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B.Sanders: It's time that corporate America created jobs in this country, not in low-wage countries (Original Post) Playinghardball Apr 2015 OP
Kicking and wishing we could have the media and web highlighting these statements from Sanders AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #1
Bernie was on Big Ed's show yesterday talking about this... polichick Apr 2015 #3
Many people here on Texas have no clue who Bernie Sanders is, I plan on changing that... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #5
You go girl! He'd kick butt in the debates. polichick Apr 2015 #8
Which is why I think he will run. Not because he has the money for it but to give Hillary a debater jwirr Apr 2015 #22
If Bernie's there, the debates will be popcorn-worthy! polichick Apr 2015 #26
K & R !!! Bernie informs us about a lot, fortunately! appalachiablue Apr 2015 #35
Actually many of my republican relatives and friends in Texas know who Autumn Apr 2015 #12
That's good news I have yet to meet those in person, would they vote for him? AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #17
Try posting them on yours if you really plan on plan on changing it so that your people in Texas Autumn Apr 2015 #18
Texans want a good man too. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #31
Excellent, I believe you! I'm going to start support for POPULIST MEDIA if it's the last thing I do! appalachiablue Apr 2015 #24
That's my Bernie, I'm voting for him for President. Autumn Apr 2015 #2
Me too. I'm voting for the progressive. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #4
Me too MissDeeds Apr 2015 #11
Once the American people hear him..... Enthusiast Apr 2015 #30
Me too! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #29
How are we going to make them treestar Apr 2015 #6
It ain't gonna happen without hifiguy Apr 2015 #7
Twitter, Facebook, social media has proven itself a useful tool and yet I wonder if search engines AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #9
Cannot be repeated enough. kentuck Apr 2015 #10
Amen to that Bernie! AMEN! benld74 Apr 2015 #13
k n r whereisjustice Apr 2015 #14
Reboot America with Bernie Geronimoe Apr 2015 #15
+1! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #28
I can't sincerely agree with that. hunter Apr 2015 #16
True but the real problem is the almost slave labor wages being distributed more easily in other AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #19
President Bernie n/t zentrum Apr 2015 #20
Thank you Bernie! Please run for President. You have more support than you realize. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #21
k/r Run Bernie Run nationalize the fed Apr 2015 #23
TPP is a very dangerous piece of legislation. It will establish a fascist corpoartocracy. Initech Apr 2015 #25
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #27
Big pharma will benefit from this awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #32
K&R Scuba Apr 2015 #33
k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #34
Corporate Communism, a one world corporate state, is going to level the playing field. Zorra Apr 2015 #36

polichick

(37,152 posts)
3. Bernie was on Big Ed's show yesterday talking about this...
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:04 PM
Apr 2015

He was awesome - this quote might be from that visit.

Wish he got more coverage too!

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
22. Which is why I think he will run. Not because he has the money for it but to give Hillary a debater
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 05:14 PM
Apr 2015

who knows his stuff.

Autumn

(44,956 posts)
12. Actually many of my republican relatives and friends in Texas know who
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:14 PM
Apr 2015

Bernie Sanders is. I post Bernie's quotes on my FB. The Independent Senator from Vermont ALWAYS gets likes from them and a quote on Veterans from him always get's a nice long chat going. I just save these little quotes to my hard drive and upload them to my FB.

Autumn

(44,956 posts)
18. Try posting them on yours if you really plan on plan on changing it so that your people in Texas
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 05:05 PM
Apr 2015

will know who he is. I post the quotes on mine and like I said, I get a good response

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
31. Texans want a good man too.
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 01:51 AM
Apr 2015

Above everything else we want an honest man that isn't out to fuck us over. That's Bernie.

The others, well you already know what they're about.

The American people are clear done with the bullshit.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
4. Me too. I'm voting for the progressive.
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:08 PM
Apr 2015

Not negotiable.
If they aren't an advocate for us then they don't have my vote.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
30. Once the American people hear him.....
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 01:47 AM
Apr 2015

TPTB will have to knock Bernie off or cheat in the election. I can tell when I'm being lied to. Bernie is an honest man.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
6. How are we going to make them
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:12 PM
Apr 2015

without some sort of unconstitutional law?

We could quit buying their stuff of course, and buy it more expensively from home industries. Oh wait, we could have done that all along.

Consumers just don't do that. We've seen efforts to get it to happen but it's so far not catching on widely.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. It ain't gonna happen without
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:17 PM
Apr 2015

a lot of guillotine drops and the confiscation of every last dime of the fortunes of the plutocracy. I take no pleasure in saying this.

AuntPatsy

(9,904 posts)
9. Twitter, Facebook, social media has proven itself a useful tool and yet I wonder if search engines
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 03:49 PM
Apr 2015

Have a bigger part of how such info can travel via the airways and for some cases so instantly, and yet others a mere drip on the radar....

 

Geronimoe

(1,539 posts)
15. Reboot America with Bernie
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:53 PM
Apr 2015

He needs to announce his candidacy in Detroit, then Baltimore and on to Camden.

I have so many friends returning from travel overseas, saying American looks worse than third world countries with failing infrastructure, broken healthcare system and shuttered factories.


hunter

(38,299 posts)
16. I can't sincerely agree with that.
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 04:58 PM
Apr 2015

I didn't choose to be born in California and I don't think anyone born elsewhere is any less deserving than I am, be they born in Texas or Haitai.

I do think everyone deserves a living wage and freedom of speech and association and we shouldn't be dealing with nations where that's not possible.

Unfortunately the U.S.A, itself is still largely a regressive nation. We are not a "first world" nation but the top dog banana republic of the banana republics.

Telling a boss here in the U.S.A. to "take this job and shove it," or a bad cop to go fuck himself, can have very dire and sometimes fatal consequences.

Nope, sorry, I don't buy into U.S. American "exceptionalism."

Working people are working people everywhere on earth.


AuntPatsy

(9,904 posts)
19. True but the real problem is the almost slave labor wages being distributed more easily in other
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 05:09 PM
Apr 2015

Countries, granted we have our share of slave wage jobs but can still at least pretend we have more of a way to fight against the corps who so gleefully love to run their businesses By earning the most profits regardless of whom gets trampled on in that process..

I view this TPP as a way for these company's to ensure the same practices become acceptable to a degree here on our shores...


I do agree though we should be our brothers keeper, all humans regardless of where one resides but I honestly never see that happening, our species simply cannot get along in the way we would need to...greed and power will always darken our doors...

Initech

(100,013 posts)
25. TPP is a very dangerous piece of legislation. It will establish a fascist corpoartocracy.
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 06:18 PM
Apr 2015

It will turn the billionaires into trillionaires and it will create an economic disasters worse than 2008. It must be stopped.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
32. Big pharma will benefit from this
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 01:52 AM
Apr 2015

Other countries pay much less than we do for the same meds. With TPP, they can sue those governments for loss of profit. Ain't it great

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
36. Corporate Communism, a one world corporate state, is going to level the playing field.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 09:50 AM
Apr 2015

Low wages, no opportunity, no representation, and sheer misery for workers worldwide, with 99.9% of wealth going to our corporate masters and owners.

Run, Bernie, Run!

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