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Democratic Primaries

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)

8. Starting Out By Talking About Money

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 01:07 PM

Sep 2019

Is the top down approach Republicans corporate media always apply to any problem. It is a dead end argument.

That needs to be replaced with a bottoms up approach and that means you start out by talking about outcomes. Reversing the trend on life expectancy would be an outcome.

This is called keeping the eye on the ball and not getting sucked into the Republican framing. Reframe the question to address outcomes if that is necessary.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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ABC's debate moderators don't understand what universal healthcare is [View all] bluewater Sep 2019 OP

stephaflopolous is a sham, a paid stooge, and Kamala called him out on his smallness pangaia Sep 2019 #1

NO ONE does, foolish to try to discuss it in such fora, imo, elleng Sep 2019 #2

They have chosen not to even try to understand. ananda Sep 2019 #3

I disagree squirecam Sep 2019 #4

While "taxes" might go up, Eyeball_Kid Sep 2019 #6

Taxes should go up for some Americans. cannabis_flower Sep 2019 #7

Son! This is shit, and this, is Shinola! SCVDem Sep 2019 #5

The country would be in exponentially better shape if long ago had been instigated lambchopp59 Sep 2019 #13

That is why SCVDem Sep 2019 #16

Starting Out By Talking About Money DallasNE Sep 2019 #8

Well said! LiberalLovinLug Sep 2019 #12

And The Corporate Stooges Always Leave Out Employers Contributions HiloHatti Sep 2019 #15

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2019 #9

Short-term investment for long-term gain is an almost impossible sell. Garrett78 Sep 2019 #10

Big Pharma paymasters... reACTIONary Sep 2019 #11

Not many people do understand what "universal healthcare" is... George II Sep 2019 #14