Bernie Sanders Unveils A 12 Point Economic Plan To Break The Koch Oligarchs (cross-posted from GD)

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10. Another excellent post filled with great suggestions. I agree we can all talk to people we know,

which I do now. I know many of the people I know are probably either non-voters or Republicans, and of course many are Dems. But we don't talk about party politics so I'm not sure. But I do know you CAN talk about issues, and we do. I rarely see people argue eg, that we 'ought to end SS'. The reason is, all of them have elderly relatives in their families who depend on it for survival. I have no heard anyone say 'let's get rid of Medicare' either. For the same reasons.

Which is why these two programs are the most popular Govt programs across political lines. So why are Dems not talking like Bernie? They should be PROUD to do so.

So we can tell people 'did you know that if this guy (fill in the blank) wins the election he's going to cut SS and Medicare, but THIS GUY is interesting etc etc.

The nationwide meetings we had in 2008 were very effective so that can be done again. I will support Bernie whether he changes parties or not. And I doubt I am the only one. I care far more about the issues than about loyalty to any party who isn't as concerned as the people are. Did that already.

If you don't have time to post an OP and if I get some time, would you mind if I used some of your suggestions, linking to your posts?

Identifying the problems in the Party, then figuring out strategies to attack those problems, finding candidates that WE want not who the Party gives us whether we like them or not, and supporting them, all are important things for this group to discuss imo.