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kellywestlund

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34. I'm a fan of scrapping the cap.

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 08:53 PM

Aug 2014

The richest 900 people in the US stop paying SS taxes on day 2 of the calendar year. If we got rid of the cap and everyone paid the same rate, SS would be solvent indefinitely AND we could expand it and lower the retirement age - opening up new job opportunities for younger folks in the process.

Medicare for All - we have the resources in this country to make sure that every, single person has access to affordable, quality health care. What we need is the political will to make it happen.

I'm a fan of implementing a little tax fairness to generate the revenues we need to invest in education, infrastructure, and healthcare.

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Their letters of resignation. n/t DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #1

Great idea! kellywestlund Aug 2014 #7

Anything. Glassunion Aug 2014 #2

Your name could have been glassreunion, but then that would be something entirely DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #3

Phonics Glassunion Aug 2014 #14

That wasn't "Beatles"? DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #17

Sorry. Doing this from my phone. Glassunion Aug 2014 #21

Ill eagles. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #50

I get those answers all the time. :) kellywestlund Aug 2014 #4

hopefully wont be so necessary after november. mopinko Aug 2014 #9

Lowering healthcare costs by allowing naturally occurring substances to be used to treat DocwillCuNow Aug 2014 #15

Drugs & Medications - magnesium chloride oral RKP5637 Aug 2014 #32

Everything. Iggo Aug 2014 #5

taking care of our natural resources is important to us all here. mopinko Aug 2014 #6

Conservation ethic kellywestlund Aug 2014 #13

extractive industries mopinko Aug 2014 #20

do you have an idea what sea level rise would mean for your area? mopinko Aug 2014 #33

The sea rise would have to get past Niagra for it to matter up here. sybylla Aug 2014 #62

yeah, i am on lake michigan. mopinko Aug 2014 #65

knr, peeps. mopinko Aug 2014 #8

Infrastructure Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #10

Misread that the first time. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #22

Infrastructure csziggy Aug 2014 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author kellywestlund Aug 2014 #18

YES. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #39

Agree. femmocrat Aug 2014 #43

Infrastructure, economy, climate change prep, JaneyVee Aug 2014 #12

Is that all? kellywestlund Aug 2014 #25

Much more, but this congress JaneyVee Aug 2014 #27

But they DID bring back styrofoam. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #30

besides a tan? Takket Aug 2014 #16

true. mopinko Aug 2014 #23

YES. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #28

Winner Winner Sparhawk60 Aug 2014 #58

Something useful. ileus Aug 2014 #19

You mean instead of finite resources? kellywestlund Aug 2014 #29

Getting ALL money out of politics, than publicity funded elections and the RKP5637 Aug 2014 #24

>>>>>>this<<<<<<<. Nt Fla Dem Aug 2014 #46

Voting rights, worker rights ... Scuba Aug 2014 #26

I'm a fan of scrapping the cap. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #34

I knew I like you! Hard to believe dental isn't part of Medicare, especially considering ... Scuba Aug 2014 #37

Agreed. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #40

ok, this is a bit of a pet issue w me, and one where i disagree w bernie sanders. mopinko Aug 2014 #61

I would like to see the trend for cutting budgets for poverty programs reversed. LiberalAndProud Aug 2014 #31

Absolutely. kellywestlund Aug 2014 #36

Warren's proposal is very exciting. LiberalAndProud Aug 2014 #38

2 recs???? 2??? mopinko Aug 2014 #35

KNR - THANK YOU! kellywestlund Aug 2014 #41

thank you kelly mopinko Aug 2014 #42

Laundry list, in no particular order MH1 Aug 2014 #44

#7 is an excellent point. mopinko Aug 2014 #49

The end of special interest groups, lobbyist and the rotating door to Wall Street Rex Aug 2014 #45

btw, friends, kelly set up a fundraising page just for us. mopinko Aug 2014 #47

Minimum wage increase, reform congressional alignment process Fla Dem Aug 2014 #48

1. Getting a public-only campaign finance amendment into the Constitution. Details have been ancianita Aug 2014 #51

Just to let you know: Congressman Alan Grayson of Fla. has been a long-time Cal33 Aug 2014 #52

Legalizing marijuana and raising the minimum wage. B Calm Aug 2014 #53

lotsa good places to grow weed up there. mopinko Aug 2014 #60

On a related note, work to redefine what is a crime and how Ed Suspicious Aug 2014 #64

The rock pile. Octafish Aug 2014 #54

kelly is a good one OF mopinko Aug 2014 #55

Thanks, mopinko! Octafish Aug 2014 #57

and there is money money money mopinko Aug 2014 #59

btw, folks, kelly's primary is tuesday mopinko Aug 2014 #56

Thank you so much, mopinko! sybylla Aug 2014 #63

i have the honor and the privilege of being on a list mopinko Aug 2014 #67

More Benghazi hearings Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #66

Why didn't we have F-35s on station in Benghazi loaded for bear? unhappycamper Aug 2014 #70

A WPA type jobs bill to build a 21st century infrastructure.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #68

A vain wish. Getting the money out of politics. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #69