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Let's come up with a catchy NAME for our vision for a Progressive, caring economic policy.

Capitalism can be so much better with a safety net.
Let's keep the Incentives to work hard and take risks, but let no person ever be left w/o food, medicine,
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or shelter. The Republicans use Trickle-Down Economics policy. The GOP claims that cutting taxes for the wealthiest results in more business investment and growth. In reality, the 1% keep more money and the 99% has a lot less.
Also, the GOP is
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opposed to Social Security and Medicare. The GOP is opposed to Welfare to poor people. I think that we need a strong safety net. Let people study hard, work hard, take risks, and be rewarded. For those that
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fail or have bad luck, or whatever, let's give them basic housing, food, and health coverage. In America, there should never be a single person sleeping in a car or alley. Nobody should die because they can't afford $400 for insulin.
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Oopsy. I hit enter and sent the first tweets in this before I finished.

We can so easily afford this. This is basically what Warren and Sanders are talking about. The GOP is great at Messaging. They keep calling this Socialism.
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That's not completely accurate. In fact, what we advocate for is very different. Also, we already have a lot of Socialist policies. The GOP has called us Socialists for many decades. It's one of their go-to Insults and it's effective.
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So, what I want to do is Brainstorm and come up with a clever name for the best part of Capitalism, combined with a robust safety net.

Here are some of my ideas:

Win-Win Capitalism
Fair Capitalism
Capitalism with a Heart
Capitalism Plus
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Dang it. Hit enter by again by accident.

More ideas for the Progressive Rebranding of our economic vision:

Modern Capitalism
No Person left behind

I'd Love it if everyone could help Brainstorm this. Thank-You.
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