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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because intelligent people know it's not that simple
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Love you Marianne but I cannot imagine those of us that paid our school loans and worked out asses off to do so being ok with this model. It diminishes our efforts and devalues our degrees. I worked hard for mine. I paid off my loans.
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Communication about the jobs Green New Deal would create needs better delivery. Fossil Fuel Industry & GOP have drowned it out
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And he could have done that for that last 47years
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Marianne 2024👑
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Take some economics courses and get back to me Let’s see what your plan does to your quality of life.. Healthcare ⬇️ Employment ⬇️ Wages ⬇️ Trade deficit ⬆️ Crime ⬆️ Try harder.
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I would turn it down. Nothing would be free. I'm a middle class worker and I pay more tax than I should. The Corporation tax reduction allows my company to hire more people, at middle class earning levels. Increase that tax, and you'll see less jobs.
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math does not work - would take roughly 50% tax on EVERYONE to come close to paying for these three programs - GND would likely reduce incomes so probably rate would be a lot higher.
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Sounds great, but won’t be that simple.