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Bernie Sanders
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If the conservative government in the United Kingdom can implement a windfall profits tax on Big Oil and use that revenue to help consumers offset high gas prices at the pump, we can and we must do the same. We must stop corporate greed and protect working families.
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applegrove
Jun 2022
OP
and just how will that be accomplished with a 50-50 Congress, with 2 questionable Senators
JohnSJ
Jun 2022
#2
Yeah, that's 52 conservatives. That's the point: Why can't our conservatives be like theirs? :p
NCLefty
Jun 2022
#12
K&R, Big Oil profits are hurting Americas economy and goes no where but to a very few.
uponit7771
Jun 2022
#3
Walleye
(31,028 posts)1. Sounds like a good idea. Maybe he should write and sponsor a bill like that
WA-03 Democrat
(3,050 posts)5. Nah, populist prefer
tweets.
JohnSJ
(92,217 posts)2. and just how will that be accomplished with a 50-50 Congress, with 2 questionable Senators
unlikely to go along with it
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)4. So the idea shouldn't be articulated? Maybe he's trying to inform the public
about common sense approaches the rest of the world is taking, while also pointing out that these problems are global not just in the US.
Deuxcents
(16,243 posts)6. I think he is trying to inform and maybe
Get people to agree n make some noise to our elected. Knowledge is power n thats his message..imo
applegrove
(118,677 posts)8. Important that people know how different governments react.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)12. Yeah, that's 52 conservatives. That's the point: Why can't our conservatives be like theirs? :p
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)3. K&R, Big Oil profits are hurting Americas economy and goes no where but to a very few.
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)9. K n R ! Thanks for posting!
A very wise man's words!
BootinUp
(47,164 posts)10. I actually wonder if there aren't a few T. Party
that might go along with something in this vein.
betsuni
(25,537 posts)13. Meaning the Biden administration is a conservative government?