Bernie Sanders has heart procedure for artery blockage, cancels events until ‘further notice’
Bernie Sanders has heart procedure for artery blockage, cancels events until ‘further notice’
Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) campaign announced Wednesday that the presidential candidate had two stents inserted after the discovery of a blocked artery and that he will canceling his upcoming events for now.
“During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort,” Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver said in a statement. “Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted. Sen. Sanders is conversing and in good spirits. He will be resting up over the next few days. We are canceling his events and appearances until further notice, and we will continue to provide appropriate updates.”
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Bernie Sanders will never be president of the United States, but he will go down in history, favorably, for being the "Moses" of the income inequality movement. One day his dreams will be reality in America.
God, let us all hope not.
Why should everyone be paid equally?
That is a stupid concept.
That's not what "income inequality" refers to.
Sanders has been running for president for 4 years and talking about income inequality for much longer than that. Please produce evidence that he has said or advocated that everyone be paid the same wage or salary?
Do enlighten us !
Does …. "Government Taking from one to give to another", constitute "Equality" ?
That's what Bernie and Pocahontas wants.
What Sanders advocates is higher taxes on the wealthy to pay for the welfare of the working class and poor, and higher wages for the low end of the wage scale.
At some point that will become a reality at least to some extent. America is not sustainable with preference given to billionaires and our oligarchs.
If someone want CDO pay, then they should endeavor to become a CEO.
Instead of whining about how other people make more than they do.
When did an actual "Working" class person need "Welfare" ?
Do you ..... a "Working" person (and I'm assuming here), actually need "Welfare" to subsidize YOUR OWN needs ?
It depends on how much money you make. Obviously poor people cannot afford to pay for their own health insurance.
Democrats' answer to virtually everything:
TAX THE RICH MORE TO PAY FOR ALL THE FREEBIES WE WANT TO HAND OUT TO GET VOTES.
Why work and struggle for anything when you can just vote yourself a share of the treasury?
Downfall of a democracy!
Poor people don't pay for their own health insurance.
"...income inequality movement."
Gee, does that mean we all get to be millionaires like Bernie?
Poor people may qualify for Medicaid.
They don't pay for it--taxpaying American citizens do.
Has Bernie Sanders , or AOC, called for everyone to make the same amount of money? For everyone to be "given" success? I've never seen that.
They want working class people, the poor, and the middle class to be given a better shake. 1% of the population owns 40% of the wealth of the country
The poor can't easily pack up and move.
The RICH can and will.
If taxed too much they will take themselves, their families, and their assets...up to and including their companies to friendlier countries.
Probably just the way my parents raised me--what I EARN is mine, minus taxes. I don't have any claim to nor is it any of my fucking business what others EARN or have.
But hey, that's just me.
I never minded working for everything I have, and never expected or demanded that others provide me with squat.
But you be you.
DS is the way of the Newly Educated these days.
Something for NOTHING, as they're being taught !
Older story but I am sure it is still relevant to an even larger extent........
The top-earning 1 percent of Americans will pay nearly half of the federal income taxes for 2014, the largest share in at least three years, according to a study.
According to a projection from the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, the top 1 percent of Americans will pay 45.7 percent of the individual income taxes in 2014—up from 43 percent in 2013 and 40 percent in 2012 (the oldest period available).
The bottom 80 percent of Americans are expected to pay 15 percent of all federal income taxes in 2014, according to the study. The bottom 60 percent are expected to pay less than 2 percent of federal income taxes.
It's ….. how much one "Spends", NOT how much one makes !
Stupid folks go over budget for the "Party Favors" they "WANT" all the time. Just like Big Gov. has been doing for themselves for Decades.
Folks have this hard time "Staying within their means", but Big Gov. will get their "Extra Wants" for them. The Democrats tell one so !
Gotta have what that other person has.....right ?
You know, just because you personally haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Have you read AOC's Green New Deal?
Do you understand what basic universal income is?
Are you one of the 1 percent?
For individual income it starts at 300,000 dollars a year income and up.
As net worth, the 1% starts at 10 million dollars net worth.
Interestingly, Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax proposal, which you are all whinging about, doesnt kick in AT ALL , until 50 million dollars of net worth.
Uh, so what?
Nope. Nor am I jealous or upset with people who are in the 1 per cent.
I know that the rich already pay more than their "fair share" based on governmental figures.
I see no reason to punish them any further so Democrats can get votes from those who don't have as much.
I can post it but I can't understand it for you...........................
I understand it fine.
oh come on.... Why be an ant when you can be a grasshopper!!
Does seem to be some folks "spirit animal" .
Aw geeze
That's too bad...now we're down to dumb and dumber.
