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Richard W. Painter
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Faux choice.
Socialism (government ownership of major industries) is for fools.
But only fools think that government shouldn't regulate capitalism and help provide essential public services (public education, health insurance, roads, parks...)
fxn.ws/2MH6Qs9 #FoxBusiness
It is high time for the United States to provide an essential public service that is available in every other leading CAPITALIST country: universal health insurance.
Calling regulation of business, Social Security, public education or universal health insurance “socialism” or “democratic socialism” is a stunt worthy only of @FoxNews.
These are ways government can make CAPITALISM more effective, secure and fair and increase the public welfare.
It’s amazing that the right gets away with describing basic regulation and services as “socialism” and even more amazing that the left facilitates this by talking of “socialism” when we don’t yet have the basic regulations and services (including health insurance) that we need.
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Richard W. Painter
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Anyone who blames what’s going on in Virginia on white men understands half the problem.
As for who paid for a lot of those statues.....

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I don’t buy this criticism of Biden. Busing was a very controversial solution to segregated neighborhoods created by landlords such @realdonaldtrump. Kids should be able to live in integrated neighborhoods and go to local schools.
pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/… via @pastemagazine
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The forced busing mess arose in part because nobody would go after politically powerful landlords who created segregated neighborhoods to begin with.
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Here we go within hours of Cory Booker’s announcement.
The arrest of Roger Stone does not put an end to right wing #metoo
Clinton, Harris, Booker....
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@realDonaldTrump So how many voters other than Trump voters are interested in what Cory Booker did in high school, particularly when his juvenile record was clean? Nobody has even accused him of anything. Ridiculous.
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