It is no secret that I am not a fan of Michele Bachmann. This is a great example of why but it has nothing to do with her political alignment per se, it's due to the fact that she is very disingenuous and well rude. These thoughts are in no particular order just stuff off he top of my head whilst listening to her screeching.
First thing that comes to mind is she would make a master biblical apologist as she has the famed Gish gallop down to a science. Took Wolfe and Sanders to the 11 minute mark to get her to admit she is not for raising the minimum wage. Never did answer Sanders' question in regards to chained CPI.
In regards to her Australia comments, their minimum wage is NOT $20/hr nor are they "bleeding jobs." In fact it is approximately $16/hr and their unemployment rate is hovering around 6%.
Now bare in mind that in the 80s AU and the US were very similar in some regards but have since gone on divergent economic paths. The differences lay in what occurred during the Reagan years of deregulation, while AU implemented universal healthcare, almost free college education, universal social security and other like programs. In actuality AU has a 30 year head-start.
In the beginning of the clip, there was talk of the income inequality issue which devolved into what Bachmann called "income opportunity." In other words jobs. What she fails to realize (or just plain ignores) is that currently we have 1 job available for every 3 applicants. Her "solution" the same ole policies that have not worked; in her mind, the only way to grow the middle class is to give major corporation more tax breaks. Which is ridiculous given the fact that they already pay low taxes when compared from a decade ago. According to her line of reasoning, we'd have the lowest unemployment since before the Depression.
This goes to show you how republicans still do not understand that their policies have been implemented and used and that extending them is not going to help. They just don't seem to get it.
Michele Bachmann vs. Bernie Sanders Debate Goes Off the Rails - YouTube
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