1/ We have got to stop apologizing for wanting public policy to be guided by humanitarian interests. We should proclaim unabashedly that whatever improves the human condition ultimately improves the economy because it increases people’s creativity and productivity.
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2/ The system’s response to that is always, “Oh silly unsophisticated one, you know nothing about economics!” They use the idea that economics is a verifiable science as a kind of magical spell to keep people from questioning assumptions that otherwise we’d know are so wrong.
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3/ For instance many of them call an economy where 1% control more wealth than the bottom 90%, tens of millions live in or near poverty & 40% of the people can’t afford a $400 unexpected expenditure a “good” economy. Good? No economy where children are hungry is a “good” economy.

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Marianne Williamson has a few things to say about Trickle Down Economics...
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@threadreaderapp unroll please
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Marianne read Goliath by @matthewstoller and have him on your podcast. It's an illuminating and compassionate book about why we don't understand how we arrived in this intractable situation. And it's a surprisingly fun read!
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No it isn't but we cannot make the rest of us who have worked hard to pay for everyone else. Go after the 1% in policies! Also, I will not pay reparations nor will I pay for illegal immigrants Healthcare until Americans can pay for food & shelter. We must start at home.
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A Guaranteed Annual Income or #UBI would go a long way toward ending starvation and homelessness in America.
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My sister lives in Maine ... and she says ... just like New Hampshire ... 25% of the Children in Maine go to bed each night hungry as well ... and Maine just re-elected Susan Collins ... so ... nothing will change!
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