1/ The problem with the American economy is not just that we were hit hard by the pandemic. The problem is that it was rigged even beforehand, turning a situation that was painful for tens of millions of people into something now almost unsurvivable.

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2/ It's not enough to bring "relief" or "rescue" to people; unless we create real reform, their economic trauma will soon return. The only way we can really begin to *reform* the system is with #Medicare4All, #CancelStudentDebt, #FreeTuition and #MinimumWage15.
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3/ Unless we return tax rates for the wealthy and corporations to fair and equitable rates, end ridiculous corporate subsidies to industries that hurt our health and planet, and are willing to stare down the MIC and cut the defense budget, America will continue to decline.
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4/ Small incremental approaches to any of those things will be too little, too slow and too late. Don't take what MLK Jr. called "the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." We need fundamental structural change and we need it now. The only thing we'll lose is the despair of millions.
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“We must change the paradigm from an economic to a humanitarian bottom line.” Marianne Williamson
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By design. The future is East, Marianne.
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The pandemic did not harm the economy. Greedy politicians and corporate tycoons did that with their lawless behavior
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You know what’s unsurvivable? Having terrorists shoot hundreds of rockets into your country with the intent of killing civilians. Where’s your outrage at what hamas is doing?
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The problem is that it (Capitalism) was always based on Feudalism; Lords and Ladies became Owners, Serfs became Workers, and it is based on the same idea of the Lord or Lady (Owners) "earning" a living off of the labor of others (Serfs/Workers). Capitalism 101
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All the poor people in Walmart today were skin and bones!
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Yup 👍 The Bears Were All Sweetly Hibernating In The Woods When The Bee Swarms 🐝 🐝 🐝 Hit
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