The Good Socialist: Uncle Bernie

[ionel]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who crisscrossed the country last year on a Fighting Oligarchy tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., spent over $550,000 in 2025 on private jet travel for himself using campaign funds, a Fox News Digital review of Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings found.

Cameron Cawthorne, Andrew Mark Miller and Deirdre Heavey

Edited February 5 by ionel

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Agreed. I hate the idea of having Oligarchy in the US, too. We need to act.

And, yes, Trump spends triple that and more on every single trip to/from his golf courses so he can leisurely golf while using his political position to promote the golf courses he, himself, personally owns. All paid for by taxpayer money.

If you are interested in wasteful government spending - look no further than Trump. He is at the top of that pyramid.

[red viking]

[Scouts Honor]

love to see some actual numbers on waste

 I provided post after post and it was pooh poohed

[ionel]

10 hours ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

And, yes, Trump spends triple that and more on every single trip to/from his golf courses

Trump is not pretending to be a Socialist.  

[Caveira]

Bernie used to say tax the millionaires more often.  Now that he is one he upped it to billionaires.   His two fancy homes that he can’t possibly use at the same time.  He should give one of them to a tren de aragua illegal alien gang member. 

[ionel]

1 hour ago, Rassling said:

learned of this off topic forum not to long ago. 

You may be lost.  This is the Non Wrestling Topics.  We stay on topic over here unlike that College Wrestling where they talk about food and all sorts of off topic stuff. 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

10 hours ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

Agreed. I hate the idea of having Oligarchy in the US, too. We need to act.

And, yes, Trump spends triple that and more on every single trip to/from his golf courses so he can leisurely golf while using his political position to promote the golf courses he, himself, personally owns. All paid for by taxpayer money.

If you are interested in wasteful government spending - look no further than Trump. He is at the top of that pyramid.

whatabout-ism!!!!!

[Rassling]

2 hours ago, ionel said:

You may be lost.  This is the Non Wrestling Topics.  We stay on topic over here unlike that College Wrestling where they talk about food and all sorts of off topic stuff. 

there’s that buzzing sound again….

[mspart]

This is what you get at Boundary Waters in MN.   And not too far south of there.   Gotta watch out for your little ones there, the plague grows real big.   No wonder the fish there are big too!!

mspart

[StillUndefeated]

6 hours ago, red viking said:

Hi red viking, how are you?

Bro, I get where you’re coming from, but as an Iranian who opposes the Islamic Republic, I actually hope the current Iran-US talks happening in Muscat, Oman don’t succeed and that the US attacks the regime.

See, I live in Tehran, and I could die if there’s a bombing. Even in that small 12-day war a few months ago - which wasn’t a big war - bombs were falling just a few kilometers from us. There was nothing we could do except tape the windows so the glass wouldn’t shatter from the shockwaves. But that was a small war.

Now the US has sent dozens of big warships to the Persian Gulf, and if a war breaks out, it’ll be a massive one. The chance of anyone in Tehran dying would be high. And yet… I still hope it happens. Why? Because if a war destroys the Islamic Republic, even if we die, maybe future Iranians will get a taste of freedom. It might not happen, but at least there’s a chance.

If the US doesn’t attack and Trump makes a deal with Khamenei, then defeating the regime from inside Iran becomes much harder. The Islamic Republic will eventually kill all of us protesters. So either way, we die — but if there’s no war, the regime will laugh at all of us afterwards. They’re so wicked that they even mock the corpses of killed protesters on national TV.

Now, this doesn’t mean I support Trump. I’ve seen plenty of his videos talking about Iran and the Middle East. The way he talks about this region is full of contempt. He hates us Iranians. He doesn’t care whether we oppose the regime or not. His view is racist.

But still, bro, we have no choice. We have to pick the lesser of two evils.

Of course, you’re looking at this as an American, so your perspective is naturally different from mine.

[Offthemat]

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

On 2/5/2026 at 9:42 AM, ionel said:

Trump is not pretending to be a Socialist.  

No, he is not. He has already, personally, made billions in his first year in office solely because of his position.

Which is exactly what the Socialists aren't in favor of.

But if you're cool with it... then you're cool with it.

