1423 pts ยท February 22, 2016
riperoni
... probably put them on the left. Bernie's own views are probably more left-wing than the policies he actually promotes.
It's true in the sense that Bernie/Warren's policies would be centre/centre-right in most of the developed world, but their rhetoric would
People seem to forget though that the purpose of a vaccine is to save lives & the economy... but we've already fucked up both.
https://www.ft.com/content/b818aece-4cd7-4c99-8b62-e52ae4aa1b21
To be fair, China's human rights record is shitty as hell but they have done amazing & well-documented things with cracking down on poverty
This is just a slippery slope argument. You can improve society by increasing Government intervention without going all the way to the USSR.
'We don't need to improve society because at least you aren't crawling through barbed wire'... Really?
Yeah, but that's like saying "i'm not that rich, all of my wealth is just in this mega-mansion behind me"
But there's no culture of saving for college in the UK because it used to be free here :/
https://www.businessinsider.com/britain-doubled-minimum-wage-with-no-effect-on-unemployment-2017-10?r=US&IR=T
[2/2] doubled its minimum wage with no noticeable impact on unemployment. (See reply for source)
Higher incomes from a higher minimum wage can increase overall economic activity & counteract layoffs etc. Since 2000, the UK has [1/2]
Canada & New Zealand both have collective ownership over things like healthcare & rail, & both have much stronger welfare states than the US
It's a Social Democracy, which is a form of socialism.
Fire departments are socialist though. They are collectively owned entities...
Under complete socialism, sure, but social democracy still counts as socialism & New Zealand is a social democracy.
Fire departments are socialist though...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/newsbeastlabs.thedailybeast.com/2013/fast-food-wages/index.html
According to the McPoverty Calculator, $15/h wages would increase the cost of a burger by just 20c. [See below]
[citation needed]
forests, nuking hurricanes and water-bombing cathedrals.
This whole 'Biden has dementia' strategy doesn't really work when you're defending a candidate who suggested injecting bleach, raking ...
orange fan sad ;(
We have the second highest per million death rate in the world...
Libya was "liberated" in 2011, it's been nine years of basically anarchy since
True, but US death rate is growing at a much faster rate
Just a couple of decades ago we had 'liberals' who opposed things like gay marriage
I don't know if people actually become more conservative or if the standard of what constitutes conservatism just becomes more liberal
... probably put them on the left. Bernie's own views are probably more left-wing than the policies he actually promotes.
It's true in the sense that Bernie/Warren's policies would be centre/centre-right in most of the developed world, but their rhetoric would
People seem to forget though that the purpose of a vaccine is to save lives & the economy... but we've already fucked up both.
https://www.ft.com/content/b818aece-4cd7-4c99-8b62-e52ae4aa1b21
To be fair, China's human rights record is shitty as hell but they have done amazing & well-documented things with cracking down on poverty
This is just a slippery slope argument. You can improve society by increasing Government intervention without going all the way to the USSR.
'We don't need to improve society because at least you aren't crawling through barbed wire'... Really?
Yeah, but that's like saying "i'm not that rich, all of my wealth is just in this mega-mansion behind me"
But there's no culture of saving for college in the UK because it used to be free here :/
https://www.businessinsider.com/britain-doubled-minimum-wage-with-no-effect-on-unemployment-2017-10?r=US&IR=T
[2/2] doubled its minimum wage with no noticeable impact on unemployment. (See reply for source)
Higher incomes from a higher minimum wage can increase overall economic activity & counteract layoffs etc. Since 2000, the UK has [1/2]
Canada & New Zealand both have collective ownership over things like healthcare & rail, & both have much stronger welfare states than the US
It's a Social Democracy, which is a form of socialism.
Fire departments are socialist though. They are collectively owned entities...
Under complete socialism, sure, but social democracy still counts as socialism & New Zealand is a social democracy.
Fire departments are socialist though...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/newsbeastlabs.thedailybeast.com/2013/fast-food-wages/index.html
According to the McPoverty Calculator, $15/h wages would increase the cost of a burger by just 20c. [See below]
[citation needed]
forests, nuking hurricanes and water-bombing cathedrals.
This whole 'Biden has dementia' strategy doesn't really work when you're defending a candidate who suggested injecting bleach, raking ...
orange fan sad ;(
We have the second highest per million death rate in the world...
Libya was "liberated" in 2011, it's been nine years of basically anarchy since
True, but US death rate is growing at a much faster rate
Just a couple of decades ago we had 'liberals' who opposed things like gay marriage
I don't know if people actually become more conservative or if the standard of what constitutes conservatism just becomes more liberal