[quote=CA renter][quote=no_such_reality][quote=FlyerInHi]More total income per household is better than less. There’s a correlation, but marriage in of itself doesn’t guarantee that. Marriage is just social engineering for pooling of resources.[/quote]
Social engineering for the pooling of resources is the basics of society, whether an ant colony, chimpanzee group or human grouping.
Back to topic, I prefer Sanders to HRod. I prefer him to the republican candidates. interestingly Trump and Sanders are both against the trade deal. Trump is kind of the opposite of Sanders. A Jeb Sanders race would be boring and non-telling as it becomes a “safe” status quo candidate against something more radical. Trump not so much.
I also think Sanders would be interesting watching four years of his Vermontism (very similar to the scandavian outlook) running into the reality of American society at large. Many of his solutions would be great if we all acted like Vermonters towards our neighbors.[/quote]
Trump and Sanders actually share many of the same views (progressive taxation, putting American workers first, getting big money out of politics, etc.), but Trump is just more obnoxious when he talks about it. 😉
Agree with you about Vermonters. It will be interesting to see how these policies play out in the larger population.[/quote]
I agree about Trump, many of his policies are in line with sanders and those are what makes him popular. His obnoxious attitude when coupled with some other issues like immigration where nothing has been done since Reagan is also what makes him popular. The general public is largely jut fed up.
