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Steve Glicken, MD's avatar

You know what would actually fix America? Getting rid of billionaires. And you know what else would help? Getting rid of Trump PERMANENTLY!!!

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Michelle Brody's avatar

Let's also get rid of the entire maladministration. It's for the greater good.

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Jaime Ramirez's avatar

Specifically taxing billionaires at a high enough rate they are no longer billionaires

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Isaac Saragossi's avatar

Trump is a fucking disaster and an illicit fraudster felon rapist

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Armand's avatar

He is also a pedophile, lest anyone forget. Complete release of all contained within the Epstein files will undoubtedly verify that fact; otherwise, they would have been publicly released before the dictator ordered them scrubbed.

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Valerie Starr's avatar

Thank you gen z! You give me hope.

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Virginia's avatar

How the fuck could this convicted felon, who started a riot on J6 (if not treason for what he did to the capitol and its police,) ever collect approval in any polls?

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Reading Off Into The Sunset's avatar

THE COMMON GOOD MANIFESTO

A society built for people, not predators.

We are at our best when we invest in each other.

We are at our worst when we abandon the vulnerable.

This manifesto is how we return to the common good.

I. DIGNITY AND JUSTICE

1. Release the Epstein files β€” full transparency, no exceptions.

2. Impeach, convict, and imprison Donald Trump and every handler who enabled his corruption.

3. No federal office for any convicted felon.

4. End the weaponization of the justice system against the poor, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and marginalized communities.

II. DEMOCRACY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

1. Abolish the Electoral College β€” one person, one vote.

2. Abolish ICE β€” replace it with humane immigration policy that honors human rights.

3. Ban gerrymandering with a standardized national apportionment method.

4. Two-term limits for every elected office.

5. Mandatory retirement at 70 for all elected officials.

6. Paper ballots only β€” end the era of hackable voting machines.

III. AN ECONOMY THAT SERVES PEOPLE

1. Restore 1950s-style progressive tax rates β€” when America was prosperous and fair.

2. Overturn Citizens United β€” corporations are not people.

3. Eliminate the Social Security payroll cap and tax capital gains for Social Security contributions.

4. $25 minimum wage indexed to inflation.

5. Medicare for All, one unified system β€” no A/B/C/D maze.

6. Congress receives Medicare, not boutique private insurance.

IV. WORKERS, CREATIVES, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

1. Big pay raises for social workers, teachers, librarians, artists, and cultural workers β€” the people who actually hold society together.

2. Universal childcare β€” because families are the foundation of the nation.

3. Free public university education.

4. Full forgiveness of all student debt.

V. CLEAN GOVERNMENT

1. Root out corruption at every level, starting at the top.

2. Full financial transparency for every elected official, appointee, and senior bureaucrat.

3. Ban lobbying for former officeholders for life.

VI. THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE

We choose a country that values:

β€’ Compassion over cruelty

β€’ Community over greed

β€’ Truth over propaganda

β€’ Shared prosperity over billionaire hoarding

β€’ Democracy over minority rule

β€’ Human dignity over corporate profit

We choose a nation where the common good is not a slogan, but the organizing principle of public life.

And we refuse to apologize for demanding better.

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Deb Willoughby's avatar

I suspect that that generation has not developed the instinct to know when someone is lying directly to your face!

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Ojai Ohana's avatar

@Bad Choices

dishonoring The Kennedy Center Honors

https://ojaiohana.substack.com/p/video-dishonoring-the-kennedy-center?r=5chxge

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Ha ha.

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S. E. D.'s avatar

Every time he opens his mouth, he looses votes.

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bumpyjonas's avatar

They kept an open mind and then he sold them out.

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Larry Murr's avatar

That’s because Gen Zers can see how this regime is damaging their future

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eatahanunal's avatar

Dear Americans, you have to understand that this is not all about your life. Mid-term results will change everything in the whole world.

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Eugene L. Brownell's avatar

How could Gen Z be so stupid as to ever support the azzhole?

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Accidentally Sidewaysβ„’'s avatar

It’s only going to get worse.

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