_myth_of_the_scandinavian_utopia

Salinsky wrote:There's some value in painting the differences between the two parties in the starkest of terms.