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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She’s phenomenal. Her politics are too progressive for my taste. But she was interviewed on NPR yesterday.  And it reminded me how good she is.  She did a great job in the debates. But they were too fragmented between 10 people to realize just how relatable she is.

She was asked on NPR about a time she failed. And she talked about “having it all”— two kids, and a nice house to run and a job as a law school professor.  But she felt like she was failing her kids and failing her job, because she couldn’t do it all well.  And untimely her aunt moved in and helped.  And I was like— this woman gets it.  I have had small kids and felt like nothing I did at work or at home was up to par. And she can articulate it in an manner that is relatable.

She talked about her dad having a heart attack, and he Mom entering the workforce in a minimum wage job at 50, and it being enough to keep her family afloat.  And I remember my mom getting divorced, and child support being uncertain, but we owned a small house and never went without on her teachers salary.

She was also asked about her wardrobe, with is a black top, and black pants and a jewel covered blazer (I’d never noticed this). And she was like— it takes me 4 minutes to get ready in the morning, it doesn’t stain, and It’s one less thing to think about.

If Biden “gets” middle aged white men in the rust belt, Warren “gets” working moms and women in general. And only 33% of women support Trump.  Someone who can speak to women in a relatable way could do an amazing job. She also seems to get economic populism in a way most Ds don’t.

I’m more of a Harris or Klobucher voter on policy. But when I hear Warren talk, she could be one of my friends, and I would love to get a beer with her.  And I might not agree with everything she says, but it seems well thought out.

Go Liz![/quote]

When you say she's too progressive for your taste, what you mean is you are too selfish for her vision. [/quote]

No.  I mean I’m Gen X 2 jobs two kids in a high COL area.  And by the time college becomes affordable, we will have already sacrificed a lot to put our kids through full pay. After paying full freight for daycare. After our students loans are paid off.  After we have paid 20 years or more of high health insurance premiums and huge co-pays and are about to qualify for Medicare.  Everything was so much more expensive for me than it was for my parents. For childcare to housing to healthcare to college.  I need to be saving for retirement.  It would be nice after years of watching every penny to have some discretionary income once my kids are done with college.  It’s hard to swallow higher taxes for zero additional services for me.  And I am tired of being the donut hole everything in a generation that doesn’t matter because it has small numbers.

I want everyone to have access to college. And healthcare. And quality childcare. But I paid $71,000 in federal taxes last year, contribute $40,000 a year to Kid 1’s education, with Kid 2 soon to follow, and none of it is tax deductible, max out my retirement because we had job loss during the recession, pay $800 a month for health insurance, and have over $10,000 out of pocket already this year,  commute 45 minutes each way to live in a house we can afford in a good school district, drive a 7 year old Subaru and am not living in the lap of luxury. I’m contributing what I can.  I can’t afford another $30,000 in taxes so someone else gets their student loan debt wiped out, when we gave up so much so our kids wouldn’t have any.  Maybe that’s selfish. Or, maybe it’s pragmatic. [/quote]

OMG I completely get you!  I am with you.  I love many things about Warren, but agree totally with what you are saying.  [/quote]
Go back and read the posts replying to the one you just replied to. People... excoriated her.[/quote]

And other people like me and PP support her.  Why should we be taxed to the point of breaking...of having to sell our homes?  You know that's what is will come down to, right?  People who bought their homes making a set amount of $ are going to have to sell because after paying tens of thousands more in taxes, they won't be able to afford their mortgages.

Crash the real estate market, the market, the economy.  That will effect everyone.  Literally. Every. One.  Did any of you even take an economics class?  Did you even go to college?

There are a lot of selfish a holes on this thread and it's not the responsible PPs or me who worked hard and scrimped and saved for what we have, it's those of you who mishandled your own lives and now you want us to pay dearly for your mistakes.

I hate Trump.  Despise him. but Trump by a landslide if Warren is the nominee.[/quote]
You make $50 million a year? Because that’s who she’s talking about taxing.[/quote]

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