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DemocracyMouse

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15. We used to tax the wealthiest 80-90%
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 06:22 PM
Feb 2020

To pay for programs that will bring public education, roads, bridges, etc., back to pre-Reagan health, Bernie has proposed a top rate of about 53%. That's hardly fringe. Such rhetoric! Did someone slip you the Republican/Russian talking points?

Also, Medicare for all will actually save money AND lives. It would provide health security between jobs and help the country to prosper. By taking out the middlemen of the insurance industry billions are saved, just as has been proven to be the case in every other industrialized nation.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) dem4decades Feb 2020 #1
Sure, a Socialist will definitely wind up in the White House. Sloumeau Feb 2020 #2
You clearly are coming from outside the Democratic world. DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #12
You do not have to be a Republican to notice that no Socialist has ever been elected President. Sloumeau Feb 2020 #14
Apparently, "clear all year" means 53 days. It doesn't sound as mighty rzemanfl Feb 2020 #3
Well ... that's some positive spin ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #4
Well then folks, it's over. Pack it in. Butterflylady Feb 2020 #5
Is Biden still taking money from Billionaires? DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #11
Celebrating a caucus as a "great day for Democracy"... SidDithers Feb 2020 #6
+1 2naSalit Feb 2020 #7
Using "traditional Democratic values" and "Bernie Sanders" in the same breath is laughable. wyldwolf Feb 2020 #8
I am rendered speechless. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #9
yessir. great day for democracy stopdiggin Feb 2020 #10
Wow is that author out in left field bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #13
We used to tax the wealthiest 80-90% DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #15
Russia would agree with you. nt William769 Feb 2020 #16
If you want change.... DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #17
America agrees with me. See Newsweek below. DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #20
As I read that article All I could think was alittlelark Feb 2020 #18
Yup. Squinch Feb 2020 #19
Then try this one on for size: DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #21
And the union rank and file of Nevada like Sanders DemocracyMouse Feb 2020 #22
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