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Started by linate

From ai...There's nothing inherently impossible about a government-sponsored retirement match. It's a policy choice rather than an economic impossibility.For example, the government could create a program like:* For every $1 you contribute to a retirement account (such as a 401(k) or IRA), the gover

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Started by fauxlaw

"Big Tent" has found it's way into simultaneous Democrat mouths, mostly to include its sudden embracae of socialism. Sorry, "democratic" socialism. There is, apparently, a difference, though the difference is hardly measurable. If you disagree on meassnurement, please provide the tool used, assuring

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Started by linate

They would rather have broad based prosperity than prosperity by a select few who can achieve it right? Assuming thats the case why do you focus so much on outliers and rich people, why dont you focus on policies that promote broad based prosperity?If they dont want broad based prosperity why not?

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Started by linate

with someone like trump, even if it was proven beyond doubt he was a rapist I doubt it would change polling too much. I think both parties kinda assume he's a perverted deviant already. I dont even know how much the Epstein stuff would take him down if the claims were better proven.

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Started by Misterio

It's really weird that Democrats in this forum didn't bring this subject up considering it's an unacceptable behavior from a president of one of the host countries of the FIFA World Cup.I know Americans don't give a shit about football, so-called soccer by them, so I'll give a short explanation of w

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Started by SkepticalOne

No. Bans do not, in fact, reduce the number of abortions. This has been known for a long time, yet we as an ignorant collective dimly continue to push for the same failed strategy thinking, 'this time it will be different'. Surpise - it isnt. If reducing abortion is really the goal (which I question

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Started by Sidewalker

Does Graham Platner think he's a Republican or what?Rape and neo-Nazi, those are considered qualifying attributes with Republicans, if you add pedophile, they might even elect him President.In the Democratic party those things are disqualifying, he needs to step down, and then do the right thing and

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Started by fauxlaw

"Replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy. Expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and ranked choice voting in all elections, and abolish the Senate." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/No Democrats and no Republicans. A "two-party system" DSA allege

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Started by fauxlaw

"You have no debt. You don’t need health insurance. You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right. Your retirement is publicly funded. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities."

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 3: "Your day off""Maybe in the morning, you walk your kids to school, run errands, or go to a doctor’s appointment. In the afternoon, you might play a sport, practice a new skill, read, plan a trip. In the evening, you could meet up with friends or family and eat together, maybe go to the movie

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Started by Double_R

Bold claim I know, but hear me out.As recently as even a few months ago I would have said no way, but now I’ve actually moved to thinking it’s more likely than not. Here’s the case for;Come 2027, Trump will officially become a lame duck. Republicans will be looking to 2028 and realizing that Trump’s

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 4: "A socialist day off could be like any good day now.""...what if you were free to spend your time how you like without worrying about cost or dreading going back to work? What if you didn’t have to think about paying rent or loans at the end of the month, or saving for college, or affording

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 5: "Our [DSA] Perspective:" Beirut, Bulldozers & Billionaires"The world is in chaos... We can see their plan in the countless heartbreaking images coming out of war zones like Beirut, Gaza, and Tehran. We can hear it in the rumble of bulldozers making way to build detention camps and data c

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 7: "Our [DSA] Perspective:" Working fighters"We are workers fighting to transform society: to win the battle for democracy, draft a new constitution, and create a democratic socialist republic." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/Recall when some Democrats, from which this DSA branches, cried fou

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 8: "What We Fight For" Freedom to Flourish"Expand public resources to support recreation, learning, and social spaces accessible to all. Establish paid family leave for all workers, a 32-hour work week with full pay and benefits, and a living minimum wage. Provide free, quality public education

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 6: "Our [DSA] Perspective:" Conspiracy theories "Rather than fixing our broken healthcare system, they push snake oil and circulate conspiracy theories. The Republicans are in on it, the Democratic Party is asleep at the wheel, and both are funded by the same criminal class of billionaires and

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Started by fauxlaw

"End the legacies of slavery and colonialism. Reinforce anti-discrimination laws. Honor all treaties and tribal sovereignty. Enact reparations and massively invest in good jobs, quality housing, and infrastructure in neglected minority communities." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/Memo: The XIIIth,

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 12: "What We Fight For" End Mass Incarceration and Police Immunity"Demilitarize police departments, disempower police unions, and redirect funding to public services as steps towards fully abolishing the police and prison system which protects the rich and jails the poor. Treat drug addiction a

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Started by fauxlaw

"Workers must lead our democratic transition to a green future. Pass a federal jobs guarantee. Implement massive investment in sustainable, publicly owned energy and transit infrastructure. Phase out the use of fossil fuels. Reclaim and repair our earth's resources for all." - DSA https://program.ds

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Started by fauxlaw

"Defund the Department of War. End all foreign wars and close overseas military bases. Support and fully employ veterans. End immunity for U.S. war criminals and support the International Criminal Court's mandate to prosecute war crimes." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/War is not a one-sided affai

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Started by fauxlaw

"Recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, including the right of return, the right to resist military occupation, and the right to self-determination in a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital. End all military and economic aid to Israel. Prosecute U.S. and Israeli leaders responsible

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Started by fauxlaw

"People around the world deserve to live their lives without U.S. interference. End economic warfare against countries whose governments act independently of the United States, such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/"People around the world," including people of the U.S

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Started by fauxlaw

"Extend full voting rights to all permanent U.S. residents and restore the right to vote for incarcerated people and people with criminal convictions. Establish statehood for Washington D.C. and recognize the right to self-determination for all U.S. territories and colonies. Expand and protect votin

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Started by fauxlaw

"End ICE detention and deportations and punish federal agents' brutality. Legalize migration, grant amnesty for all immigrants regardless of status, provide a path to citizenship for all permanent residents, and end visa caps and quotas." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/My nose is effective for cou

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Started by fauxlaw

"For the working class to govern, we need a new political system. End political corruption and legalized bribery: get rid of lobbyists, dark money, and Citizens United, and publicly finance all elections. Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and ju

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Started by fauxlaw

Part 10: "What We Fight For" Housing for All "Housing is a human right. Build new, publicly-owned social housing, strictly regulate investment properties, establish universal rent control, and guarantee right to counsel for all tenants." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/DSA, and many others, misuse

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Started by fauxlaw

"Establish public ownership of the largest corporations and essential industries to ensure democratic control and accountability to the people. Enact aggressive wealth taxes on the richest individuals and corporations to spend on public goods and infrastructure." - DSA https://program.dsausa.org/ By

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Started by linate

https://guneducationalinformation.weebly.com/Here is the truth about gun control. Please educate yourself.I know its not laid out in simple soundbytes, but it takes a lot to unpacked the stubborn warped ideas of you and your ilk.

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Started by fauxlaw

Let's start with Kamalala's past, as San Francisco's DA, and then, CA's DA. Having lived the majority of my life in L..A. and SFO, I have never seen an alleged attorney argue so badly in court., I've even attended a few court sessions with her performing. Word salad. Heard of it? That's a Kamalala b

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Started by linate

The socialist govenor of NYC balanced a budget with a deficit of 12 billion. Republicans were saying the only fix was to use austerity measures in NYC the word “bailout” can be misleading in this context.There are two different questions here:Did New York State transfer money/resources to NYC to he

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