You can have the type of government in the future, but I don't think you will like it that much.
Maybe in 50 years, but not anytime soon.
But by that time there will be no "rich" left to tax and steal from.
Taxation is not theft. It is a societal decision as to how to distribute the benefits of the productivity of a society. Or do you believe that a billionaire did it by himself?
Stupid question. I know you believe that.
Excessive or usurious taxation is indeed theft.
I'm just saying there are not enough of the rich to tax to pay for all these green schemes, and that even more taxation will result in less of them
I don't think you believe that.
Maybe he'll drop out of the race altogether. There's too many folks running. It's ridiculous.
It had looked like 3 people pulled ahead of the rest of the field (for The Democratic nomination): Biden, Warren and Sanders.
But the Sanders seemed to be fading-- and it started to look like this would mainly be a race between Biden and Warren anyway....
He wasn't quite as healthy as the President.
So, he's done. Whatever chance he had is gone now. He might be perfectly fine for the next 8 years, but supporters aren't going to take that chance. Surely he knows that. I bet he drops out of the race soon.
I am not a Bernie fan but I am glad his procedure went well.
American citizens should not be penalized for being wealthy.
And, for not having children, being single, not owning homes, etc.
The tax brackets need to go and bias deductions. Make it a simple percentage across all income.
Way too many people against a flat rate, unfortunately.
Some seem to think that we all don't need to have any skin in the game.
And that is the sad part.............
You actually think people who otherwise qualify for federal aid should pay federal income taxes?
If you do that you are literally making poor people poorer. I assume that is not your intention, but that is what it would be.
I believe in working for what I want and need, that no one owes me anything, and that if I want something, to save up for it and buy it and doing without until I can afford it.
If people don't have skin in the game, they have no incentive to improve. Some folks are merely content being takers all their lives.
That isn't me.
If one wants to part of a society, then they should contribute to all the things society helps to provide us. Like protecting our country, infrastructure, schools, etc.
If you require people who are poor enough to receive government benefits to pay federal income taxes, you are literally making poor people poorer.
That is not an opinion it is a fact.
This is a simple concept, which most people understand.
Don't know why when someone is told over and over and over and over again, the facts, why they're never able to grasp it.
Some people would rather just hand over everything to those less fortunate or unwilling to work hard and smart.
Like someone is owed something because they manage to breathe.
If I'm not mistaken they already (if they have a job that is) pay federal tax. The problem is, in a LOT of cases they get what they pay in and then some in the form of a refund. That's coming off of my contribution. As said, all should have some skin in the game and I don't care if it's 1 or 2%. But to get back more than they pay in is another form of welfare. JMHO
It isn't just your opinion--it is a fact that if you get a larger "refund" than you paid in, that is WELFARE.
Something for nothing.
The simple solution is to repeal the 16th amendment and be rid of the communist progressive income tax
Why do you think that everyone should benefit from society, but only some of us should actually PAY for those benefits?
Every government collects taxes. There is nothing communist about it.
I'd be fine with a flat tax as long as it applied to all income including carried interest and all the tax shelters and loopholes were closed. The OMB estimates that tax loopholes cost America $1.2 trillion a year. Just closing the loopholes would balance the budget and give us a surplus instead of a deficit. Sadly, those who take advantage of the loopholes control the politicians on both sides of the aisle so they're never actually going to close them no matter how much America suffers and sinks deeper into debt.
Yes, government benefits are a form of welfare. So what?
I get a kick out of people who dont realize that poor people are an essential part of the capitalist economic system. You probably think that if people just werent lazy everyone would make a living wage or be "successful". Capitalism requires a "race to the bottom" for wages, on the part of the employer. There will always be people who are not paid enough to provide for themselves or a family. Always. It is part of the system.
So, when you are forced to pay part of your large salary or earnings to give "welfare" to the poor, just consider it part of the cost of doing business in a country that allows people like you to make a lot of money.
The poor and unemployed play a role in the economy that is NECESSARY to an economy of WINNERS AND LOSERS. Capitalism.
Singapore is considered one of the best examples of successful capitalism in the world. They have poor people coming out the ass.
10 Facts About Poverty in Singapore | The Borgen Project
Our founders unanimously opposed income taxes as tyrannical. The income tax is listed by Marx as essential to destroy capitalism and move to first socialism and ultimately communism
The day the income tax was imposed we moved from being free citizens to subjects. A free citizens owns the fruit of their labor. A subject keeps what the government allows them to have
A flat tax is inherently unfair. Everyone has to pay a certain amount of money just to exist in this world, food, gasoline, clothing, etc.
