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Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:35 AM Mar 2016

Working class Americans can't afford to elect a corporate Democrat that does the bidding of the 1%


They can't afford to elect a corporate Democrat that will ship more jobs over seas.

They can't afford to elect a corporate Democrat that will import more foreign workers to replace them in their jobs.

They can't afford to elect a corporate Democrat that will engage in unending regime change since it is their fathers, sons, and daughters going off to war.

They can't afford to elect a corporate Democrat that will pass trade agreements that cede U.S. sovereignty allowing Multi-National corporations to prey on Americans, gutting worker protection and consumer protection laws.

They can't afford to elect a corporate Democrat who will allow their family and friends and big money backers to feed at the public trough while they struggle to live in Corporate America and will have their safety net gutted when the bill on the ever increasing national debt comes due.

It has become evident that a lot of well off Democrats do not give a damn about working class Americans.

I wonder if wealthy individuals who now celebrate their right to marry a member of the same sex ever think about the fact that it was the support of working class Americans who helped them win this right? That it was the support of the millennials (who just want a fair shot at the American Dream) that helped them win this right?
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HughLefty1

(231 posts)
2. Indeed. Unless you are in the 1% you should not be voting for Hillary.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 03:22 AM
Mar 2016

I realize some are pressured by unions and what not but it just blows my mind that so many working class folks would consider voting for such a corporatist.

tokenlib

(4,186 posts)
14. And the Unions endorsing Hillary are fools....
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:39 PM
Mar 2016

..they are betraying their history and their members. And within weeks they'll turn around and try to educate their members on the evils of the TPP and free trade. Hypocrisy anyone?

 

Zira

(1,054 posts)
3. Her gold standard TPP is expected to lose a million jobs if it gets signed. Judging from Nafta
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 03:26 AM
Mar 2016

and how it shut down our factorys, and this one goes way passed Nafta, I say that number is low.

tokenlib

(4,186 posts)
15. Can we afford the Third Way/DLC control of the Democratic Party any longer?
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:42 PM
Mar 2016

If Hillary goes down..perhaps the Wall Street/Free Trade/ Corporate coddlers go down with her.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
8. Trump will 'rip up' all of our international agreements (trade, Iran, Cuba ...). Bernie will
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 07:35 AM
Mar 2016

keep the good ones and renegotiate the bad ones. We need more international cooperation and agreements to solve global problems, not fewer. Trump does not understand that; Bernie does.

 

Gwhittey

(1,377 posts)
11. Oh another Sanders supporter only thread
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:14 AM
Mar 2016

Come on why bother post this in GDP forums. It is a issue thread and Clinton Supporters don't want to talk about the issues. They want to talk about the new form of Math they have invented for calculating how there are not enough delegates for Sanders to win. Or they want to bitch about how Sanders is spending money from us silly peasants to win this election and not using money from %1 to win it like real Democrats are suppose to do.

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