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O’Rourke calls America’s capitalist economy ‘racist’
Politico ^ | 3/15/19 | DAVID SIDERS

Posted on 03/16/2019 8:40:22 AM PDT by Libloather

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Beto O’Rourke said Friday that America’s capitalist economy is “racist,” while he praised a proposal to give infants so-called baby bonds to address systemic inequalities.

Responding to a question at a meet-and-greet in Iowa about whether he is a socialist, O’Rourke reiterated that “I consider myself a capitalist” and said capitalism is necessary to meet myriad “historic challenges” facing the country.

“It won’t be government intervention or policy alone that makes it possible,” he said.

However, O’Rourke added at a coffee shop here, “Having said that, it is clearly an imperfect, unfair, unjust and racist capitalist economy.”

On Friday, O’Rourke lamented “the disparity in wealth accumulation between white America and black America” and spoke favorably about a proposal to give infants a “baby bond” of hundreds of thousands of dollars at birth — an idea Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has embraced.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: capitalism; iowa; orourke; racist; socialist; whitey; whiteyorourke
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Did this bonehead socialist just call himself a racist? Groundbreaking.
1 posted on 03/16/2019 8:40:22 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

These communists are in full swing and the GOP just sits idly by and assists.


2 posted on 03/16/2019 8:42:00 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Libloather

POS short timer...


3 posted on 03/16/2019 8:42:12 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Libloather

He should move to Cuba or N. Korea.


4 posted on 03/16/2019 8:42:24 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Not that far a stretch, the People’s Republic of China already owns him.


5 posted on 03/16/2019 8:44:21 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (You may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you...)
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To: Skywise

We no longer have a GOP. We have a Rat/RINO Uniparty of treason, a bunch of punks actively working against the best interests of the USA.


6 posted on 03/16/2019 8:45:56 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Libloather

Racist? Well “Wax my ass and scrub my balls”. I never knew.


7 posted on 03/16/2019 8:46:26 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Libloather

8 posted on 03/16/2019 8:47:17 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Libloather

Leftists are SUCH twits.


9 posted on 03/16/2019 8:47:25 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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What does that say for the idiots that will vote for this knob?


10 posted on 03/16/2019 8:49:39 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: Libloather

It would be nice to see this mediocre intellect explain in great detail why that is wrong, assuming it’s even true (which it clearly is not). Okay, the country and its economy were founded by white people. True. Why should they give that up? Is this asked of any other group? It’s asked of white people in EVERY, SINGLE one of their countries. Why do we have to surrender what was left “to ourselves and our posterity?” This is even granting his retarded premise that it is “racist” in the first place.


11 posted on 03/16/2019 8:50:42 AM PDT by cdcdawg (A couple more election cycles and they won't even need vote fraud)
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So, Robert Francis,
Why is capitalism racist exactly.l? Are you trying to say that brown people are way too stupid to function in a merit based system, based on competition and providing a unique product or service which is innovative and people will voluntarily pay for? Brown people are incapable of doing that so that is why its racist? I cant think of any other reason you would say that


12 posted on 03/16/2019 8:50:54 AM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: Libloather

Western Civilization is racist.


13 posted on 03/16/2019 8:50:57 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: Libloather

Isn’t his wife a millionaire??


14 posted on 03/16/2019 8:52:17 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: Libloather

Clown has never even had a real job. Fortunately for him, his family and his wife’s family were wealthy.

He flunked out of a few useless jobs and then had a web design business. I can do web design. Most 16 year olds can now do web design.

He then got into politics. Never had a real job. Never had to be at work at 8 am. He’s a lazy do nothing know it all.

He got off driving away from an accident while intoxicated and burglary charges because of RICH white privilege. He should be the poster boy of what libs hate.


15 posted on 03/16/2019 8:52:36 AM PDT by boycott
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This empty suit identifies as a “capitalist” when he runs for office to fool gullible voters. He is a spoiled rich kid, hboth he and his wife will inherit billions from their familiesj, and as is common to those who want to salve their conscience, he wants to give The Poor other people’s money, while their lawyers get tax breaks for them so they can hold on to theirs. Disgusting.


16 posted on 03/16/2019 8:52:38 AM PDT by txrefugee
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On Friday, O’Rourke lamented “the disparity in wealth accumulation between white America and black America”
As long as the vast majority of blacks stay chained to the Democrat/Socialist Party that disparity will continue to exist!


17 posted on 03/16/2019 8:57:09 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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Beto O'Rourke has a son named Ulysses. and was criticized for saying at his first campaign stop in Keokuk, Iowa that his wife does most of the child-rearing work "I just got a call from my wife back in El Paso, where she is raising, sometimes with my help, Ulysses who is 12, Molly who is 10, and their little brother Henry who is 8 years old," he said.

In a CNN op-ed titled, "Beto's excellent adventure drips with white male privilege," he was criticized for roaming around the country, jobless, " to find himself and figure out if he wants to lead the free world."

Vanity Fair reported that O'Rourke's mother gave him partial ownership over the furniture store she once owned, which closed in 2010 after it was fined for alleged tax fraud — a charge denied by both O'Rourke and his mother. The magazine said O'Rourke's net worth is around $9 million.

Wife Amy's father, Bill Sanders, is a renowned real estate giant with an estimated net worth of $500 million, according to Forbes.

18 posted on 03/16/2019 8:57:56 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Libloather

This phony will come out with his own term for “deplorables” which backfired on Hitlery.


19 posted on 03/16/2019 8:58:48 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Libloather

Using his criteria for capitalism, illegal immigrants in the US are far more capitalist and racist than any US citizen.

They immediately seek to invest in capital so they have the tools to work. They avoid regulatory fees by working for cash under the table or by trade. They place more trust in those of similar race and discriminate fair prices to those of other races. They believe in El Jefe, but not in equal rights for all, so when they become boss, they demand obedience, even if they violate the rights of their employees.

It is a well defined culture associated with illegal immigration on the West Coast.


20 posted on 03/16/2019 8:59:30 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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