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Sen. Sanders: Here's the simple truth (Original Post) cal04 Aug 2013 OP
Thank you Bernie!!!!!! Scuba Aug 2013 #1
Get thee to the Greatest. Once again, Sanders nails it. n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #2
that stopped happening a long time ago. companies are multi-national beast okieinpain Aug 2013 #3
That's why workers need to unite globally abelenkpe Aug 2013 #4
I agree. PotatoChip Aug 2013 #6
That is a Eutopian Dream. bvar22 Aug 2013 #16
The TPP could actually be turned into a mechanism to do this-- Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #19
There will ALWAYS be corrupt rulers of 3rd World Countries.. bvar22 Aug 2013 #23
I absolutely agree with you. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #25
K & R TheJames Aug 2013 #21
The main stream media should be beating this same drum. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #5
straight up ut oh Aug 2013 #7
Kicked! AND Heartily Recommended! calimary Aug 2013 #8
Thank you Bernie n/t Michigan-Arizona Aug 2013 #9
K&R! Phlem Aug 2013 #10
Hell Yes!! nt bluedeathray Aug 2013 #11
Heard Hedge Fund manager Bill Ackman on Charlie Rose last night. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2013 #12
K&R for more penetrating Bernie insights. ~eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #13
I love that guy! NealK Aug 2013 #14
Bernie forgot Paying a fair wage to the worker. RC Aug 2013 #15
Yep. And anyone who shares in it is guilty as well. Of aiding the enemies of America raouldukelives Aug 2013 #17
The Third Way disagrees. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #18
:applause: (nt) Babel_17 Aug 2013 #20
He must be really annoying to all the right (wrong) people. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #22
AMEN! washnwmn Aug 2013 #24
K & R ...We need 60 of these in congress and another 10 or 20 in the senate. L0oniX Aug 2013 #26
Damn, he hits it out of the ballpark EVERY time! K&R closeupready Aug 2013 #27
As always Bernie-I agree... midnight Aug 2013 #28
If only we could target drones at tax haven banks overseas.. tokenlib Aug 2013 #29
K & R samplegirl Aug 2013 #30
the simple truth IkeRepublican Aug 2013 #31
K & R for one of the clearest minds in the Senate. Tell it, Bernie! freshwest Aug 2013 #32
Give to Bernie HelenWheels Aug 2013 #33

okieinpain

(9,397 posts)
3. that stopped happening a long time ago. companies are multi-national beast
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 01:23 PM
Aug 2013

that don't give a shit about people.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
6. I agree.
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 02:29 PM
Aug 2013

In fact, if it were possible to implement a worldwide minimum wage, can you imagine how many problems that would solve? Clearly, it would probably be next to impossible to do, but one can always dream...

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
16. That is a Eutopian Dream.
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 05:01 PM
Aug 2013

We have no control over the WORLD,
but we should have some control over the rules, regulations, and legislation that govern International, interstate, and local "trade" in our own damn country.

*We should be able to implement regulations that allow Mom & Pop (locally owned businesses) to compete with Walmart (Big Boxes) on a level playing field in our own damn country.

*We should be able to have minimum living wages and benefits in our own damned country.

*We should be able to have regulations against predatory pricing, profits, and gouging in our own country.

*We should be able to set the standard for the World to match instead of racing to the bottom to match the standards of 3rd World Slave labor countries.

*We should be able to have a Tax Structure that discourages extreme personal profits, and encourages re-investment in payrolls and benefits for employees in our own damn country. (70% -90% top bracket, Capital gains taxed as income)


If we had a political party that represented America's Working Class
we could have all that ....AGAIN
SEE: The 1960s



You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
19. The TPP could actually be turned into a mechanism to do this--
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 06:00 PM
Aug 2013

But of course first you'd have to get enough power together to re-write the TPP.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
23. There will ALWAYS be corrupt rulers of 3rd World Countries..
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 09:23 PM
Aug 2013

...who will be more than happy to have their people work in Slave Labor Sweat Shops for the "rewards & riches" paid by Global Corporations to allow them to exploit the labor and resources of their countries.
ALWAYS.

As long as the Global Corporations, the Global Banks, and the IMF are allowed to BUY these corrupt 3rd World Countries and use NATO as their Enforcement Arm (SEE: Iraq, Libya), they WILL continue to do so.

