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The short answer is which

Flavius — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:11:28 +0000

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The short answer is which will result in reducing unhappiness next year.

The longer answer can be found in Kenneth Arrow,Dec 1963 American Economic Review on the economics of medical care and Michael Foot's 1973 biography of Aneurin Bevan by Davis-Poynton-Vol 2, pages 102-218 on how it was done.

Which Goethe condensed to " Only Begin".

Hill's not Bill nor Obama.

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:04:45 +0000

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Hill's not Bill nor Obama.

Hilarious. Bernie and

rmrd0000 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:56:32 +0000

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Hilarious. Bernie and BernieBros focus on white voters. Bernie.Never comes to black communities.

We disagree. African

HSG — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:08:18 +0000

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We disagree. African-Americans are among the poorest Americans. Hillary's neo-liberal pro-finance policies, as pursued both by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, increased the economic distance between blacks and whites. Bernie's pro-worker policies would have improved the circumstances for poor and working-class Americans who are disproportionately of color. Wall Street overwhelmingly supported Hillary over Bernie. Only 2.5% of Wall Street executives are African-American and well under 40% are women. Hillary's policies were best for these white men. http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-bank-diversity-2015-8 Red-lining banks helped finance Hillary's campaign. https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/17/hillary-clinton-black-con...

Blacks did not vote against

rmrd0000 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:45:33 +0000

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Blacks did not vote against their economic interests by voting for Hillary over Bernie. Bernie could not get single payer, one of his economic pillars to work in his own home state.

I did not say that blacks

HSG — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:42:04 +0000

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I did not say that blacks were voting against their economic interests when they voted against Trump. Nor did I imply it. In fact, I believe just the opposite. I do think that poor, working, and middle-class Americans who voted for Hillary over Bernie were voting against their economic interests. Previously, I acknowledged your point that white working-class voters were voting against their interests when they voted for Trump over Hillary but Hillary has championed policies that have harmed all but the wealthy for the past 25 years and she did not campaign on economics. That is why she lost.

In the United States, voting

rmrd0000 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:01:12 +0000

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In the United States, voting for a Republican is voting against your economic interest.

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Read the link to Shaun King

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The more we exchange posts, the more I see that Ernie and Ernie Rios will never garner a majority of the black vote. If people don’t see the world as Bernie sees the world and reject his solutions, BernieBros are ready to burn things down. In Atlanta, Bernie’s pick for Mayor finished fifth. The result, BernieBros would rather see a Republican elected. BernieBros want their form of purity or they want scorched earth. They do not believe in compromise.

Minorities tend to do better

rmrd0000 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:42:01 +0000

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Minorities tend to do better under Democratic Presidents and suffer economically under Republican Presidents.

http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/brief/under-democratic-presidents-minorities-make-economic-gains-and-so-do-whites

This is such a tough question

HSG — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:34:42 +0000

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This is such a tough question - do we embrace a two-tier system where the wealthy can go outside government-compensated care? I'm inclined to say yes. Our public schools, colleges, and universities thrived for a century while competing with private academies. The counter-argument is that life or death medical decisions should never be decided by whether patients or their families have access to funds. My reply would be that a democratic government is well-positioned to decide what health care truly serves a medical purpose. If the people do not wish to keep a comatose patient alive but in a vegetative state, then that is a reasonable decision. Some wealthy patients might then survive on life support at their or their family's expense while less affluent ones might not. This seems less than ideal but is perhaps the least bad outcome.

Here is double-speak on

rmrd0000 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:29:50 +0000

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This s double-speak on economics. Who was more likely to be better for blacks Clinton or Trump? Look at the current tax bill and tell me that blacks did not vote for their own economic interest when they vote for Clinton over Trump. You Hillary hatred makes you condemn Hillary’s economic plan without acknowledging what Trump would do. Stamp this in your brain, blacks voted for their economic interest. Trump represents economic disaster for blacks.