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Socialist Progressives

TBF

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Reply to socialist_n_TN (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 02:15 PM

Dec 2014

The voters in this election were offered little choice in the slate of candidates, and they showed their disdain for that lack of choice by not showing up at the voting booths at all. The candidates presented to them by both parties in the US, especially on economic issues, were one of a kind, differing only in degree. All of the candidates were neo-liberal supporters of austerity for the working class and tax cuts for the already fabulously wealthy.

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Thanks for doing this. Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #1

Thanks for reading Jack... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #4

This is really good - TBF Dec 2014 #2

Thanks T, it's just a short piece, but I believe it...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #3

Nailed it. ctsnowman Dec 2014 #5

Thanks for the kind words and... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #6