Posted on 03/10/2020 10:23:06 AM PDT by karpov
Bernie Sanders on Monday evening confronted head-on questions regarding Joe Biden’s fitness for the presidency — declining to directly attack his rival’s stamina, but suggesting that brief speeches last week by Biden on the campaign trail were insufficient to address the nation’s problems.
The remarks from the Vermont senator targeting the former vice president came at a Fox News town hall for Sanders, where a participant charged that Biden’s answers “don't make sense” and asked Sanders whether it was “acceptable” for a White House hopeful to answer questions “like Joe Biden does.”
Sanders said that when his campaign conducts events and rallies, “we respect people in a sense that we give really substantive — these guys will think maybe too long-winded answers,” he said, gesturing to the forum’s moderators.
“There are real crises facing this country. When I give a speech, often it’s 45 minutes or an hour, OK? Because there are a lot of challenges that the country faces, and I’ve got to talk about them,” Sanders continued, before launching into a critique of Biden.
“You know, I think Joe was somewhere — where was he, I don't know — Michigan or some place else the other day, and he spoke for seven minutes. I don't know how you say anything other than, you know, minimal discussion in seven minutes,” Sanders said.
Sanders’ supporters and senior staff blasted Biden over the weekend for a series of Missouri campaign events where the Democratic frontrunner offered abbreviated speeches, speaking for roughly seven minutes in St. Louis and around 15 minutes at a subsequent stop in Kansas City on Saturday.
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Bernie is destined to lose again.
He doesn’t have a killer instinct. He’s not a fighter.
“I’m sick and tired about hearing about your emails!” was his roll on his back and expose his belly moment.
He’s a commie pu$$y. That’s an oxymoron.
Bernie has been given his orders. Bernie will do what a good comrade should do, and will end up with another house, or some such thing.
He is so wrong on a lot of things. Plus he’s using COVID-19 as an excuse for his needed Medicare-For-All. Some of the things he said has decided I would never vote for him.
* Taking away profit-sharing from pharma....doesn’t he realize profit-sharing goes to EMPLOYEES?
* Anyone who earns $29,000 or less will not pay extra taxes...doesn’t he realize they don’t pay now?
* Medicare-For-All will cost $50T over 10 years according to the number crunchers. No way that can happen!
* He stopped bragging about Fidel’s literacy program but bragged about Finland’s taxes, free healthcare and free tuition. I look it up. These are the taxes Finland pays:
—VAT tax- gemeral; 24%. 14% foodstiffs, restaurant services, catering services and animal feed- 10% books, pharmaceutical products, services creating opportunities for physical exercise, passenger transportation;
—Earned Income Tax is graduated from $16,700 to $25,000 at 6.5%, up to $72,000 and above 31.75%;
—Annual Income Tax-depends on the net salary, employee unemployment payment, and employer unemployment payment. The tax rate is progressively fast at 13 ke/year (from 25% to 48%) and at 29 ke/year to 55% and eventually rearches 67%;
—Social Security - 2.12% on gross income; pension and unemployment insurance fees depend on the age of the employee and the size of the employer, they are usually 18.3% and 3.2% of gross income.
—Divident/capital gains - dividend tax rate is 25.5% - 28.9%, capital income is taxed at a fixed rate of 30% or 34% for income that exceeds 30,000 euro.
—Corporate tax - 20%; capital income is taxed at a fixed rate of 30% or 34% for income that exceeds 30,000 euro.
—Property tax 0.32$-0.75% for regular live-in property; 0.50%-0.75% on summer homes, cabins, other lesiure property;
—if you sell your property it’ costs you 4% in transfer fee
—Pension fees - 23%.The pension and unemployment insurance fees depend on the age of the employee and the size of the employer, they are usually 18.3% and 3.2% of gross income, respectively.
—Church tax-1% to 2%-Yes every member of every church must pay
I knew Biden was going to be the winner, because they wouldn’t go after him on Ukraine.
Something tells he really doesn't want to win, he just likes the national attention and mouthpiece.
Bernie: My lies are more complex than Joe’s and need more explaining.
Biden doesnt even know his own name..if he were to ever become President(God forbid) he wouldnt actually BE President, he would be left in the Lincoln bedroom with a catheter and bon bons while the hired goons around him run the show
Bernie takes a dive.
I’m sure Axelgrease, Plouffy, Rhambo, and ValJ are primed and ready for another WH assignment. And after eight years there with Baraq, they already know where the bathrooms are.
Bernie, ask your doctor if Viagra is right for you...
Biden is using Hillary Clinton’s campaign handbook: short speeches, small rallies, hide from unscripted questions, and look pathetic (get the sympathy vote).
No. Bernie doesn’t want to really dis Biden. Might affect Bernie’s payoff after he takes his pre-planned dive and then his pre-planned support for Sniffing Demmy Joe!
Bernie will be Joe’s Chief of Staff and continue the deepening of the State.
Destined to lose because Bernie ain’t in it to win it.
Bernie Bros done got fooled again.
given his lack of killer instinct, comrade bernie is a really piss poor communist ... comrade lenin would have been ashamed of him ...
That’s some detailed info you’ve provided on Finland.
Did you notice (or could you refer me to) info on what percentage of the Finnish economy runs through the government?
That’s a good condensed measure.
In the US, you’d add up Federal Expenditures (24%, I think), State (8 or so), and local (2 - 3), plus private sector expenditures the government forces on companies through mandates.
Some years ago, my economist brother in law and I came up with a figure in the mid-40’s for the US, and closer to 60 for much of Europe.
Think the Democrats suspect Biden’s mental health as well? They probably don’t care because he wouldn’t be the one calling the shots anyway (if he made it into the White House).
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