These "essentials" eat up a much larger percentage of your income in line with the less income you have. And vice versa, rich people spend a far less percentage of their income on essentials.
A flat tax leaves the wealthy keeping a much larger percentage of their original income than poor people or working class people. This is the reality that led to the progressive income tax.
In a nutshell, capitalism. Without the poor there would be no rich. This is obvious, but some people ignore or deny it.
Don't you want to contribute to the maintaining of capitalism?
I don't remember the poor helping me get through night school for a college degree while raising two little girls. Working my ass off to better myself.
People who want to better themselves in life should not be penalized for it, that is what is unfair.
We need to help those who can't help themselves especially children, but those who can need to stop pissing and moaning about fairness.
We would have to have a flat tax for all income but there would be a much larger individual tax deduction of something like $25,000. So the first $25,000 of income for each individual is tax free. Then a flat 15% tax on all income over that no matter how much you earn. If you're a hedge fund manager and earned $1 billion that year your first $25,000 is tax free and then you'd pay 15% on $999,975,000 making your income tax to be paid that year $149,996,250. No loopholes, no tax dodges, no charities set up to lobby the government to let you pay less in taxes or create new loopholes. And, since the Citizens United ruling determined corporations are people too, they would get the same deal, just without the individual tax credit since they aren't an individual but would be able to write off operating costs. If your company made $1 billion in income but spent $100M on payroll and operating costs then they would pay 15% on $900M or $135M in income tax.
And child tax credits would stay and be increased to $15,000 per child. So a family of four making $100,000 a year would get their individual tax credit of $25,000 for each parent plus two kids at $15,000 each making the total tax credit $80,000 so they would pay tax on $20,000 making their federal income tax $3,000. If that family made $200,000 a year then they would pay 15% on $120,000 so their tax bill would be $18,000. If they made $1M annual then they would pay 15% on $920,000 or $138,000 in income tax. Any family of four making $80,000 or less would pay zero federal income tax since they are already spending nearly all that income on living expenses anyway. The current national median income for a family of four was $61,372 so the vast majority of families in America would see their federal income tax drop to zero. This would allow them to afford health insurance and free up a lot of spending money which goes directly back into the economy paying for goods and services families really need.
It would be far simpler and no one would be "penalized" for being rich, they get the same deduction everyone else gets and pay the same tax everyone else does on any money over their standard deduction.
Since life is not fair then of course you will not complain when your taxes are higher than someone elses.
The "simple" solution is to amend the Constitution..... Riiiiiight.
What would make a "complicated" solution?
Yes, life is not fair. You do night have the right to take another person's property simply because you didn't bother to earn your own.
We do have a constitution that protects life, liberty, and property.
No. It doesn't. That's just something socialists say because they don't begin to understand the thought process.
The beauty of capitalism is that it continually raises expectations. 100 years ago, "provide for a family", meant a roof over their heads and food on the table. Frequently the roof was self constructed and the food was self grown.
Now, the roof sits over an air-conditioned space with a flat screen TV. We even have dipshit Millennials trying to tell us that high speed internet is a human right.
But socialist like Bernie and Warren want to slowly erode the protections in our Constitution by having free shit mandated by Congress. Congress has done enough damage to the Constitution.
Henry Ford was exceedingly unusual, so while you are definitely correct that they don't understand him...that's not what I'm talking about. It's more fundamental.
What socialists don't understand is that employers compete for labor. For example....I pay our college interns $14-$15/hr. Why? Because by paying that we can get very, very good interns. They want to work here, and they want to stay after they graduate.
Having very, very good people enables our business to grow, and enables us to compete and win against much larger competitors. If enough businesses grow, the economy grows, and the pie we're all trying to get a piece of is bigger. Pretty soon, we're all stuck in a vicious fucking cycle of excellence and prosperity and excellence and prosperity....over and over and over. The rich get richer and the poor either get better and rich or stay bad do whatever it is poor people do....like watch singing competition shows on television, I suppose?
The entire socialist mentality is based on the idea that workers are roughly equal, despite complete and obvious evidence to the contrary. As soon as they admit that people have different ability, their entire ideology falls apart.
Well, to use your very own dubious "logic", then people demanding an end to income inequality are contributing to the end of capitalism.
Why do you want to get rid of capitalism?
OK...but if we're not careful we start to spread the myth that this is only about hard work. You and I both know better.
You have a combination of intelligence, courage, common sense, perception and yes...industriousness.
But it's not just about hard work. It's about being better. One of the great lies we tell people is "if you work hard enough, you can be successful". Well it takes more than that. They have to stop being dumbasses, also.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Of course Orwell meant that to be an allegory about people.
Obviously Jimmy Carter was right - although I think he really was talking about Biden.