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    Elizabeth Warren: Americans would be 'eating dirt' without 'rules' to rein in 'rich' people

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ating-dirt-wi/

    July 20, 2018


    Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren discusses free markets and the Trump administration while on MSNBC, July 20, 2018


    Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Americans this week that she is a staunch supporter of free markets — provided “rules” are crafted to control “the rich and powerful.”

    The Massachusetts Democrat told MSNBC that low unemployment and high consumer confidence should not fool voters into thinking the economy is strong because the nation’s “lived experience” has plateaued or worsened under President Trump.

    “I believe in markets right down to my toes,” she said when asked why democratic socialists are stars within the party. “But I also believe markets have to have rules. Otherwise rich and powerful just keep sucking up all the value and everybody else ends up eating dirt. … I think that big parts of this economy are not working for the American people.”

    The senator then said that corporations “don’t share” with employees when they are doing well.

    “The way I see this, is the lived experiences of most hard-working Americans across this country are not improving under the Trump administration,” she told anchor Stephanie Ruhle on Thursday. “What’s happening to them is they’re still stuck with flat incomes and rising core expenses. And the Trump administration is helping drive up those expenses.”

    Mrs. Warren then blasted the Trump administration for enabling “for-profit colleges that cheat our young people.”

    The senator declined to give credence to rumors that she might run for president in 2020. She wrapped up the segment instead by talking about her re-election campaign.




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    Earth to Fauxcahontas: Government rules are what the rich people use to kill competition and rob the rest of us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Earth to Fauxcahontas: Government rules are what the rich people use to kill competition and rob the rest of us.
    Move over $#@!. I am just trying to help poor and less fortunate. I've been doing it for the last 40 years and got quite good at it. You should check my mansion. What have you got?

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    Sounds like she's been hitting the peace pipe too much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    Sounds like she's been hitting the peace pipe too much.
    That's normal for her. She never was for doing anything. Your typical full of $#@! progressive.

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    Oh , she means non value added people such as her would starve . I would be quite fine .
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Oh , she means non value added people such as her would starve . I would be quite fine .
    Without people like her things would have been much worse.

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    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner



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    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

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    US budget: 4 trillion dollars.
    Number of senators: 100.
    Average amount controlled by each senator: 40 billion dollars per year.

    Elizabeth Warren: clueless.

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    No one would be eating dirt. But what has she done to solve the problem of crony corporatism? What crony written laws and regulations has she repealed? Which cases of fraud and theft has she caught and prosecuted? Why does she always want to use taxpayer money to bail out criminals?

    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Earth to Fauxcahontas: Government rules are what the rich people use to kill competition and rob the rest of us.
    The more complex the rules, the greater the odds that they were created for crony purposes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    No one would be eating dirt. But what has she done to solve the problem of crony corporatism?.

    She likes to talk about it. A lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    Sounds like she's been hitting the peace pipe too much.
    Smoking some bad $#@!.
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    Quote Originally Posted by enhanced_deficit View Post
    Even at the worst stages of 2008-2009 Wall street bankers greed fueled subprime housing crisis that almost collapsed the whole economic system and greatly acclerated survivalist foods/tools sales, I don't recall reading reports of people eating dirt.
    Unless she was using metaphors.
    Maybe she was referring to recent immigrants who might have lived through something like that back home. Cultural enrichment.

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    Somebody needs to take Warren's seat.
    "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Somebody needs to take Warren's seat.
    That state is an embarrassment like california .
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Somebody needs to take Warren's seat.

    A fellow Injun like Oyarde might have a chance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    No one would be eating dirt.


    Decent book, actually

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    Maybe she needs to learn how to talk to Americans?

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    Let's say that she agrees to be the VEEP on a Democratic ticket and does not do a senate run again.
    Should I run for her seat, given that I am younger than she is??? I'm toying with being Reform Party.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratus View Post
    Let's say that she agrees to be the VEEP on a Democratic ticket and does not do a senate run again.
    Should I run for her seat, given that I am younger than she is??? I'm toying with being Reform Party.
    I am not a big fan of the mail inventor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratus View Post
    Let's say that she agrees to be the VEEP on a Democratic ticket and does not do a senate run again.
    Should I run for her seat, given that I am younger than she is??? I'm toying with being Reform Party.
    I will kick in a few bucks as I did to the guy running against her this time.
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kilrain View Post
    US budget: 4 trillion dollars.
    Number of senators: 100.
    Average amount controlled by each senator: 40 billion dollars per year.

    Elizabeth Warren: clueless.
    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Somebody needs to take Warren's seat.
    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    That state is an embarrassment like california .
    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    Maybe she needs to learn how to talk to Americans?
    Luv... As stupid as I sound to you, do keep in mind on many issues I am to her political right.
    Perhaps I should focus less of my energies on replies to folks like yourself and more of them
    on actually debating Ed Markey or her when they do a senate run again. In all likelihood, this
    November the voters in my home state may return her to D.C if they vote the same they did
    in the not so distant past. Our politics here has a Quixotic nature. I missed filing dates again.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Aratus View Post
    Let's say that she agrees to be the VEEP on a Democratic ticket and does not do a senate run again.
    Should I run for her seat, given that I am younger than she is??? I'm toying with being Reform Party.
    Do run.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Do run.
    I could end up with very embarrassed near kin. As they became adults,
    My nieces and nephews voted for Barack Obama and/or Hillary Clinton.
    Running on a platform that would appeal to voters in the upper section
    of New Hampshire when not sorta agreeing with Gentleman Mitt would
    shock them all. I haven't said too often the things I have posted here!!!
    I'm going to now focus on 2020 and 2022. We all need to be more active.
    It don't hurt to plan ahead. There should be more active Liberty candidates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donnay View Post
    The brainy M.I.T e*mail guy who is in Trump's camp is being challenged by SIX other Republicans.
    The primary is on September 4th, so we have almost a month and a half to go. He might get lucky.

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    Last edited by Aratus; 07-21-2018 at 10:05 PM. Reason: I hope this link works

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    Senator Elizabeth Warren isn’t concerned about the 2018 election and is thinking about a bigger race in 2020.

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    She is focused on a political contest that is bigger than Ed Markey's 2020 senate run!

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