Elizabeth Warren for President
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If she stayed in her “consumer advocate lane” instead of jumping into identity politics with both feet, she would have had a real chance. But she went nuts in the 2016 primary trying to win the far left and has never been heard from until that video there.
The only person that would lose my vote for the Democrats. I could never vote for Trump, but I would vote third party. If the choices were Trump or Warren, I’d rather spend the Election Day getting a root canal than going to the polls.
Second best major party candidate in a decade, maybe 2.
Identity politics? Lazy attack.
I'm sure Yellow meant she was a target of identity politics.
Then she lied about being Native American and finished off her career with an all-time flameout.
And there we have it.
You guys would be awesome if you had decent policies and a hint of integrity.
Plenty of dem candidates spent too much time on that. That's part of what kept Hillary out.
If only Dems were smart enough to stay away from identity politics and simply run as good old fashioned white Christians like the champion Rs.
Republicans started it in the 80s with "family values"
Cultural stuff that was not legislative fodder. I think it's all a poor approach to politics.
And of course cultural topics remain a mainstay in Republican political strategy.
Glad you have standards about lying and finishing careers with all-time flameouts. Does this mean you're not going to cast a vote for Trump?
Sorry. It’s exactly what happened. She was an absolute superstar when she was taking on credit card companies and the banking industry. Then she went all in on all of the social issue stuff (I’m not saying it was good or bad it just watered down her message) and totally abandoned what made her great.
No, voting for Trump. It’s the only option.
You guys are trying to cuddle with Hamas to help win a few votes in Detroit. Gross.
Funny that a woman best known for Lying about her heritage to advance her academics/career would start any dialog accusing others of lying themselves. Peak hypocrisy.
Lieawatha is a fake through and through.
She and Trump are two separate issues and neither worthy of my vote in 2024.
Liz is not a likable person in any case.
She and Trump are two separate issues and neither worthy of my vote in 2024.
Liz is not a likable person in any case.
Liz would greatly accelerate the road to US bankruptcy, and the Fed would go crazy trying to fix insane fiscal policy with monetary policy.
Yes, we all know how you loathe successful women with Ds next to their name.
A modest wealth tax.
Pegging student loan interest rates to the rates banks give their best customers.
A tiny transaction tax on market speculation and crypto conversions.
Removing tax loopholes for brokers and speculators.
Yeah, policies like that will really bankrupt the US.
She had trillions upon trillions in new spending plans, and embraced MMT.
She would have been a disaster.
How do plan to tax wealth? Why is taxing wealth even an option, when the income used to accumulate wealth has already been taxed?
Yeah, taxation is always the answer. Taxation kills innovation. Capital gains are taxed at regular income tax rates for short term gains. Long term gains are 20%, which means having risk for holding for a year. Capital losses are limited for tax purposes, so the IRS already shares all of your gains, but only some of your losses. Crypto is already taxed as capital gains.
What tax loopholes? Be specific.
We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
Just because you don't understand how, and won't like anything that anyone suggests, doesn't make it bad.
MMT is inherently bad, for the same reason that counterfeiting is inherently bad.
Warren has either fallen for money printing as a panacea, or worse she's a snake oil salesman convincing ignorant people that money printing is a panacea.
That's a non-answer. How would you tax wealth? What kind of wealth would you tax, if that even matters?
Based on what?
Is the world going to end if the rich pay a bit more, or if students owe less interest on their loans?
The rich already pay more than enough, and people who take out loans should be responsible for them,.. We have a spending problem.
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