re: Elizabeth Warren's 11 Commandments of Progressivism

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"We believe that Wall Street needs stronger rules and tougher enforcement, and we're willing to fight for it.

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Does that include pumping billions of dollars a month into the market? You'll piss off a lot of huge Dem donors if you don't keep the "progressive" QE going.

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- "We believe in science, and that means that we have a responsibility to protect this Earth."

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Agree on principal, but government shouldn't have much to do with it.

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- "We believe that the Internet shouldn't be rigged to benefit big corporations, and that means real net neutrality."

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Leave the internet the frick alone.

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- "We believe that no one should work full-time and still live in poverty, and that means raising the minimum wage."

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People shouldn't work full time in poverty... so we should have them laid off and get gubment cheese instead?

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- "We believe that fast-food workers deserve a livable wage, and that means that when they take to the picket line, we are proud to fight alongside them."

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This is one of 11 commandments? fricking stupid. But, if one makes a career out of fast food and can't make it much past minimum wage, it's their own damn fault.

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"We believe that students are entitled to get an education without being crushed by debt."

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Then quit dolling out money for student loans that raise the price of education. Your buddies in academia won't like that much either. They're on the teet just like Wall Street.

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"We believe that after a lifetime of work, people are entitled to retire with dignity, and that means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and pensions."

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Yes, because Social Security is such a nice chunk of change. Who really considers Social Security dependence "dignified?"

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"We believe—I can't believe I have to say this in 2014—we believe in equal pay for equal work."

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Ok, then you don't get maternity leave.

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"We believe that equal means equal, and that's true in marriage, it's true in the workplace, it's true in all of America."

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I'm not sure you want to open that can of worms on your buddies either. We wouldn't have to worry about "equality" if government wasn't up in so much shite.

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"We believe that immigration has made this country strong and vibrant, and that means reform."

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Actual reform would mean securing the border. First. "Comprehensive" bills are simply the status quo, and look where that's gotten us.

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- "And we believe that corporations are not people, that women have a right to their bodies. We will overturn Hobby Lobby and we will fight for it. We will fight for it!"

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If corporations aren't people, then neither are unions. Still want to play?

Do you have the same attitude when it comes to government run health care? It's ok for the government to dictate what gets covered and not, and what people must pay or not? But you still say "keep your laws off my body" about a decision that outlawed NO birth control?

Pay for your own slut pills... or get the cash from the dude you fricked. I'd be happy to pay for a pill if I didn't want a kid. Choose better men and get smarter about your fricking.

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"I got mine. The rest of you are on your own."

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"I'm getting mine, and you should have the same opportunity to get yours. Neither of us should be impeded in the pursuit."

FIFY