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Pence scoffs that Democrats "want to make rich people poorer, and poor people more comfortable."

Dalek

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'Yes, Exactly,' Say Progressives After Pence Warns Democrats Will 'Make Rich Poorer and Poor More Comfortable'

"You have to be all sorts of twisted to think 'making poor people more comfortable' is a bad thing."
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The grassroots organization People for Bernie on Tuesday advised the Democratic Party to take a page from an unlikely source—right-wing Vice President Mike Pence—after Pence told a rally crowd in Florida that progressives and Democrats "want to make rich people poorer, and poor people more comfortable.""Good message," tweeted the group, alerting the Democratic National Committee to adopt the vice president's simple, straightforward description of how the party can prioritize working people over corporations and the rich.

Suggesting that a progressive approach to the economy will harm the country—despite the fact that other wealthy nations already invest heavily in making low- and middle-income "more comfortable" by taxing corporations and very high earners—Pence touted the Republicans' aim to "cut taxes" and "roll back regulations."
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The vice president didn't mention how the Trump administration's 2017 tax cuts overwhelmingly benefited wealthy households and powerful corporations, with corporate income tax rates slashed from 35% to 21%, corporate tax revenues plummeting, and a surge in stock buybacks while workers saw "no discernible wage increase" according to a report released last year by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy.
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PeakPointMatrix

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Feep

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Always nice to hear an honest politician.
 
take_marsh

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Oct 27, 2017
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You can't improve the lives of the poor without some "sacrifice" from the rich. That's just the system as designed. Sooo fuck yea dude.
 
Joni

Joni

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I don't know what is worse, Biden listening to scientists or making poor people comfortable.
 
DarthButcher

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Oct 30, 2017
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Would the corollary of Pence's claim be that Republicans want to make rich people richer and poor people uncomfortable?
 
bionic77

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Mona said:
Wait Pence said this as if its a BAD thing???
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if you are comfortable you won't work yourself to death.

Also remember that this country is kind of insane so a lot of people will agree with his "logic".

Y'all always seemed to be surprised at how shitty and overall conservative America really is.
 
adj_noun

adj_noun

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Oct 25, 2017
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I kinda love the crickets after he delivers that line, especially with the Pavlovian response the preceding ones got.
 
CopyOfACopy

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Oct 27, 2017
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hilarious that "hardworking bootstraps individuals" wont accept handouts because they want to be self-made

but the rich do everything possible to get more and more handouts and pass down wealth
 
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