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merrily

(45,251 posts)
Thu May 7, 2015, 01:25 PM May 2015

Bernie: We need a growing middle class

"We need a growing middle class, not one that's been disappearing for forty years. We need a vibrant one person-one vote democracy, not one which is dominated by billionaire campaign contributors. It's time for a political revolution. It's time to make our government work for all of us and not just the 1%"

Senator Bernie Sanders.


Sounds good to me!

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Bernie: We need a growing middle class (Original Post) merrily May 2015 OP
And that political revolution starts NOW! cascadiance May 2015 #1
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #2
Nobody can lay it out as clearly as Bernie can emulatorloo May 2015 #3
Exactly. I am not saying his statements can't make a lousy quote, but they sure make some merrily May 2015 #5
K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #4

merrily

(45,251 posts)
5. Exactly. I am not saying his statements can't make a lousy quote, but they sure make some
Thu May 7, 2015, 10:02 PM
May 2015

good ones. Maybe being clear come from conviction and not slicing and dicing his words for plausible deniability at some point in the future.

As the Rolling Stone article says, honesty is rare in politics.

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