Comments by "Vic 2.0" (@Vic2point0) on "Jumaane Williams Endorses Bernie Sanders for President" video.
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@RikuDawnHero98 It's the insinuation that what he calls "the billionaire class" (which he used to say "millionaires and billionaires" until he became a millionaire but nevermind) are somehow more "greedy" than the rest of us that promotes class warfare. And BTW, when's he going to provide his "fair share" of value (products/services) or jobs to the American people?
And yes, he tries to divide us by race. This is the same guy who said white people don't know what it's like to be poor. How very unifying!
@RikuDawnHero98 You're not responding to any of my points. You obviously don't deny the fact that he's singling out "the wealthy" (which, again, he tends to narrow that down to "the top 1%" or the billionaires in his speeches) as if they're somehow more "greedy" than the rest of us. That just is divisive; he doesn't need to say "Okay, now I am going to try to divide us up on the basis of wealth" to be doing it.
Similarly, you ignore the fact that he's said white people don't know what it's like to be poor or live in ghettos. That's also very divisive because he's flat-out saying that minorities and whites just can't relate to each other on those issues.
"Fair" is subjectively defined. Some might say that "fair" would be everyone paying the same dollar amount in taxes, seeing as how everyone will get equal benefits out of it. And you sidestepped my question about just how many products, services, and jobs Bernie has provided the American people compared to these evil, greedy billionaires. Why?
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@RikuDawnHero98 IOW, the wealthy try to pay as little in taxes as possible, just like the rest of us. They're not greedy just because they want to keep as much of the money they earned as they can. If anything, you're greedy because you want to take it from them.
As for bribing politicians, the only way to put a stop to that is to remove the power we've given politicians and government officials in the first place. So long as the government has so much control over the market, the rich and well-connected will try (and often succeed) to wield it for their own self-interests.
"Though I must say your taking his race comments out of context..."
Not at all; he said absolutely nothing about it being more/less likely; he simply said that when you're white you don't know what it's like to live in a ghetto, be poor, etc. Which is both divisive and a flat-out lie.
"if you look at race it's true that if your not white in America your more likely to be poor, to live in the ghetto, and to end up in crime..."
Yeah, and a lot of that started with government intervention. The welfare programs brought in during the 60s incentivize fatherlessness in the home. The single motherhood rate in the black community skyrocketed, as did all the problems known to result from removing the father from the home. This, the minimum wage laws, affirmative action, etc. These are ideas that may (or may not) have meant well but have completely decimated the black community over these past few decades.
"our system is corrupt to the point that our goverment works against them..."
Exactly! So why think the answer is to make government more powerful?
"Even though racism is suppose to be illegal corporations find loopholes to still use it against minorities... Such as saying we only want candidates for this job who have experience in certain communities like ones that are mostly white or they say they didn't hire someone because their not skilled enough for the position even if it is actually do to them being a minority..."
And in those cases, they can be taken to court. No additional laws are going to stop that.
"Now I will say if Bernie has said it the way you typed it then he could of worded it better."
Or, he could've just not pandered to minorities with a lie in the first place. They don't need pandering; they need policies that have been proven to work.
"he was able to get corporations like Amazon and Disney to raise their minimum wage..."
Which will hurt the unemployed and/or result in fewer hours for those employed and/or the costs will be billed to the consumer. Money doesn't just magically appear just because someone complained about how much they/others were getting paid.
"Bernie hasn't offered any jobs because he is a politicans and doesn't own a business but he has done a lot to help others as I listed above!!"
And corporations typically donate tons and tons of money to charity. But you're wanting to force them to do more, whether they've done enough or not. So turnabout is fair play. If Bernie can't provide his "fair share" of products, services or jobs to the American people, then he has no business forcing others to provide their "fair share" in other ways.
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