Mobsters do not have Harry Reid to bribe anymore.
Posted on 02/22/2020 1:52:19 AM PST by John Semmens
Though a record high 90% of Americans say they are satisfied with their lives, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt) claimed during the Nevada debate that "workers are not." When all compensation is considered—including wages and benefits—the returns on work are about 45% higher than they were in the 1970s. Back then, more than 40% of a family's income was spent on food and clothing. Today, less than 20% is spent on these items. Life-expectancy has also increased by 6 years, occupational fatalities declined from 14,000 per year to 5,000, and child mortality rates have declined by 70%--all pretty good measures of improved well-being.
Sanders himself seems to be much better off than he was 45 years ago. Despite never having held a serious job, he is a millionaire, owns a $1.2 million home in Vermont, a $575,000 house on the shore of Lake Champlain, and a townhouse in Washington, DC worth an estimated $560,000. Considering he was kicked out of a commune in 1971 for being lazy, he's done remarkably well for himself since then.
The Senator challenged the assumption that mere financial gains or longer life-expectancy "is an adequate measure. Forty-five years ago there was still a Soviet Union. The existence of this workers' paradise served as a beacon of hope for humanity. Its collapse in the 1990s extinguished that beacon. Not only am I the only presidential candidate to publicly recognize that, I am the only one who can credibly promise to transform this country into a new beacon of hope for the grand vision of a communist future for the world."
Elsewhere on the Sanders campaign trail, the Senator exploded with rage at NBC and MSNBC executives for their "unfairly negative coverage" and warned that "when I'm president, news casts will tell the truth or face the consequences. The people have the right not to be told lies. I will enforce that right by prosecuting the liars and shutting down dishonest TV stations like yours."
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Great depiction of Sanders’ delusions.
Mobsters do not have Harry Reid to bribe anymore.
"...and we didn't have these fancy schmancy school breakfast programs.
We took the stuff out of the pencil sharpener..."
"...mixed it with paste and tears and had THAT to eat. And we LIKED it!"
What happens when the whole nation is the commune? Are the lazy thrown into other nations (catapulting them into Mexico)? Or are they beaten in a gulag which, according to a Bernie campaign organizer, weren't all that bad?
I think the lazy will be coddled.
Political dissidents will be beaten in gulags.
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