if this gains any traction it will cost us the election and put trump back in office. what are we thinking?

The RT, WG, SB,WTF and the rest of the lib group are all in on that!

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America deserves trump, so it's pointless to try and use the threat of his re-election as leverage to promote a milquetoast neoliberal agenda.

I'm not in favor of asking the capitalists for reparations, I'm in favor of taking them.

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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

Trump will be unfit to serve; mentally and physically.

Not that this is a surprise, the man can't make it 100 yards without a golf cart.

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threat? just reality. fortunately, extremely radical and unrealistic numbers are few. no taking anything for you. talk like yours is just as dangerous as the far right's

hard to argue that. if not him, someone nearly as bad or worse. imagine pence. point being the crazy talk needs to stop before it costs us

The thought of something like that used to scare me, but I'm coming around to the idea that a regular semi-shitty Republican would be far less of a danger to the health of the country than the current occupant of the White House. Trump is a clueless egomaniac, that's like adding bad to bad and God only knows what his reaction will be is something real goes down; another 9/11, a Russian invasion, provocation from North Korea.



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I was right.

I'm talking about the reality that the Dems will probably lose because they have become "republican light". Rather than embrace the youthful left criticism of capitalism, they are doubling down on mediocrity. They're still beholden to the wealthy elites who want to maintain the status quo with liberal window dressing, but they think they are entitled to votes from everyone who isn't a trumpist.

60% of Americans can't cover an unexpected $1K bill, but:
CEO 1-YEAR SALARY RAISE

Robert Iger
.2017: $36M
.2018: $66M

Richard Han­dler
.2017: $19M
.2018: $45M

Stephen Mac­Mil­lan
.2017: $10M
.2018: $42M

CEOs getting annual $30M raise - but raising the 10-year-old min wage of $7.25/hr to $15/hr will somehow destroy the economy?


The only thing that might save them would be a significant downturn in the economy which appears to be related to trump tax and tariff policy.



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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

Edited: 03/20/2019 at 06:39 AM by RustyTruck

OK fine, let's go ahead and pay.

BUT, BUT, BUT!

IF SO, I NEVER WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER F'IN WORD ABOUT slavery.

AND!!! "Slavery" shall NEVER AGAIN be used as an excuse to explain the social conditions of certain demographic groups. PERIOD.

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We have a winner folks. This is why reparations are a bad idea. It would allow institutional racism and hundreds of years of oppression to be ignored with a one time cash payout. Frankly, I'm surprised more white people aren't in favor of it so they could get back to using the N word and wearing blackface.

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“It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti

riddleme acknowledging the racism in this country reparations won't pass the Senate as it is now

We paid my Aunt and her family for sending them to forced internment camps. the payout could have been 100K times $20K but they only paid survivors It didn't break us

There are no survivors from slavery That should make the skinflints happy

hahah funny.... and sad.... and true... SMH

Again, it's the right thing to do.
So, of course it's a terrible idea for political campaigns in the US.

yet they'll give all their tax dollars freely to benefit one idiot in the white house because he "makes progs angry". What kind of miserable turd do you have to be to think like this?

hard to argue such an accurate point

good point, agreed

Yes. You have to be greedy and your world view needs to be about you.



Edited: 03/20/2019 at 07:07 AM by Greensleeves

Wrong.


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QOP = Terrorists
FK = Gay

They might as well run on it, because the GOP misinformation machine will have their followers convinced the democrats are going to cut checks to everyone by the whites.

They ran fake news articles saying that Obama signed an executive order doing just that.

The idea of making a direct effort to improve impoverished areas (most often caused by lingering effects of slavery, discrimination, and segregation) with better schools and economic opportunities isn't a bad one. Probably less expensive than the current method of using for profit prisons to "treat" the problem.

Exactly...


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