The Bern Identity
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http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/megadeals_report.pdf
Do you agree with these subsidy? You say, (if you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always depend on Paul's support.[/QUOTE]). Who are the "Paul" that support this? Who are the Peter to pay this? Taxpayers.
The people Sanders is talking about here don't pay net income taxes. They pay local sales taxes and payroll social security and medicare taxes. Bernie wants an honest economy where you and I can stop subsidizing Walmart and MacDonald's labor force. He wants these low wages workers to make enough that they will become income tax payers just like you and I. He wants them to be able to support themselves, so we don't have to contribute to their support. If Sanders is elected the economy will get a huge shot in the arm. His programs, whether he realizes it or not, are supply side stimulus programs. I like that, and I'd like a more honest economy where the middle class gets stronger. The wealthy stay wealthy, but we are no longer required to subsidize them. I admit I am being a bit selfish here, my income puts me at the cusp between the top ten percent and the lower 90 %. Sanders would be very good for me, and I suspect he would be for you as well. I like an honest economy.
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Opps! I made a major error in my post above. "Supply side" in my sentence above that I have quoted should be "demand side". I don't know how I could have made such an egregious error, getting old I guess. The sentence should read:
If Sanders is elected, the economy will get a huge shot in the arm. His programs, whether he realizes it or not, are demand side stimulus programs.
I'll comment here that there are virtually no economists left that still maintain that supply side economics works, though the concept refuses to die among some politicians. (See, "Zombie Economics," John Quiggin.)
The Bern has a tough next few weeks coming:
Sanders Second-Half Comeback Plans Running Into Tougher Primary Calendar
Big-state primaries next on the calendar have been the Vermont senator's weakest link.
"After routing Hillary Clinton in three western-state Democratic caucuses, Bernie Sanders still faces daunting delegate math and a road ahead dominated by big-state primaries that have been the weakest link in his campaign.
The Vermont senator’s campaign is billing his decisive victories Saturday in Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii as the start of a second-half comeback in the nomination.
When word reached him that he’d won in Washington state’s caucuses, getting 73 percent of the vote, Sanders was holding a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, a liberal bastion and college town. “That is what momentum is about,” he told the crowd of about 8,100.
But past contests have demonstrated that while momentum keeps donations flowing from devoted supporters, it doesn't necessarily lead to votes, victories, or delegates. After Sanders' upset victory in Michigan on March 8, he raised more than $5 million in a day, but went on to lose all five contests the following Tuesday. And despite significantly closing the gap with Clinton in national polls, Sanders has struggled to translate that into winning in bigger states with larger delegate hauls..."
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...k-plans-running-into-tougher-primary-calendar
Sanders Second-Half Comeback Plans Running Into Tougher Primary Calendar
Big-state primaries next on the calendar have been the Vermont senator's weakest link.
"After routing Hillary Clinton in three western-state Democratic caucuses, Bernie Sanders still faces daunting delegate math and a road ahead dominated by big-state primaries that have been the weakest link in his campaign.
The Vermont senator’s campaign is billing his decisive victories Saturday in Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii as the start of a second-half comeback in the nomination.
When word reached him that he’d won in Washington state’s caucuses, getting 73 percent of the vote, Sanders was holding a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, a liberal bastion and college town. “That is what momentum is about,” he told the crowd of about 8,100.
But past contests have demonstrated that while momentum keeps donations flowing from devoted supporters, it doesn't necessarily lead to votes, victories, or delegates. After Sanders' upset victory in Michigan on March 8, he raised more than $5 million in a day, but went on to lose all five contests the following Tuesday. And despite significantly closing the gap with Clinton in national polls, Sanders has struggled to translate that into winning in bigger states with larger delegate hauls..."
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...k-plans-running-into-tougher-primary-calendar
Mark Halperin, a leftwing democrat hack journalist, made the point on Morning Joe today that it is getting late in the day for democrats to steal the nomination from Bernie if Hillary is indicted. The train may in fact have left the station with his series of primary wins. I was pretty sure there was no way they would let him have the nomination, but Halperin does have a point. It is the flip side of the republicans' Trump problem. The party elites would rather drink battery acid than see either as their party's candidate, but if they steal the nomination from them, they will have to deal with angry mobs waving pitchforks.
Halperin also said that senior democrats are uncomfortable with Hillary's lax approach to security with the email server. I am sure they don't appreciate the spot she has put them in. Defend her, as they will obviously, and look like the worst sort of hypocrites who are ok with a war hero being prosecuted but who circle the wagons for a politician. They are depending on Obama and AG Lynch to have their backs and refuse to indict, no matter what the FBI turns up, but then they risk everything from FBI agents going public to maybe even the Director resigning in protest.
My guess is they put the FBI equivalent of Lois Lerner in charge, ie a highly partisan hack who can be counted on to do the right thing and exonerate Hillary, whatever the evidence. Then they can fall back on the tried and true excuse that the "professionals" in the Justice Department and FBI found Hillary to be beyond reproach. Move on, nothing to see here folks.
Halperin also said that senior democrats are uncomfortable with Hillary's lax approach to security with the email server. I am sure they don't appreciate the spot she has put them in. Defend her, as they will obviously, and look like the worst sort of hypocrites who are ok with a war hero being prosecuted but who circle the wagons for a politician. They are depending on Obama and AG Lynch to have their backs and refuse to indict, no matter what the FBI turns up, but then they risk everything from FBI agents going public to maybe even the Director resigning in protest.
My guess is they put the FBI equivalent of Lois Lerner in charge, ie a highly partisan hack who can be counted on to do the right thing and exonerate Hillary, whatever the evidence. Then they can fall back on the tried and true excuse that the "professionals" in the Justice Department and FBI found Hillary to be beyond reproach. Move on, nothing to see here folks.