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  • Bernie Sanders Town Hall

    Did anyone watch this on Fox?

    Here are the videos if you care to watch it:

    Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ozAACcc8I
    Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnxuzDm7C0

    My impression: Bernie sounds like a nice guy. His speech patterns reminds me of Nixon though.

    He had a lot of ideas that people seemed to like in the audience, like Healthcare for all, College for all, etc. but when asked how they would be paid for he couldn't really answer. He finally admitted that yes the people would be paying for them with higher taxes.

    He seemed really good on the pie in the sky promises and not so good on the follow through.

    He released his tax returns before the town hall. Looks like he made over $500K last year but only paid 21% income tax on it (took advantage of Trump's tax cut) and only gave around 4% to charity. So it seems he is a great capitalist. And when they asked him why didn't he give more to charity or even pay extra taxes like he says the rich should be paying, he went "PFFFT" and laughed it off. He was also unapologetic for making half a million on selling his book and even plugged the book as "it's a good book you should read it" (the book is about socialism ironically)

    So basically what I came away with was "Do as I say, not as I do"


  • #2
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    My impression: Bernie sounds like a nice guy. His speech patterns reminds me of Nixon though.

    I'm sure Lenin sounded like a nice guy too...
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    • #3
      This is petty and childish, but I have a hard time listening to Bernie...I find his voice very irritating. I can't listen to Ben Shapiro for the same reason.
      I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by seer View Post
        I'm sure Lenin sounded like a nice guy too...
        Yoko thought so, too, but they had their moments.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by seer View Post
          I'm sure Lenin sounded like a nice guy too...
          I can see how Bernie has gotten people to follow him. He sounds sincere and like he just wants to help "fix" America. Problem is, his fixes would destroy our economy.

          Does he think that if he raises Taxes to 40-50% that businesses will automatically increase people's salaries to make up the difference? They won't. People will suddenly have to live on half of what they used to. Even with not having to pay for healthcare, that would still be enough to bankrupt most families. They would also be paying taxes for college for everyone, taxes for healthcare that they might not even need. And what happens to all of the insurance companies? Since we won't need them any more, do they all just shut down and lay off millions of workers? Or do they get bought out by the government and then the government controls their salaries and such?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Sparko View Post
            I can see how Bernie has gotten people to follow him. He sounds sincere and like he just wants to help "fix" America. Problem is, his fixes would destroy our economy.

            Does he think that if he raises Taxes to 40-50% that businesses will automatically increase people's salaries to make up the difference? They won't. People will suddenly have to live on half of what they used to. Even with not having to pay for healthcare, that would still be enough to bankrupt most families. They would also be paying taxes for college for everyone, taxes for healthcare that they might not even need. And what happens to all of the insurance companies? Since we won't need them any more, do they all just shut down and lay off millions of workers? Or do they get bought out by the government and then the government controls their salaries and such?
            Making the rich a little less rich for the betterment of society overall isn't going to destroy the economy. And by the by the liar and chief is doing just the opposite, making the rich even richer at the expense of the whole of society. Bernie is genuine, he tells it like it is, unlike Trump who lies to your face and then stabs you in the back. If Bernie wins the primary he will kick Trumps butt with truth. By the way, the Fox audience seemed to be in agreement with me on that which doesn't bode well for Trump and his conservatives swamp cronies.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by JimL View Post
              Making the rich a little less rich for the betterment of society overall isn't going to destroy the economy. And by the by the liar and chief is doing just the opposite, making the rich even richer at the expense of the whole of society. Bernie is genuine, he tells it like it is, unlike Trump who lies to your face and then stabs you in the back. If Bernie wins the primary he will kick Trumps butt with truth. By the way, the Fox audience seemed to be in agreement with me on that which doesn't bode well for Trump and his conservatives swamp cronies.
              It makes everyone poorer JimL. The taxes would be raised on everyone, not just the rich.

