To the "Oh she's not a serious candidate" crowd: I take seriously that America has the highest poverty rate of any advanced democracy. I take seriously that one in four Americans live with medical debt. I take seriously that tens of millions of Americans live with over a trillion dollars of college loan debt just so that greedy financial institutions can leech off young people's desire to become educated and better their lives. I take seriously that we need to ramp down fossil fuel extraction NOW if we're in any way to keep faith with the right of future generations to even survive on this planet. I take seriously the threats to democracy posed both by neo-fascism attacking it from the outside, and neoliberalism eroding it from the inside. Of course "they" don't want you to think I'm serious. Because. they're. not.
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I think we should decrease the defense budget by at least 20 percent. As president I would close (which the president can do unilaterally) military bases in several countries. I would establish a U.S. Dept. of Peace. Our Sec. of Defense would not be a former member of Raytheon, nor would he or she be a military general. I do not give the U.S. war machine a pass.

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That's why I'll be voting for RFK Jr... he will decrease our bloated unaccountable defense budget by 80%!!
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ok. all that, & some substantive home policy "w that 20%", how youre gona 'pay for it.' already appropriated, right? army corps engrs? & EO the student debts away, & direct agencies to enforce regs on the bks. banks. pharma. env. whateva you can. you dont need $ aftr this. _JC
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but they wont evn let you talk to biden, so leave the party. use it for press: then leave the party. start a *new* Democrats, if RFK wont. w your own convention rules. & dont be the Dems. actually help pl. _JC
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But still more funding for Ukraine? Please move aside.
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What about Abolishing NATO and stop calling Russia a threat? It is making both Russia and the US a threat and is clearly corrupt. Not that it matters. You will end up endorsing Biden and the establishment like always.
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What exactly is a department of peace? You don't need a department to stay out of other nations' business. This is how we can see you aren't being serious.
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You say “I do not give the U.S. war machine a pass” yet you support the current US policy of sending a blank check for weapons to Ukraine!!! Which is it?
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Isnt it ironic that India has had a woman PM way back in the 60s & even Pakistan !! And yet we get lectured about women's rights?!! @AmeetaSanghavi @nirvana74v @Auro_Mere @MotherHatter
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this is good stuff, and it might serve you to speak more fully on it. lots of us see the Ukraine war, et al, as a huge transfer of american wealth to the MIC. i’d love to hear some nuance concerning the many, many problems with a “pro-Ukraine” stance, but have not heard this from you. thanks.
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We need to slash that death machine a lot more than 20%
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