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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So who would run your Dept of Peace? The Tooth Fairy?
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The idea of a Department of Peace is ridiculous. Peace is a product of justice, and we already have a Dept of that, which obviously isn't working. Jill Stein btw also called for a Dept of Peace and got .36 % and 1.07% of the vote in her 2 runs.
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80%
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We’ve cut military spending by 30% before. It’s been done a few times, by Nixon etc. Gues what happened. nothing. Nobody invaded. Nothing happened. A bunch of contractors at ratheon didn’t get as rich is all that happens
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Lol 20% .... so back to record highs from just a couple years ago
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U had to be pushed on leaving Afghanistan lol
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I agree with the spending cut but I still think the secretary of defense should be a member of the military because it seems like common sense to have that be a qualification for the job ngl.
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Department of Peace? Is that code for 'financing and weaponizing dictators that do what the US says'?
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I don't agree with you fully, but I will say you're the ONLY candidate that is even moving in the right direction here, and that's one reason you have my support. Marianne or Bust!
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Would you stop sending Ukraine money and end our role in the war? Anything other than “yes” confirms you are not a serious candidate.
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