              And taking money from the rich to give to the poor depresses the economy. You are punishing the rich, de-incentivizing them to produce more since it will just be taken away. And you are de-incentivizing the poor who now have more income that they don't have to work for, so they also produce less. Less production means a slower economy and less money to go around. Everyone ends up poorer. It is economics 101.

              and it wasn't a "fox audience" it was just a public town hall, there were Bernie supporters, Trump supporters, Biden supporters, etc. If you watch he gets cheers sometimes and boos at other times.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by JimL View Post
                ...By the way, the Fox audience seemed to be in agreement with me on that which doesn't bode well for Trump and his conservatives swamp cronies.
                fox audience.jpg
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by JimL View Post
                  Making the rich a little less rich for the betterment of society overall isn't going to destroy the economy. And by the by the liar and chief is doing just the opposite, making the rich even richer at the expense of the whole of society. Bernie is genuine, he tells it like it is, unlike Trump who lies to your face and then stabs you in the back. If Bernie wins the primary he will kick Trumps butt with truth. By the way, the Fox audience seemed to be in agreement with me on that which doesn't bode well for Trump and his conservatives swamp cronies.
                  A teacher asked her class how many of them were Bernie Sanders fans.

                  Not really knowing what a Bernie Sanders fan is but wanting to be liked by the teacher all the kids raised their hands except for Little Johnny.

                  The teacher asked Little Johnny why he has decided to be different again.

                  Little Johnny said 'Because I'm not a Bernie Sanders fan.'

                  The teacher asked 'Why aren't you a Bernie Sanders fan?'

                  Johnny said 'Because I'm a Conservative.'

                  The teacher asked him why he's a Conservative.

                  Little Johnny answered 'Well my Mom's a Conservative and my Dad's a Conservative so I'm a Conservative.'

                  Annoyed by this answer, the teacher asked 'If your Mom was a Moron and your Dad was an idiot what would that make you?'

                  Little Johnny replied, 'A Bernie Sanders fan'

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by JimL View Post
                    Making the rich a little less rich for the betterment of society overall isn't going to destroy the economy. And by the by the liar and chief is doing just the opposite, making the rich even richer at the expense of the whole of society. Bernie is genuine, he tells it like it is, unlike Trump who lies to your face and then stabs you in the back. If Bernie wins the primary he will kick Trumps butt with truth. By the way, the Fox audience seemed to be in agreement with me on that which doesn't bode well for Trump and his conservatives swamp cronies.
                    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by seer View Post
                      Brings back memories of scenes from Hunt for Red October!



                      (Though, this isn't the Red Army Choir, but Basil Poledouris' production performed by, IIRC, the City of Prague Philharmonic Choir)
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by JimL View Post
                        Making the rich a little less rich for the betterment of society overall isn't going to destroy the economy. And by the by the liar and chief is doing just the opposite, making the rich even richer at the expense of the whole of society. Bernie is genuine, he tells it like it is, unlike Trump who lies to your face and then stabs you in the back. If Bernie wins the primary he will kick Trumps butt with truth. By the way, the Fox audience seemed to be in agreement with me on that which doesn't bode well for Trump and his conservatives swamp cronies.
                        Bernie is a lazy leech who was so lazy, he got kicked out of a commune!
                        That's what
                        - She

                        Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                        - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                        I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                        - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
                          Bernie is a lazy leech who was so lazy, he got kicked out of a commune!
                          When visiting a Kibbutz in Israel in the Golan Heights, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that persons have actually been removed from the Kibbutz because they, though capable, didn't contribute anything.
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                            So basically what I came away with was "Do as I say, not as I do"
                            Liberalism/socialism in a nutshell.
                            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                            Than a fool in the eyes of God


                            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                              I can see how Bernie has gotten people to follow him. He sounds sincere and like he just wants to help "fix" America. Problem is, his fixes would destroy our economy.
                              Yes, but only for the little people. The ruling elite like Sanders will come through just fine.

                              "Feel the Bern" indeed.
                              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                              Than a fool in the eyes of God


                              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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