Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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2/… but I have come to the conclusion that this must be done for a time until we can prove our strength and demand respect for our wishes.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
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1/ “It is always disagreeable to take stands. It is always easier to compromise, always easier to let things go. To many women, and I am one of them, it is extraordinarily difficult to care about anything enough to cause disagreement or unpleasant feelings,…
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“Robust social programs are best funded in Democratic capitalist societies.” Simply not true. They are best funded in places with hybrid systems like the Scandinavian countries, Iceland etc.
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If we have a “viable & functioning” safety net, why are half a million people homeless? If SS & Medicare are enough, why are one in four Americans not able to pay for prescription drugs that have been prescribed to them by their doctor? Why are 17 million children hungry?
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A government’s role should be to help people thrive – to support their dreams, not thwart their dreams. Every American should grow up feeling that their country is setting them up to succeed. What we have right now is completely upside down.
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Primary season is in full swing and all over the country great non corporate-backed candidates are pushing back against corporatist forces. Here are some great people running. Please help them win. Candidatesummit.com
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The call to #CancelStudentDebt is getting louder and louder. Other advanced nations make higher education either free or very inexpensive. So should we.
“Canceling college loan debt is a way to clean the slate. If anything, we should pay ppl to get an education.”
@marwilliamson at DC Rally to #CancelStudentDebt on how when she was growing up, parents could afford to send their kids to college.
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.@POTUS wants $813B in defense spending. The US can't protect the climate if our largest investments continue going to one of the biggest polluters on the planet. #IPCCReport #IPCC
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There’s no such thing as a faithless person; faith is an aspect of consciousness. We either have faith in the power of a disaster to destroy us or we have faith in the power of love to transform it.
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