Whether rap fans adore or love to hate Cardi B, her undeniable meteoric rise is transcending music and getting close attention from cultural figures within and outside of the Hip Hop community.
That includes former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Just days after nabbing the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart with her debut album Invasion Of Privacy, Bernie Sanders is backing the former reality TV star-turned-rap sensation for her political statement regarding U.S. Social Security pensions.
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During a GQ interview published earlier this month, Cardi B expressed her admiration for political science and being “obsessed” with learning about U.S. presidents. She cited former president Franklin D. Roosevelt as a revolutionary for his New Deal financial reform plan to aid senior citizens over age 65, following The Great Depression in the 1930s. “He’s the real ‘Make America Great Again,’ because if it wasn’t for him, old people wouldn’t get old people wouldn’t even get Social Security,” she quipped in her presumed dig at Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan.
Earlier today (April 18), Sen. Sanders piggybacked off Cardi B’s sentiment by tweeting his support for her, and furthering his agenda for Social Security reform in government. He tweeted “Cardi B is right. If we are going to make America great again we need to strengthen Social Security so that seniors are able to retire with the dignity they deserve.”
Sanders is renowned for his crusade against Donald Trump’s political initiatives. The leftist Vermont senator is no stranger to the Hip Hop community, not only supporting the community outreach of Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike but JAY-Z’s fight to stop the war on drugs as he declared in a 2016 New York Times interview.
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Nicki is rolling in her grave!
I’m now a Cardi fan. I don’t care if she can rap or not.
You should cuz that the only thing she is doing
FDR took us off the gold standard. The declining purchasing power of our devalued dollar has hurt the poor/middle class more than any other policy. I could go on but y’all don’t know shit
Lol, you’re not gonna turn any heads on a HHDX article. They have no idea what that means, they just want free shit, and Bernie offers it to them (but if he actually got in office there is zero chance that it would ever pass). But I agree. Back to the gold standard, no more of this government sanctioned counterfeiting, and end the fed (and everyone should read the Ron Paul book “End the Fed”). Screw Bernie, he doesn’t even understand the Social Security system, I saw him on Bill Maher claiming that it is currently in a surplus which is not only incorrect but irresponsibly so.
This old dipshit socialest is still jabbering? And imagine a socialest and a fucking moron agreeing on something
i guess since you’re so opposed to “socialism” you believe that we should privatize police and fire departments, infrastructure, elementary to high-school education, and medicare–so, under *your* ideal system, there is NO “socialistic” coverage for the elderly and disabled, and public education is entirely done away with.
You realize that that the difference between socialistic political ideas (i.e., FDR’s new deal) and communism are radically different ideas right? One is compatible with capitalistic ventures (socialism), and the other is not compatible in anyway. Why don’t you inform yourself before implicitly arguing that tax dollars shouldn’t be spent on public goods. I guess under the system that YOU envisage, early childhood education should be restricted to the middle class and above, as should access to police/fire departments. If you agree that at least some of that shit should be available as a basic RIGHT to all citizens, you agree with socialistic principles.
