It's not left v right, old v young, us v them.. It's always been rich v poor
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Padawanbater2
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More than 50% of Americans earn less than $30,000/year
76% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and fewer than 50% of Americans would be able to fund a $400 emergency
1 in 5 kids under 18 go hungry at least 2 nights a week
Flint Michigan hasn't had clean water since 2012
The UN declared certain parts of America as 3rd world equivalent based on lack of basic sanitation requirements
The US receives a D- when it comes to basic infrastructure..
The stock market is doing fantastic, though..
The reality is, most Americans are poor or lower middle class because the upper class has squeezed as much wealth out of the middle class as legally possible over the course of the past 5-6 decades.
The Millennial generation is the first to experience a lower standard of living than their parents in American history. That's because of the economic policies Republicans and neoliberals support that prioritize US control of international resources over humanitarian issues.
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tangerinegreen555
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3 years ago.
50% of households bring in more, 50% bring in less.
And everybody doesn't live in Cali where the cost of living is through the roof.
You ever travel the country? I've been in 38 states.
And I got out of the stock market years ago. Too volatile.
Padawanbater2
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Look at the statistics I just gave you
Do you think I'm lying or do you truly believe those statistics represent what you would call a 'wealthy 1st world country'?
More than half don't earn a living wage, 20% of kids go hungry.. ask yourself that question. Don't distort it. And be honest.
Is this the kind of country you want? Or do you want something better? Do you want to provide a better life for those that come after us?
travisw
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You are lying about the statistics you just gave. He proved the first stat was a lie. Hang on all check one too.
I'll do fewer than 50% of Americans would be able to fund a $400 emergency.
Fed survey shows 40 percent of adults still can’t cover a $400 emergency expense
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/fed-survey-40-percent-of-adults-cant-cover-400-emergency-expense.html
Another lie.
Shocker!
Padawanbater2
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Republicans say everyone is doing fine under Republican leadership, Trump touts the stock exchange on a weekly basis..
Why are Democrats praising the Trump economy?
Their criticisms are not objective
Why are Democrats praising the Trump economy?
Their criticisms are not objective
Sir Napsalot
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Haven't you heard? it's a battle of words
Padawanbater2
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Does it feel like, to you, that everyone is doing fine under Republican leadership?
Fogdog
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Does it feel like to you, that Republicans are making your life better?
tangerinegreen555
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Who the fuck here said that? You?
When you say Hillary was as bad as Trump?
That's ludicrous and makes you a look like buffoon. I want improvement. You want some kind of unattainable perfection. I'll eventually get what I want in a year and a half, but you'll just continue to whine.
Fogdog
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Padawanbater2
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I said Republicans said that. Trump touts the economy as the best it's ever been in history. It's not. It might be good for wealthy people, but it's not good for the average American, especially under Republican leadership
Rob Roy
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You've just made a perfectly good argument about why there shouldn't be confiscatory funding for government schools.
UncleBuck
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Maybe your generation has a lower standard of living because of people like you that refuse to move out of mommy and daddy’s house
UncleBuck
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Confiscatory funding which you voluntarily signed up for and used you fucking mooch welfare sponge
Unclebaldrick
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I guess if you break it down per person you could end up with his number - but then it would be meaningless. But that won't matter to him considering his hopeless intellectual dishonesty.
My four year old is a terrible earner.
Fogdog
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If you believe that, why are you doing your utmost to undermine efforts to replace him with a Democrat?
Unclebaldrick
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To punish us for not seeing his brilliance and intrinsic worth.
Sanders wrote a book or two..why hate on his good fortune for the work HE produced?
blu3bird
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I don't hate Bernie because of his wealth, I hate Bernie because he's a hypocrite. I want every single American to have the same premium healthcare plan he has. If we're going to do something, let's do it right.
Bernie isn't trying to give us what he has, he gets something good and we get Medicare.
Bernie and his supporters are trying to shaft millions of hardworking Americans (like me) by taking away something we are happy with and work hard for and then replacing it with Medicare. I get no choice to keep what I want, just forced into some bottom of the barrel insurance plan and that isn't right. Fogdog has already said that Medicare is not the same as the private insurance - and that is truth 100%
So until Bernie wants to give me and the rest of America exactly what he has then I hate him for being a hypocrite
Bernie isn't trying to give us what he has, he gets something good and we get Medicare.
Bernie and his supporters are trying to shaft millions of hardworking Americans (like me) by taking away something we are happy with and work hard for and then replacing it with Medicare. I get no choice to keep what I want, just forced into some bottom of the barrel insurance plan and that isn't right. Fogdog has already said that Medicare is not the same as the private insurance - and that is truth 100%
So until Bernie wants to give me and the rest of America exactly what he has then I hate him for being a hypocrite