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On Tuesday, Missouri, a conservative state, (Bernie Sanders) (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Monday
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Do you believe that keeping people in poverty has a positive influence on those vices?
Uncle Joe
Monday
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yaesu
(8,199 posts)1. doesn't matter bernie, the fascist legislator will find a way to negate that nt
Uncle Joe
(60,085 posts)2. That may be the case, but they're still trying. n/t
JI7
(90,456 posts)3. Yes. racist, misogynist, anti lgbt also want to raise minimum wage
Uncle Joe
(60,085 posts)4. Do you believe that keeping people in poverty has a positive influence on those vices?
I'm of the mind that misery is more likely to love company.
JI7
(90,456 posts)7. They also legalized sports gambling
Uncle Joe
(60,085 posts)8. The vast majority of workers give their labor because it's a requirement to survive, gambling is a choice,
as is drugs and alcohol.
In It to Win It
(9,489 posts)5. I'm in Florida. We voted for
Minimum wage increase
Outlawing gerrymandering
Giving former felons back their voting rights
And a clear majority of the state has said they want abortion rights, 57% of voters (a decisive majority by any measure)
And the Florida Legislature doesnt give a single fuck
Uncle Joe
(60,085 posts)6. It doesn't make any difference what the Republicans do, it only matters what we do.
We can't let that dysfunctional Borg/Ferengi love child of a party define who we are.
Fight for social and economic justice until you're tired and then fight some more.