Jack O' Lantern
8 years ago, I posted this on #Twitter:
'Disappointed Bernie is no longer a viable candidate, but I guess I have to vote for Clinton. Yes, TRUMP is worse, but Bernie supporters were looking for change and I don't believe Clinton wants that. As much as she claims to support progressive ideals, as soon as she is elected, she will stop caring and move on to her own agenda. In short, we're being asked to vote for either drastic awful change or no change at all.. and I am just sick of no change.'
Jack O' Lantern
Just a reminder, this is what Bernie was all about..
Jack O' Lantern
@greenback
I think any candidate (Dem or Independent, Green Party, whatever) could win in a landslide with this platform.
Martin Urschel
@jacklaridian I think you could run on this now and it would be fresh as ever
Jack O' Lantern
@greenback
They have a convention in August to pick a candidate to put up against Trump and Biden, but the media won't give them any airtime. This country. 🙄
Martin Urschel
@jacklaridian You'd expect the Greens to, tbh
mvario
Combine that with the second Bill of Rights, LGBTQ+protections, and abortion rights and I think we've got something! (though that minimum wage should probably be upped to $20 - $25).
Jack O' Lantern
@mvario @DemocracyMattersALot
Definitely at least $20. Keep in mind, this platform was pushed in 2015. I think if all were fair, our min. wage should be closer to $25.
Jack O' Lantern
@axeshun
It's funny to me that I hear him say he wants these things come election time and yet when he gets elected, it all goes on the back burner. Now he's saying it all again and we're supposed to expect him to actually do it this time? He's had nearly a whole term now and hasn't done ANY of this. 🙄
⚡️ axeshun ⚡️ :toad:
@jacklaridian reminder:
Those are the exact same things Joe Biden HAS BEEN working toward and has succeeded more than any administration since FDR in meaningful ways to achieve them...*in -3-1/2 years*
Jack O' Lantern
@greenback
That's a good point.
Martin Urschel
@jacklaridian Then again, I'd also have expected to have a Fediverse presence
Jack O' Lantern
@corruptian
I don't follow. 🤨
CORRUPT
Bankruptcy, by the looks of things.
Jack O' Lantern
@corruptian
Ohhh. I get it. No, that's not anywhere near the possibility of true, but I hear right-wingers say that all the time. This plan pays for itself several times over.
CORRUPT
This plan would bankrupt the government and business both.
It may be well-intended, but...
Jack O' Lantern
@corruptian
LOL!! Handouts? Right because free healthcare is a handout. Also, how productive are the massively wealthy, really? I'm assuming you must be a billionaire because the dick-riding is crazy, bro. 😅
CORRUPT
When you tax the productive side of the economy, you get less productivity and higher costs, and all of the handouts in the world can't fix that.
Jack O' Lantern
@corruptian
Whatever, have your butler make you a snack and go take a nap.
CORRUPT
I'm sorry, I treated you like a full human.
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