Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Warren told CBS reporter last night she won't be releasing her own health care plan. MFA is it. [View all]emmaverybo
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She supports GND and proposes in addition: free 2 and 4 year college, universal childcare,
95 percent student debt cancellation, affordable housing, better housing for military families, 200 billion dollars for opioid crisis, 50 billion for black colleges, 200 more per month per person social security.
I see no proposals to protect current social security, Medicaid, Medicareall under threat. I see no
proposals to fix broken, underfunded, or imperiled CURRENT social programs. We also need to make a sizable investment in infrastructure. And we need resources for 11 million immigrants we must put on a path to citizenship if we are to have sane and humane immigration reform. We also
must provide lawyers and judges to process asylum claims ASAP. We should be taking in a great many asylum seekers if we re-establish the criteria for being approved to enter the US.
We have a historically high deficit.
I can only think that we will be taxed much, much more if Warren makes good on these promises.
I am willing to pay more, but I dont want M4All, believe debt relief can be given without going to the extent of 95 percent cancellation, think massive foreclosures need to be addressed, would prefer a reform of our welfare system, and more money to provide food stamps, than a token 200 per month in social security, want to see investment in two year colleges that are unable to accommodate demand and need to expand vocational offerings, and so much else fixing and protecting that bold, new ideas, giving to high income folksalong with low income are not speaking to.
These bold new ideas might juice things up in an election year. They sound good. But they do not
take into account what is not currently working in an array of social needs programs, other large and ongoing investments we must make, other types of crippling debt than student debt, or that as a country we are severely indebted. They are token and selective investments. Unfortunately, they are also potentially political killers.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden