Posted on 02/23/2020 2:28:24 AM PST by Its All Over Except ...
It won't be #NotMeUs, it will be #NotMeYou. Driven by Bernie having his millions, combined with proletariat grievance politics and jealousy, with the middle class caught in the middle.
The backstory that leads to now:
Bernie didn't have a full-time job until he was almost forty, worked sporadically until then, and apparently mooched off of others to survive. He then landed a mayorship near that age after a friend suggested he run for it.
Since then, he has continued to live off of others (the taxpayers) and promised to take other people's money (through grievance politics) just as he has for most of his life, while virtue signaling his compassion with others money to justify it all. He has went so far as to suggest reparations for Jews, but not for black people, saying that would be too divisive, to the consternation of many, as suggested by both past videos but even recent and numerous videos on the subject. And Bernie once said that white workers in Vermont being shuffled around in jobs was akin to slavery and Apartheid in South Africa; even left-wing news outlets have reported on this.
So now Bernie has taken grievance politics to the point of not having a public option, but wants Medicare For All which being "free" would create unlimited demand, but not unlimited supply, thus creating wait lists for the elderly, specialized care recipients, those not elderly but certainly not young, and those with chronic health problems. You can keep your doctor? Hardly. When people learn this, support will drop like a rock. He wants to destroy fracking and the oil and gas industry, which would tank a substantial percentage of 401k's while he hypocritically logs more jet travel than any other candidate but yet will supposedly fight climate change like no other. And he has pointed to Northern European countries as templates for his Democratic Socialism, but they are propped up by substantial oil production which Bernie wants to destroy, thus destroying the basis for the success of his Democratic Socialism.
Add to this his call for income redistribution and Bernie wants to create massive commonality in the United States. Typical for his brand of politics which allows him to remain uncommon. But since he is now a Socialist Millionaire he has his Dachas, 3 to be exact, and possibly an additional 600k summer camp, when he used to bash millonaires and billionaires but quit bashing millionaires when he became one. Millionaires like him with his homes bought, his millions in the bank, and in his waning years, can do well with income redistribution not touching that.
He now supports a moratorium on deportations, even criminals, but has flip flopped on it, and once supported deportations when he thought the Koch brothers were benefitting from it. So what drove his policy then was apparently jealousy, not compassion for illegal aliens.
(HAT TIP BEN SHAPIRO) .....the problem for Democrats is that the Democratic Party now treats wealth itself as an indicator of immorality.
This week, Sanders tweeted, “Together, we are going to end the greed of the billionaire class.” Never mind that creating tens of billions of dollars in value via voluntary exchange, employing tens of thousands of people, and providing goods and services to millions is far less indicative of greed than living as a taxpayer-funded, parasitical, self-styled revolutionary for six decades. The size of Bloomberg’s bank account makes him morally suspect in the world of the modern Democratic Party.
There’s a reason former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg keeps telling debate crowds that he’s the poorest candidate running, as though lack of financial success is a tremendous indicator of governing ability. As Trevor Noah recently joked, being called a wealthy person is, for “progressive white people ... like being called the N-word.”
This represents the reversal of the American dream: We should all aspire to government dependency, patting our own backs for our altruism while drawing on the public dime. After all, if wealth is sin, then chiding the wealthy while living off of them is sainthood. That’s the Democratic line going into 2020. We’ll see soon enough whether Americans are willing to give up the true American dream in favor of yelling at billionaires.
#NotMeUs ?
Hardly.
Bernie is set with his Dachas and millions gotten already and will be shielded from massive income tax hikes in his wealth redistribution scheme.
It will be #NotMeYou
Besides, he thinks everyone has a second home.
Did a recent test with 2 young hospital technicians when they let me know a tetanus shot may not be covered by Medicare.
1. How long do you pay for Medicare. Answer only till you receive it. Wrong
2. Do you report Social Security on your Income Tax. Answer No. Wrong.
3. Is their a limit on how much you can earn while on SS. Answer No. Wrong.
Realization. You can be taxed on a tax, and Free isn’t free even when you have paid all your life.
An eye opener and a test that should be required before you can pass High School.
What “camp”?
Leftists dont seek virtue in Christ and saying no to what the Bible says are true forms of immorality.
Instead, they believe virtue is found in supporting income redistribution with other people’s money, helping the poor with other people’s money, patting themselves on the back for supporting perversions, and engaging in numerous other forms and types of virtue signaling.
And all the while they chastise greed while dabbling in their own form of it.
Their belief system in the end will not change them inwardly as one will find out when they attempt to claw the faces of other when triggered and while they engage in a stream of put downs and name calling.
The one he brought up after being triggered by Bloomberg.
Do they still take 1/3 dollars from income earners social security if they earn over a certain amount or has it increased?
I always wondered why they penalized them given that this additional earned liquidity helps the economy through additional buying and selling.
You know what I would LOVE to see? Hillary enter the race and once again steal the nomination from this idiot LOL!
You know what I would LOVE to see? Hillary enter the race and once again steal the nomination from this idiot LOL!
You’ll get your wish.
Bernie is a criminal leftist who uses government to enrich himself. I trust his run for President destroys the democrat party to a point that it takes years to recover.
JoMa
Shouldn’t he be giving two of his houses to the gummit?
LMAO! That would just be too great, to see a repeat of 2016 and she loses again. I think the left would commit mass suicide lol Can you imagine the hatred she would create against herself?
Do they still take 1/3 dollars from income earners social security if they earn over a certain amount or has it increased?
Here’s the latest I could find...
In 2020, you lose $1 in benefits for every $2 earned over $18,240.Dec 16, 2019
Was $17,640 for 2019 ( so if the minimum wage was 15 that means you could work up to 1176 hours before you were penalized)
Joke is most think that since we all payed in that its like any other money and we are restricted from other sources of income....
Penalty..
If you exceed the earnings limit, Social Security will hold off on sending your payment for as many months as it takes to “repay” the $1-for-$2 benefit withholding. ... You lose $1 in benefits for every $2 of work income above that amount.Dec 16, 2019
My wife receives SS payments and since I work we get taxed for most of it. The fact that your SS contributions come out after taxes, and you can get taxed on your benefits later, is just outrageous.
B.S. has done alright for a loser.
How did he obtain his millions?.
Once Reparations begin Bernie will have to give up his mansions and millions!!!!!!!!!!
HA HA HA HA Fun to think about!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.