1/ I don’t understand how establishment Democrats can fail to realize how much appreciation and loyalty would be created by 45 million people having their college loan debts canceled.

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2/ Then imagine those same people being told that because we passed Medicare4All, they will no longer have out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.
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3/ Then imagine people being told that they don’t have to worry about sending their kids to college anymore because there will be free tuition at state colleges and universities, plus free tuition at the best trade schools.
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4/ Do you think they would reject you, or do you think they would vote for you? Time and bandwidth now to spend with their families, an absence of chronic economic despair, and the space to live the lives they most want to live. How can it be bad politics to treat people well?
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Replying to @_twinklepants_ @marwilliamson
Here's the point: 99% of people get into politics bc that is where the money is. They get to control the US Treasury for their own self interests. They see it as money for themselves and their friends. There is no way they will dissolve it or give it back to the people.
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It’s paid for by a 2% tax on Wall St transactions, not by the working class.
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Replying to @curtain_flower @marwilliamson
Facts 😏
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Replying to @marwilliamson
No, they know. Always remember this when things are not making sense: They don't want to win.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
$50,000 tax credit across the board for everyone-would bring loyalty from those who avoided college because of poverty/class and those who also repaid their loans. All Americans deserve a boost after what we have been put through for the last #### years.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
All those things are paid by the people anyway whether via taxation or out of pocket. YOU ALWAYS PAY FOR IT. Debts cannot be cancelled. They can just be transferred, meaning laborers will have to pay for the education of upper class people...
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Everyone would like everything on earth to be free but nobody wants to pay 70 percent taxes and have the world be one giant DMV sorrrrry
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