Thread by @TimInHonolulu

1. I can't say that it means anything about all @SenSanders people but today I think learned that some don't know tidily about #Socialist ideologies. Democratic Socialism is state-planned, state-employer only economy. More like DPRK than Sweden. This is what I got my degree in.

2. Of all the leftists, Anarchist are closer Sanders base IMO. Serious and committed to a revolution but more accepting of human frailty & differences without slavish orthodox Marxist concepts similar to Democratic Socialism's orthodoxy. Concepts that were proven failures.

3. Plus Bernie is a "my way or the highway" Socialist. That's a turnoff for me. There's better lefties in VT than Bernie. The person who has contributed to the Rojava revolution comes to mind.

I have had the distinct honor and

4 privilege to witness the birth and growth of that nascent quasi-state. Founded on democracy, gender equality, pluralism and economic freedom. They have a few communes mostly places of refuge for women. ISIS' victims, but don't otherwise dictate micro economic conduct.

5. So I have no moral issue with Bernie being a Socialist. I just it's proven to not work very well. I think it's preferable to tweak flaws in society but leave people to conduct economic life as free from regulation as is possible while still maintaining a safe and prosperous

6. society. For all of Bernie's plans, I put them all in my handy 2018 budget calculator and fudged the numbers to try to accommodate the TaxScam, and I got tons of cash for school and infrastructure from tax increases.

For school loans we need to change 11 USC Sec 523 and

7.make the loans dischargeable. Full disclosure I'm a Bankruptcy attorney. Add some treasury support for the loans' bond holders and just do it. Once loans are free to refinance or discharge lenders will take the hair-cut. They do it all the time in big corporate Bankruptcies.

8. This would just be like millions of little shocks. We can fix the bonds. It's what we do. But the kids and adults need relief. I knew this was going to happen when I saw the loans in 2008 replacing mortgages in the securitizaions after the housing crash. They took our kids'

9. futures as loan collateral.

Employ more teachers. Set the pay nationally by region using the IRS schedules used in Bankruptcies for cost of living. Peg it to $75,000 a year in NYC. Make it so every kid in America gets a quality preschool to 12th grade free plus two years

10. free college and the third and fourth if you join the reserves or something like that. We're always going to be the country with a target on our back. I want to make sure that it's ever tested at a high price.

11. I don't know what world revolution means to Bernie. But what it means to me is every child on earth gets a fair shot. And if a strong US economy, State Department and a locally partnered US military can make that a reality, then I'm all for it.

12. You want a revolution? Okay. I'm in. But with @JoeBiden in charge. With Bernie we risk we'll just getting more Trump. That's beyond imagining.

And on medical? #Covid19 is bringing #MFA. Don't tell anybody. 😎 @TimOBrien @MikeBloomberg @PeteButtigieg @amyklobuchar @ewarren