Thread by @RealProgressUS

People will not fight for what they do not believe is possible.

People self select themselves out of the picture and create self fulfilling prophecies and allow defeat to overwhelm them to the point of inertia.

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The Green New Deal requires people to understand we can not only afford BUT DO great things and that requires the answer to the "how will you pay for this" part.

Because any thinking human being can see taxes never pay for bombs, nuclear weapons, tanks and F35 planes, why in the world would we place such a burden on spending on the people of this nation?

You see... without this knowledge it's all just pie in the sky. That leaves Hillary Clinton CORRECT If you believe that the nation is broke (except for military spending and tax cuts for the rich)...

But she isn't correct. Our nation creates money every single time we spend.

This REALLY isn't hard.

It doesn't matter if it is Bernie Sanders pushing a Green New Deal or Donald Trump pushing a ridiculous border wall. We can afford to do anything... for good or for bad. The nation can purchase ANYTHING for sale in US Dollars. And never go broke

So we have to be bold in our vision. Bold in our advocacy and non-equivocating in our commitment to advancing a progressive agenda.

That means we want to cut the military but it is not because we cannot afford to spend on it.

We do not need to cut it to afford Medicare for All or Student Debt Cancellation.

That means we can retrofit EVERY smoke stack in America... or give every American solar panels... or eliminate medical debt...

or rebuild our crumbling infrastructure or even create the programs and provide the dollars for reparations for indigenous people and the descendants of slaves.

There is no reason we cannot bail out Puerto Rico or fix the water pipes in every city across the country, including Flint Michigan.

Yes... we can have a Federal Job Guarantee which is locally administered and YES we can expand social security and eliminate FICA ALL TOGETHER.

YOU must carry the message.

Public money. Not taxpayer dollars. Not taking from one to give to another... new money. The way it is done for every program we have today.

Our kids deserve better.
We need a Green New Deal NOW.

If you do not understand any of this... just ask.

You should make every effort to #LearnMMT so you can help build our success for the 99%.

Because you cant sell a bold vision that you think is funded by tax payer dollars. It is simply not true nor is it how it is really done anyways.

I know you can prioritize this because...

if you do not...

The world will take care of eliminating our existence anyways.

#LearnMMT