Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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We should be talking about this a whole lot more. #WealthTax
A good idea worth broad support: The Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act would raise ** $3 trillion ** over 10 years from the richest 100,000 households (0.05%), without raising taxes on the 99.95% with under $50 million of wealth.
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The Biden administration is actively working to reunite the separated children with their families, and they are doing nothing in any way similar to the child separation policy perpetrated by the Trump administration.
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Absurd. Professionals at the border trained to detect smugglers coming across with children actually need to see the two together in order to do their job. The policy had nothing to do with smugglers; it was meant specifically to deter immigration.
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I hope Jeff Sessions, Stephen Miller and everyone else involved in the government sponsored kidnapping and child abuse at our Southern border under the “zero tolerance child separation policy” during the Trump administration will be held accountable to the full extent of the law.
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“If we fail in this legislation, I will be back," he warned. "We are going to keep going.”
What a leader he is...
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They haven’t said they’re going to do it later & I think making noise about it will help keep the pressure on. You know what taught me that? “Experience.” And given how disregarded the suffering of so many is by the political establishment, I don’t think naming it is “pandering.”
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David Sirota has done more to articulate compassionate policies that would benefit the lives of impoverished people. Full stop.
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Says a person who obviously does not live in poverty? For millions of people this isn’t something they can just “do later.” The least we can do is take a moment to acknowledge the sadness & disappointment of so many minimum wage workers for whom this is a crushing blow.
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This is tragic. Millions of people had so much hope attached to it... washingtonpost.com/us-policy…
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Nothing to apologize for. That’s exactly what they did. I was grateful to have the opportunity to disprove.
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The point is that the people should’ve received the $2000. They should’ve been receiving it monthly from the beginning. Nothing would be a great a stimulus for the economy than for people to have money to spend.
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Economic injustice is systemic, and nothing holds the system in place more than a $7.25 minimum wage. There is no justice - racial or otherwise - where there is no economic justice, and no amount of spin can make it otherwise.
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“No corporate donor or political friend should deter us.”
Every civil rights org should make a clear call for Dems to overrule the parliamentarian, unify & vote for COVID relief w/ $15 minimum wage. This is about racial equity & could lift over 40% of Af-Am workers out of poverty. No corporate donor or political friend should deter us.
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I would have no problem with govt sponsored compensatory measures during a transitional period. But the change will ultimately benefit the economy and should not be delayed.
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