1/ Imagine if we had a presidential candidate saying “Yep it’s true. We’re going to give you free healthcare. We’re going to pass a Green New Deal. We’re going to make college tuition free for everyone. We’re going to cancel all your college loans.”

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2/ And when people asked “But how are we going to pay for all that?” the candidate would say “By taxing the segment of people whose tax cuts and corporate subsidies have amounted to the biggest transfer of wealth in our history over the last 40 years.”
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3/ Call me whatever, but I cannot imagine that the American people would turn that down.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
We would all cringe knowing the working class would lose a large percentage of our paychecks. NOTHING IS FREE except to those who don't work or are here illegally.
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Perhaps, since you were a candidate, you might speak to the way money and campaign financing block us from these endeavors.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Sounds like Jesse Ventura
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They would win easily
Replying to @marwilliamson
The problem with that is, they'd likely get elected. And then where would all the Democratic Party's billionaire corporate donors be?
Replying to @marwilliamson
You mean Bernie’s platform in 2016 and 2020?