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BlueTsunami2018

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8. As long as the people on "our" side are beholden to the oligarchs and corporations......

Reply to Wanderlust988 (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 03:27 PM

Jul 2025

We’re never going to get what we need.

With the amount of wealth in this country, there’s absolutely no reason why everyone shouldn’t have the basics.

The owners of the country will never allow it. No matter who is in power in Washington.

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The next time we have a trifecta in DC, we better have the biggest reconciliation bill of all time!! [View all] Wanderlust988 Jul 2025 OP

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Reconciliation is a mere 50 vote threshold. Why do we need wide margins? They don't have them. n/t Wanderlust988 Jul 2025 #7

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As long as the people on "our" side are beholden to the oligarchs and corporations...... BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2025 #8