As inflation keeps rising, and the prices go through the roof. Remember the Trumps are getting incredibly rich.

And the rest of us are just trying to do the best we can. No trickle-down anything from Trumps.

But if you're cool with that...

 

[JimmySpeaks]

Equal opportunity > equal outcome  

f#c) socialism 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

On 2/9/2026 at 4:22 PM, JimmySpeaks said:

Equal opportunity > equal outcome  

f#c) socialism 

You think Trump's kids have "equal opportunity" to what the rest of us have?

Those little bastards are sweeping up billions without lifting a finger other than to click to accept crypto payments.

It's astonishing that... you really have no idea what's actually happening right here right now.

[Bigbrog]

6 hours ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

You think Trump's kids have "equal opportunity" to what the rest of us have?

Those little bastards are sweeping up billions without lifting a finger other than to click to accept crypto payments.

It's astonishing that... you really have no idea what's actually happening right here right now.

There we go...attacking kids that have nothing to do with the choices their parents made...stay classy GWN...

 

[Doublehalf]

51 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:

attacking kids

Donald Trump Jr. - 48 years Old

Eric Trump- 42 Years Old

Ivanka Trump- 44 years old 

 

All have very much - as adults- made choices to profit off their fathers' political career. 
 

Do we not hold middle aged adults accountable? Are you seriously calling them kids? This has to be a joke...

[JimmySpeaks]

7 hours ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

You think Trump's kids have "equal opportunity" to what the rest of us have?

Those little bastards are sweeping up billions without lifting a finger other than to click to accept crypto payments.

It's astonishing that... you really have no idea what's actually happening right here right now.

Ya same for you with the Biden puppet masters and the NWO.  What’s happening right now is the cleaning up of a mess that was purposefully made. Thankfully that mess has been paused.  
 

Rich people don’t bother me one bit. Doesn’t mean I’m poor because they have more.   You losers need to get over the success others have.  

[JimmySpeaks]

12 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

Donald Trump Jr. - 48 years Old

Eric Trump- 42 Years Old

Ivanka Trump- 44 years old 

 

All have very much - as adults- made choices to profit off their fathers' political career. 
 

Do we not hold middle aged adults accountable? Are you seriously calling them kids? This has to be a joke...

Ummm you might want to re-read his comment.   

[JimmySpeaks]

1 hour ago, Bigbrog said:

There we go...attacking kids that have nothing to do with the choices their parents made...stay classy GWN...

 

Not an ounce of class in the snow plow driver from Mn. Just anger and tds. 

[JimmySpeaks]

On 2/5/2026 at 10:13 AM, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

whatabout-ism!!!!!

Yep. He can’t help it. But but but the orange man is worse. 

[Bigbrog]

3 hours ago, Doublehalf said:

Donald Trump Jr. - 48 years Old

Eric Trump- 42 Years Old

Ivanka Trump- 44 years old 

 

All have very much - as adults- made choices to profit off their fathers' political career. 
 

Do we not hold middle aged adults accountable? Are you seriously calling them kids? This has to be a joke...

First off, are they NOT Donal Trump's KIDS?  Secondly, what have Donald Trump's kids done to be called "bastards"...other than being Donald Trump's KIDS??  Or is that reason enough for your TDS??

Man the thought process on some of you, or lack thereof, is absolutely astonishing

[Bigbrog]

3 hours ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Not an ounce of class in the snow plow driver from Mn. Just anger and tds. 

100%  Some of these people must live miserable lives.

[Doublehalf]

40 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:

100%  Some of these people must live miserable lives.

I think you guys lost the ability to talk about who has more class way back when Trump says he likes grabbing p*ssy and then defended it...

Kind of a joke for anyone in MAGA to throw out the class argument... Or are we just able to say repulsive things now and as long as we qualify it as "locker room talk" we can retain our class?

Edited February 11 by Doublehalf

[Caveira]

3 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

I think you guys lost the ability to talk about who has more class way back when Trump says he likes grabbing p*ssy and then defended it...

Kind of a joke for anyone in MAGA to throw out the class argument... Or are we just able to say repulsive things now and as long as we qualify it as "locker room talk" we can retain our class?

Man you’re not black if you don’t for me.  
 

of we integrate schools it will become a jungle