Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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I don’t disagree with your analysis of the problem; I simply disagree with your prescription for the solution. Protections were dismantled, yes, but they can be put back. It won’t happen quickly given that authoritarian corporatism has its tentacles everywhere, but we can begin.
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Yes! Thank you, and please sign up at Marianne2020.com
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I don’t live in a bubble and I do see some of what you describe. But I see as well that there are many people in America whose wealth does not stem from any work at all, and many who work hard and cannot get a break.
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The idea that the rich are those who work hard and the poor are simply those who do not work hard is a vicious, mean-spirited stereotype that’s both inaccurate and unworthy of who we are.
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Throughout our history we have pushed back against overreach by unfettered capitalism. Child labor laws, unions, anti-trust laws etc. We can have means of production privately owned yet still have proper regulations and taxation to allow for economic justice.
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With 43% of all Americans struggling to make ends meet for food, transportation, rent & health care costs, millions working two or three jobs, & homeless people not included in the statistics, the unemployment rate of itself means little.
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No I don’t. The problem is that modern American capitalism has deviated from its ethical center, given by govt. over the last 40 years too much permission to place bottom line for stockholders before concern for all stakeholders. It needs to course-correct.
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Unleash spirit of the American people & they will soar! Repeal tax cuts to the wealthiest, permanentize tax cuts for middle class, make college tuition & best tech schools available to all, universal health care, & cancel &/or extend college loan debt. Ideas whose time has come.
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When Trump says the economy is good, he is describing the situation for those who are in the club. The problem is that not enough people can make it into the club today; they’re trapped by undereducation and economic injustice, creating an unsustainable trajectory for all of us.
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The separation of Church and State is one of the most enlightened aspects of our Constitution, protecting government from interference by religious authorities & protecting religious practice from governmental interference. It doesn’t separate gov’t from spiritual & moral vision!
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But I’m running as a Democrat! I don’t think it serves the Democrats when we don’t say what we mean. If all you do is say what you think people are ready to hear, you’re not leading… you’re following. And then you come across sounding disingenuous because you are.
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That's not really what I'm saying. I think she's great. It's not about her; it's about the dominant conversation we're having.
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Until we're willing to name the darkness, we won't see the light. Until we're willing to see authoritarian corporatism as economic tyranny, we will continue to be at the effect of it. And until we're willing to call an oligarchy an oligarchy, our democracy will be imperiled.
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