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Celerity

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27. TOTAL student debt is 1.6 trillion, we spend that each YEAR on the war/surveillance state

Thu May 16, 2019, 05:42 PM

May 2019

We can easily afford to cover free public tuition for anyone who wants it. I would also place a Tobin tax on financial turnover transactions with a rate of around 0.5 to 1% or so, with a 1 million USD per annum exemption so small investors do not get affected. That would raise hundreds of billions in revenue and also would cut down drastically on the horrific High-Frequency Trading.

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

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Joe Biden breaks with Obama in moving to left [View all] Celerity May 2019 OP

A higher minimum wage and the public option are hardly moves to the left of Obama LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #1

True, but obnoxiousdrunk May 2019 #2

I don't mind that; bogus claims should be refuted. LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #3

A prolonged surge to the left would be extremely refreshing tho. Magoo48 May 2019 #18

Obama favored a public option. crazytown May 2019 #4

Joe Lie-berman and a few blue-dogs also helped kill Public Option groundloop May 2019 #16

The Publuc Option could have been included through Reconciliation crazytown May 2019 #19

Doesn't necessarily look like he is breaking with Obama. SouthernProgressive May 2019 #5

surprising. yaesu May 2019 #6

These are NOT "breaks." Good grief. The Hill Hortensis May 2019 #7

Good points. Learning those fact would be, like, too much work. George II May 2019 #20

Joe - You're going to have to keep moving left, and then further left, and then more.... IndyOp May 2019 #8

NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN SWING STATES: JOBS! And in case you didn't get that ... Auggie May 2019 #9

Not yours, but the headline is an unnecessarily negative spin on Biden "vs." Obama. George II May 2019 #10

From the article: "None of the three examples are dramatic R B Garr May 2019 #11

yes, that is why I included that in the excerpt Celerity May 2019 #12

Obamas hands were tied a lot of the time.. He would have been a LOT more left.. samnsara May 2019 #13

what is the premise of this article - he should be welded to Obama? I don't get it. EveHammond13 May 2019 #14

But as with all of them, you have to ask yourself if you believe they'll actually DO what they say pdsimdars May 2019 #15

If we do not take back the Senate, there will not be shit getting done. I am really starting Celerity May 2019 #17

Really? George II May 2019 #22

K&R nt NYMinute May 2019 #21

Biden has endorsed people 55+ buying into Medicare. Not everyone. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #23

Biden calls for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare Celerity May 2019 #24

I'm glad to hear that. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #25

TOTAL student debt is 1.6 trillion, we spend that each YEAR on the war/surveillance state Celerity May 2019 #27

It costs a lot more than that, though. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #28

there are around 13 million public university students (2 and 4 years) in the US Celerity May 2019 #29

Okay. If it's doable. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #30

comparison purposes Celerity May 2019 #32

That was in 2015. He's dialed that back to 2 years of community college. Demit May 2019 #31

do you a link? Celerity May 2019 #33

It's a C-Span video-- Demit May 2019 #34

Thanks! Celerity May 2019 #35

Finally got around to watching those 2 videos Celerity May 2019 #36

It's been a long time since I went to college, but Demit May 2019 #38

+10000 Celerity May 2019 #39

I want to call this draining trumps base, BootinUp May 2019 #26

RW-serving The Hill and Celerity. I haven't even read Hortensis May 2019 #37