Hmm lets see most the people who paid into social security have used up their benefits by the time their 75 typicaly your average person who goes beyond 75 which is alotta people spends more than they put in PERIOD so if i put X amount of dollars in my checking account and i use it up it should be someone elses problem to replenish my finances then by your logic? If they wanted to spend their time being artists home makers work dead end jobs with shit wages just for job security because they are too afraid to take risks on higher end jobs thats that just sucks then huh? Because lets see i started saving for my retirement 4 years ago already and have a decent nest egg at 29 years old and it will only grow with my financial advisors help to where i wont even need to utter the words welfare or social security when i retire because i am RESPONSIBLE unlike most people sorry to say yours and my views are very very different i had my first job at 11 years old mowing lawns and doing yard clean up work and from their into owning construction businesses ive been planning for the day im too weak to since i was young unlike the crybabies crying over less public benefits and have SACRIFICED much to get where i am financialy today i dont believe in handing out to people just for the sake of handing out its like the grass hopper and the rabbit story i remember as a kid the grass hopper worked hard planning for the coming winter by gathering food prepping a shelter and etc where as the rabbit just wanted to hop around and play all the time instead of work and plan for the coming winter well im the grass hopper and most you fucking idiots are the rabbit then cry when theirs no money and see how small and pathetic your checks are due to what you paid in because you just HAD to have those 3-5 day 30-40 hr work weeks well i worked over 75 hours a week for the DECADE of my life from 18-28 and have earned my security and my businesses and investments will only earn me more and i deserve it actualy unlike the welfare crybabies if your not totaly incapacitated then their is NO reason you shouldnt either A volunteer your services to public needs such as soup kitchens nursing home assistance serving lunches at schools to students or be cleaning state/federal buildings which would ALL attribute to lower costs on those sectors allowing more money to go into welfare you know EARNED MONEY or B get used to working till your last day because you refused to take charge of your life ive been raising myself since age 8 man and im a success so if i can be trust me anybody can be and shouldnt have to beg for money they didnt earn and yes i do believe in privatizion of EVERYTHING look at how pathetic the post office is compared to fedex or UPS its patheticaly inefficient or for example anytime in my city i see city workers working on roads VS private companies the private comanies actualy WORK the government workers take 3X longer to do the dame job and typicaly with shittier results or how about public schools VS private or boarding schools? Students are WAY dumber coming from public our students are some of the dumbest in the evolved world compared to europe canada or asia its pathetic and i got dozens of other examples want to know why that is? In private your not guarenteed a job your not guarenteed benefits your not guarenteed ANYTHING unless you actualy EARN the guarentees which most people just like you dont like because it shows some people are better than others which people like you need to face and you dont get a participation award just for effort just like you arent entitled to a comfortable retirement if you dont EARN IT just like college people like you think it shoild be free and i disagree it should cost less yes but hell no to free especialy public funded colleges they are HORRIBLE theres these things called GRANTS and if you keep a high GPA perform extra curriculars to show your a diverse hard working person or are good at sportd you get a next to a free ride thru college because its EARNED now you wanna smoke pot and tug your buddies off chase girls like a dog drink and go to bonfires and fuck off good for you but dont expect a free ride thru college if educations not your #1 focus and it never is until time to get a job comes its pathetic
Ask venezuela how all government run everything and socialism worked out and ask the post office how its doing compared to ups and fedex and ask public schools how their students are developing compared to private school or even boarding schools which are both private/government run with more conyrol on the private side american children in public schools are an embaressment compared to china japan germany france canada and MANY more or how about overly regulated states like cali with all their potholes and fqiling bridges and dams same to new york so why is public good again?
Japan, Germany, France, and Canada are all significantly more socialist countries than the US and China is communist, so you’re contradicting your own point about socialism being bad for education.
Is Venezuela the ONLY country you people know how to mention as “proof” that DEMOCRATIC socialism (which Venezuela isnt even that) doesn’t work? How about naming the many more where it DOES work? Like Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, The UK, Canada…. Bernie’s ideas arent all that radical. All he wants is decent paying jobs that we’ve been losing for decades, to stop wasting tax dollars on unnecessary wars, guaranteed health care and education, and for billionaires to pay their share of taxes instead of stashing money overseas and buying politicians to keep laws in place that let them pay way lower tax rates than the rest of us… but somehow you brainwashed people keep drinking that establishment kool aid!
Is Venezuela the ONLY country you people know how to mention as “proof” that DEMOCRATIC socialism (which Venezuela isnt even that) doesn’t work? How about naming the many more countries where it DOES work? Like Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, The UK, Canada…. Bernie’s ideas arent all that radical. All he wants is decent paying jobs that we’ve been losing for decades, to stop wasting tax dollars on unnecessary wars, guaranteed health care and education, and for billionaires to pay their share of taxes instead of stashing money overseas and buying politicians to keep laws in place that let them pay way lower tax rates than the rest of us… but somehow you brainwashed people keep drinking that establishment kool aid !
A communist who calls himself a socialist is still a communist.