Even Adam Smith, main architect of free market capitalism, said it couldn’t exist outside an ethical context. He never foresaw capitalism untied to any govt regulation. Capitalism will reclaim an ethical & moral center or a younger generation of Americans will replace it entirely
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FDR said “I’m not destroying capitalism. I’m saving it.” You can’t sustain a free market when it becomes unfree for the majority of people. You can’t be a capitalist when you have no access to capital! Too many Americans are locked out of the party; it’s immoral & unsustainable.
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Our problem among other things is that there’s no force with major political leverage willing to question the fundamental premise on which the system operates. That used to be the Democratic Party and hopefully it will be again. Right now it’s only lone voices; that’s not enough

Apr 7, 2020 · 4:10 PM UTC

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You raised your hand when asked about giving free healthcare to illegal immigrants. Milton Friedman stated "you cannot have open borders and a welfare state." Just admit it: you, like everybody else onstage who asked that question, were too afraid to stand for common sense.
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Right now, with the coronavirus, you would have healthcare denied to people because they’re not “legal?” The virus obviously does not care. So you would prefer that people be out and about spreading the virus, but you would call that common sense?
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I'm hoping that it will be the Democratic party again. 💙
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It is time for the voice of the people to transform from a whisper to a resounding... NOT ON MY WATCH. Keep talking Marianne. We are listening.
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Since Reagan & Clinton both parties & all members have been bought, blackmailed, threatened to do bidding on #oligarchy they only pretend to hate each other, like Pro wrestling, but always do what their masters want We need #DirectDemocracy & eliminated #oligarchy
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber
5 Apr 2020
I need your help. Thousands have signed on to our "Poverty Amidst Pandemic: Moral Response to #COVID19" petition @MoveOn, but we need tens of thousands more. Will you please sign & share this petition now & help us reach our goal of 100,000 signatures? moveon.org/poverty
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That's true ... but you have to start somewhere ... and your's is a very powerful voice!
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Fun fact: Jeff #Bezos makes >$8,961,000 AN HOUR! We live in the (1880-1930) Gilded Age-redux on steroids and have been since 1980. Creepy #oligarchs like Bezos are lucky enlightened determined left-liberals/#Bernie bros only want to tax away their wealth: nitter.vloup.ch/ecjla/status/124….
Eric C. Jacobson @ECJLA
2 Apr 2020
Quisling centrist #Dems Reich et al. oppose THE urgently needed Rx: Return NOW to FDR’s 94% tax rate on all income >$400,000 per person (in today’s dollars). In 1942 #FDR proposed a 100% tax on all income over $25,000 (which=$400K today). In 1944 Congress passed 94% tax on same.
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Honestly I don't think it's been that since before I was able to vote. That's so 1988 it might as well have its serious profile superimposed on its smiling class picture.
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Exactly, it's not close to enough. Mainstream 'leftist' parties sold out long ago, and are nearly as much to blame as conservatives for the mess we're in. Our progressive movement needs to get bigger than any one country
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