Love Obama, and he was the right man at the right time, but we are in a different time.
Someone like Elizabeth Warren only seems “extreme” because those who represent special interests are trying to portray her that way. Warren is not at all extreme.
What is so extreme about championing goals that most Americans want; that work successfully everywhere else in the modern industrial world?
Instead of socialism, Warren calls for markets “with rules.” Rules of the road do not inhibit driving, they make it possible. Rules of sports don’t inhibit competitive contests, they make them possible. Warren wants economic “cops on the beat” to make our economy and financial institutions work better for everyone; not one that is rigged in favor of the wealthy and well-connected.
What is extreme about universal public health care, something that works, and is a resounding success, in virtually every other other industrial nation, not as a repudiation of Obama’s signature achievement but as its natural successor? We should treat health care like the public safety issue it is!
What is extreme about expanding our public school systems from K-12 to include public colleges?
What is extreme about providing universal day care so single parents can collect PAY CHECKS (and pay taxes) instead of WELFARE CHECKS (and collect our taxes)?
What is extreme about taxes on the wealth of millionaires and billionaires (two cents on every dollar in excess of FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS) and corporate profits (seven cents on every dollar in excess of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS of income as reported to shareholders), to ensure that those who have benefitted the most from this system pay their fair share for it instead of on the backs of working people?
What is extreme about refusing donations from PACs, lobbyists or corporate special interests? Well, OK, I guess that is pretty extreme — imagine a president whose only allegiance is to the voters, and not the wealthy and well-connected!
Love Obama, and he was the right man at the right time, but we are in a different time.
Someone like Elizabeth Warren only seems “extreme” because those who represent special interests are trying to portray her that way. Warren is not at all extreme.
What is so extreme about championing goals that most Americans want; that work successfully everywhere else in the modern industrial world?
Instead of socialism, Warren calls for markets “with rules.” Rules of the road do not inhibit driving, they make it possible. Rules of sports don’t inhibit competitive contests, they make them possible. Warren wants economic “cops on the beat” to make our economy and financial institutions work better for everyone; not one that is rigged in favor of the wealthy and well-connected.
What is extreme about universal public health care, something that works, and is a resounding success, in virtually every other other industrial nation, not as a repudiation of Obama’s signature achievement but as its natural successor? We should treat health care like the public safety issue it is!
What is extreme about expanding our public school systems from K-12 to include public colleges?
What is extreme about providing universal day care so single parents can collect PAY CHECKS (and pay taxes) instead of WELFARE CHECKS (and collect our taxes)?
What is extreme about taxes on the wealth of millionaires and billionaires (two cents on every dollar in excess of FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS) and corporate profits (seven cents on every dollar in excess of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS of income as reported to shareholders), to ensure that those who have benefitted the most from this system pay their fair share for it instead of on the backs of working people?
What is extreme about refusing donations from PACs, lobbyists or corporate special interests? Well, OK, I guess that is pretty extreme — imagine a president whose only allegiance is to the voters, and not the wealthy and well-connected!