Medicare 4 All, free 4-yr tuition, $15 hr min, cancellation of most college loan debt shouldn’t be seen as extreme positions in the richest country in the world. We’ve been trained to expect too little, reduced to haggling for things that should be considered everyone’s right.

Feb 21, 2019 · 8:53 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
What is your stance on dismantling the big banks and a marginal progressive tax rate on extreme wealth? Bernie is very clear about these issues. He even likes the idea of public banks like North Dakota enjoys. youtube.com/BunzUFFgNrE
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Replying to @marwilliamson
You need to consider reaching out to @PeterSchiff , @RonPaul to be economic advisors. You should also study what $15 min wage is doing right now--if the cost of labor goes up, demand for it goes down--more layoffs because businesses, esp. low margin ones, can't afford it.
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It is true that $15 an hour would be too big a leap for some communities to make right away. I would support some compensatory measures in the meantime.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I always held that same view of minimum wage but I’ve been converted to UBI instead. I think it’s a concept that will be embraced by most all citizens, therefore, can actually be enacted. We’ll always fight endlessly over the min wage.
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That’s a legitimate conversation.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
We only became the richest nation in the world, in large part, because we resisted the urge to self-indulge in government benefits. We created a work ethic second to none that was driven frankly, in large part, by a fear borne out of knowing there is a limited safety net. #Truth
Replying to @marwilliamson
It's time the the voice of the less powerful and unrepresentitive populous comes to the forefront and the voice of the wealthy few take a step back.
Replying to @marwilliamson
We've also been trained, even more successfully, to discard all other parties and only regard the Republicans and Democrats in this "Two-Party System." This fallacy is on the level of Satan's greatest trick: Convincing Mankind he didn't exist. We need Ranked Choice Voting NOW.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I agree, I so agree. A living wage, yes. Access to education yes. Debt Jubilee yes.
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