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Hoyt

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3. Add that to healthcare, childcare, free colleges, etc., that her wealth tax

Reply to bluewater (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 07:40 PM

Aug 2019

is going to cover, at the same time she shuns global trade in her “Economic Patriotism” program.

BTW: Decent internet, healthcare, etc., are all things we need. Just be honest how it gets paid for. Personally, I’m fine with higher taxes, just don’t promise me stuff that can’t be delivered without paying more.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Warren: Here's how we get broadband Internet to rural America [View all] bluewater Aug 2019 OP

This is long overdue. procon Aug 2019 #1

Dropping expensive wires/fiber into 50 million isolated homes isn't the answer. riverine Aug 2019 #2

Yep madville Aug 2019 #8

Add that to healthcare, childcare, free colleges, etc., that her wealth tax Hoyt Aug 2019 #3

The internet would be a one-time allocation, unlike childcare and the others. Blue_true Aug 2019 #4

Economic Patriotism is what got us trump. She, like Sanders, is for tariffs, reneging on trade Hoyt Aug 2019 #7

We are already spending $1 billion per year on broadband for rural and poor areas. Blue_true Aug 2019 #9

I lost faith with her fundamental misunderstanding of the importance of trade agreements and Hoyt Aug 2019 #12

Maybe I missed something. But I have not heard Senator Warren say that Blue_true Aug 2019 #13

Thanks! n/t theaocp Aug 2019 #14

You don't negotiate that kind of agreement in public. Europe doesn't do it, nor Japan, Hoyt Aug 2019 #15

She did not call for the negotiations to be public. Blue_true Aug 2019 #16

She said the agreement would not become public until 5 years after approval. Wrong and Hoyt Aug 2019 #17

I really hate to ask for links because I see that request misused. Blue_true Aug 2019 #18

Here she is saying people will not be able to read the agreement before approval. Wrong. Hoyt Aug 2019 #19

I will let other people read your link and come to their conclusions. Blue_true Aug 2019 #20

Senator Warren was talking about Fast Track Authority crazytown Aug 2019 #21

If FDR could do the Tennessee Valley Authority/Rural Electrification Project... Hekate Aug 2019 #5

Exactly and would be driving on rutted dirt roads. Blue_true Aug 2019 #10

Yes, they are our countrypeople Hekate Aug 2019 #11

kick BeckyDem Aug 2019 #6