https://berniesanders.com/press-rel...utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=facebook20150810
28000 according to the article. Standing room only and 9k turned away.
28000 according to the article. Standing room only and 9k turned away.
Bernie rebounds with overflow crowd...
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On domestic issues, the U.S. senator from Vermont advocated raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, closing tax loopholes exploited by the wealthy and profitable corporations, undertaking a massive $1 trillion program to fix roads and bridges and create or sustain 13 million jobs, a Medicare-for-all health care system to provide better care for more people at less cost, an expansion of Social Security and tuition-free college.
I agree with the 1 trillion infrastructure idea, my biggest and really only concern is who will be employed by those projects.
Too many times in the past, good buddies get the bids, they make ALL the money, hire a bunch of illegal immigrants at 1/3 of scale and the normal American citizen gets shafted since they are the people who are PAYING for it all.
They should have weekly inspections. Any contractor caught with more than 2 illegal workers lose their contract and any opportunity to bid on government funded projects ever again.
I agree with the 1 trillion infrastructure idea, my biggest and really only concern is who will be employed by those projects.
Too many times in the past, good buddies get the bids, they make ALL the money, hire a bunch of illegal immigrants at 1/3 of scale and the normal American citizen gets shafted since they are the people who are PAYING for it all.
They should have weekly inspections. Any contractor caught with more than 2 illegal workers lose their contract and any opportunity to bid on government funded projects ever again.
that millitant biatch with foot long of black roots with her snot green braids..will be licking mr. sanders' boots before this is over and apologizing.
how much you want to make a bet? (not the licking of boots..metaphor only)
i'm not running for president so if i was there, that arm raised would've come back down as a bloody stump!
bernie's plan includes true areas of revenue growth so these projects are not just 'words//promises'.
as far as infrastructure and how the projects are determined?..hasn't been my #1 concern.
i'll look (or you can) on his 12-steps of how he plans to accomplish..he backs every idea with a source of revenue.
Yeah, exactly why I would never be able to run for politics. I would have cut the mic and walked off the stage and left those 2 (3, including fat guy) idiots standing there. They would have had to "shut it down" like they were threatening to do, no chance I would have allowed them to strong arm me and take my stage like that. It reflects poorly on him IMO. I know he was in a bad situation and any response (even no response) is easy to criticize but damn no way I could have let them thug me like that.
Yeah, but I am sure he is basing it on scale not on what the greedy ass business men are going to do the moment they are gifted the bid. They are going to hire the cheapest people they can get and you better believe it won't be scale pay. The contractor will simply pocket the rest and swear on a stack of bibles he is paying each of his employees scale. It is a very, very common scam on government funded jobs. I see it on a daily basis. I have contractors call me and tell me "be sure and claim you are paying your employees XXX amount of money" and I always tell them I dont worry about it because my employees make MORE than the minimum anyway.
this was from january:
Sanders did not include a specific proposal for funding the plan in the bill, but he did make clear one principle he believed should guide the funding debate. “At a time when we have massive wealth and income inequality – since the Wall Street crash 95 percent of all new income of this country goes to the top 1 percent, and when hedge fund managers in this country paying a lower effective tax rate than firemen and nurses, I think there are progressive ways to raise money.” Sanders said.
“What I wanted to do was focus on the need to build the infrastructure, not to start the debate right away on how to fund it,” he said. “We’ll have a debate on how to fund it in the weeks and months to come.”
http://ourfuture.org/20150127/grass...bh0FW37D_eVceE2aiWMO-Y66sQHzO4VwdEaAoKn8P8HAQ
Sanders did not include a specific proposal for funding the plan in the bill, but he did make clear one principle he believed should guide the funding debate. “At a time when we have massive wealth and income inequality – since the Wall Street crash 95 percent of all new income of this country goes to the top 1 percent, and when hedge fund managers in this country paying a lower effective tax rate than firemen and nurses, I think there are progressive ways to raise money.” Sanders said.
“What I wanted to do was focus on the need to build the infrastructure, not to start the debate right away on how to fund it,” he said. “We’ll have a debate on how to fund it in the weeks and months to come.”
http://ourfuture.org/20150127/grass...bh0FW37D_eVceE2aiWMO-Y66sQHzO4VwdEaAoKn8P8HAQ
i disagree. and i'll tell you why..
<politely> what do you do or have you done for a living?
The_Herban_Legend
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well you know, as owner of a company (especially that relies on government for contracts) that if you lose your temper and fists fly, respect will be non-existent and cred lost.
as someone who is very animated, i myself must exercise self-control in many situations i would rather not.
there is an old saying:
Big Stick ideology, Big Stick diplomacy, or Big Stick policy refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick." Roosevelt described his style of foreign policy as "the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis".[1]
bernie has had his whole life to think about this one moment in time..he's not going to queer it over bloodlust.
he's going to let them have their say, in the end, it is they who will be begging to be part of this movement.
all those thousands of people and none of them lifted a finger? why? because 'black lives matter'..think about..nobody wanted to start a riot..next thing you know media will have bloodbath..they are poised and waiting for bernie to make a mistake.
he did the correct..and PC thing..backed off and left.
only to have a crowd of so many constituents, they had to turn away 9k?
UncleBuck
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you poor oppressed white male.
natro.hydro
Well-Known Member
Honestly him being reserved and not going all chris christie on their asses was the best move he could have made.
Where do you even come up with this stuff WKI?
Only a racist, bigot turns everything into something about race, you racist bigot. We all know the truth about you. You are scared to death of minorities and nothing but a basement sitting internet screamer. DO SOMETHING with your life bigot.
Grandpapy
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I have a lunch date in SF. I'd like to see him.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
NOON
National Nurses United “Brunch with Bernie” Press Conference, National Nurses United Office, 2000 Franklin St., Oakland, California
7 P.M.
Los Angeles Rally, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 3939 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
NOON
National Nurses United “Brunch with Bernie” Press Conference, National Nurses United Office, 2000 Franklin St., Oakland, California
7 P.M.
Los Angeles Rally, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 3939 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California
Please report back with pics if you can..Godspeed.I have a lunch date in SF. I'd like to see him.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
NOON
National Nurses United “Brunch with Bernie” Press Conference, National Nurses United Office, 2000 Franklin St., Oakland, California
7 P.M.
Los Angeles Rally, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, 3939 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, California
And do me a favor if that black panther biatch shows..while her smug face is in the air..give a swift kick in the ass from schuylaar and don't forget the step/face Team Bernie, Bitches!!!!!
did you think those girls acted in an appropriate manner? how about if it were white people doing this at a black function?
like it or not, mr. sanders deserves respect..believe it or not, he is one of the most popular members of congress on both sides of the aisle..there is going to be backlash for #blacklivesmatter.
his actions (or lack of) spoke loud and clear: presidential.
TBoneJack
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He does indeed deserve to campaign without idiotic interruption.
in reality, #blacklivesmatter are thwarting the freedom of speech and mr. sanders' right to do so.
they should have been arrested.
i'm still not sure why no one did anything, do you? there are event handlers, all sorts of people around..certainly some type of even security. i really hope he decides to get some protection, the easy access to him worries me.
