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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 01:36 AM Feb 2016

Will Hillary call out Bernie

For his promise to raise taxes on the middle class? The last Democrat that ran on raising taxes on the middle class was Walter Mondale. He won ONE state. His home state MN. I know she wants to take the high road but I think Bernie is fatally vulnerable on this issue.

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Will Hillary call out Bernie (Original Post) redstateblues Feb 2016 OP
I don't think she needs to get bogged down in countering LuvLoogie Feb 2016 #1
I hope she will? Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 #2
The Republicans are trying to help him win! pandr32 Feb 2016 #4
If he were to somehow win the nomination the GOP sure would pandr32 Feb 2016 #3
Exactly, pandr.. Hillary has already brought this up. there's so much Cha Feb 2016 #5
If she calls him out, DemonGoddess Feb 2016 #6
They will cry foul brer cat Feb 2016 #7

LuvLoogie

(7,014 posts)
1. I don't think she needs to get bogged down in countering
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:06 AM
Feb 2016

his Gish Gallop of policy initiatives. I think she could point out that when you add all the programs he proposes, it amounts to more government expenditure than we have ever had as a percentage of GDP and point out that we would have to tax the one percent beyond the 70 percent of the Kennedy Era.

She should explain that we can only pay out of real and soberly projected revenues. Or cut in other areas. We barely got the ARRA passed, and that was in the face of impending fiscal doom. That was barely 1 trillion dollars.

Tommy2Tone

(1,307 posts)
2. I hope she will?
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:33 AM
Feb 2016

The GOP is licking their chops over the prospect of running against Bernie. For get those meaningless polls showing Bernie beating most Republican's in a head to head. When they go after him on his tax increases us Dems will get whiped out. Bernie, wtf does he care, he's going back to Vermont and going back to being an Independent.

pandr32

(11,594 posts)
4. The Republicans are trying to help him win!
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:21 AM
Feb 2016

Their polls are skewed to make him look like he is doing better and they have been pushing the line that he is beating Hillary nationally.

pandr32

(11,594 posts)
3. If he were to somehow win the nomination the GOP sure would
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:17 AM
Feb 2016

Mention raising taxes to their base and you are done.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
5. Exactly, pandr.. Hillary has already brought this up. there's so much
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:46 AM
Feb 2016

out there about him.. that it's not always easy to keep track of all of Hillary's holding him accountable.

But, yeah, the GOP will definitely mention it about 500 million times.

brer cat

(24,578 posts)
7. They will cry foul
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:01 AM
Feb 2016

if she says "What a beautiful day." After all that would be pandering to Mother Nature which is using the gender card.

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