We can not control The World.
We are trying to control just a little piece of it now,
and THAT has bankrupted us,
and destroyed OUR Working Class which has been reduced to begging minimum wage McJobs,
which was predicted by Ross Perot in 1992 to a smiling Bill Clinton who could "feel our pain".

Our only hope is to use our HUGE Working Class & Poor Majorities (95%) to control OUR country,
and set a WORLD example of HIGH wages and GOOD benefits (like we had in the 60s).
Then let the 3rd World take care of itself by revolting against and killing the 1% parasites in their countries.

Latin America is showing us HOW to do this with their near bloodless Ballot Box Revolutions. They have successfully taken their countries back from the hands of the parasitic 1%, and given the Blue Print to us.
(But you won't hear about THAT from our MSM,
OR either dominant Political Party.)

When the American Working Class and The Poor realize WE have more in common with each other than we have in common with the 1% Ruling Elite and their Mouth Pieces in Washington, THEN we can have "change".

As long as "they" can keep us divided with the Kabuki Theater on "Social" Issues, the Economic Status Quo will prevail with Window Dressing advancements on the "Social" Issues Showcased as "Progress".
The RICH could give a fuck about it either way as long as it doesn't cost them a nickle, and are more than happy to let the debate & divide in America be about "Social Issues" or who gets to have a gun.

The BIGGEST Social Issue IS Economic Injustice.
Every Social Issue is a subset of THIS Over Riding issue that will NEVER be addressed until we MAKE them.

Please do NOT buy in to the fantasy that One Great BIG "Free Trade" Extravaganza (the Ring that will Bind Them) will make everything OK.
You KNOW who is designing this shit,
and you KNOW in your heart exactly WHAT is will do.
You have NO reason to trust these people,
and the fact that the "negotiations" are TOP SECRET, and advocates For the People are Locked OUT should be enough to make you run and hide.

We NEED to stop this!
Sadly, I believe that this (and the Keystone Pipeline) are already a Done Deal. The only thing left is for the Kabuki Theater to play out to foster the illusion that "we" ever had a choice.


Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
25. I absolutely agree with you.
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 10:22 PM
Aug 2013

And, in general, you're delineating the circumstances I was referring to when I commented,

"But of course first you'd have to get enough power together to re-write the TPP."

 

avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)
5. The main stream media should be beating this same drum.
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 02:29 PM
Aug 2013

Big corporations are taking wealth from America, but they are not contributing.


k&r

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,173 posts)
12. Heard Hedge Fund manager Bill Ackman on Charlie Rose last night.
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 03:49 PM
Aug 2013

Charlie maneuvered him into saying Romney (as head of Bain Capital) would be able to help business more and therefore the economy. I sense another run from him and a strong counter to what Bernie Sanders is saying. I'm still unsure of why we are being held hostage, but think this exchange helps explain it. They may truly believe they are the good guys and we should be thankful to their giving us any jobs at all.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
15. Bernie forgot Paying a fair wage to the worker.
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 04:35 PM
Aug 2013

The Wal-mart mentality just pushes the cost of survival of the workers, off onto the government, while the profits for the company pile up.

raouldukelives

(5,178 posts)
17. Yep. And anyone who shares in it is guilty as well. Of aiding the enemies of America
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 05:15 PM
Aug 2013

Of destroying the environemnt, of funding climate change deniers, of eroding the last vestiges of our Constitution.
Not even voting Republican causes as much damage as a Wall St investment to our country and our world.
Why there is no such thing as a liberal investor. Anything that touches it is corrupted.

washnwmn

(28 posts)
24. AMEN!
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 09:27 PM
Aug 2013

Go Bernie! I watch your segment every Friday on Thom Hartmann. You're awesome! If we could get a Senate full of Bernies and a Liz Warrens and the House too, things could turn around.

tokenlib

(4,186 posts)
29. If only we could target drones at tax haven banks overseas..
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 11:31 PM
Aug 2013

..makes a lot more sense than some of the targets they send drones to.

HelenWheels

(2,284 posts)
33. Give to Bernie
Thu Aug 15, 2013, 12:10 PM
Aug 2013

If every one on DU would give Bernie $5--10 it would probably insure his reelection. If he saw this level of support it would encourage him to run in his next election.

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