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Joseph M. Firestone

6 Feb, 8 tweets, 6 min read

@RashidaTlaib

@RashidaTlaib (1) It seems many of the commenters on this thread are unaware of the best CV economic relief bill introduced so far, namely your own HR 6553, The Automatic Boost to Communities Act. The Bill provides 4 payments of $2000/mo 4 individuals & 1000/mo 4 children 4 the duration ...

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@RashidaTlaib (2) of the CV crisis, + $1000/mo 4 individuals & 500/mo 4 children 4 1 yr after the end of the crisis. In addition, the bill provides 4 minting platinum coins 2 facilitate Federal Reserve additions to the Treasury Spending Account 2 be used to make Treasury payments into . . .

@RashidaTlaib

@RashidaTlaib (3) newly created prepaid debit cards, or digital wallets established at Federal Reserve Banks 4 individuals. So the bill provides new electronic digital infrastructure 4 augmentation of the Federal safety net & providing future, permanent automatic stabilizers 4 the economy.

@RashidaTlaib

@RashidaTlaib (4) The bill also provides the Fed authority 2 issue securities 2 facilitate its capability 2 pursue monetary policy thru issuing securities w/o needing 2 rely any longer on Treasury issuing them 2 help the Fed pursue its monetary policy goals. All in all, the ABC ACT is a ...

@RashidaTlaib

@RashidaTlaib (5) wonderful bill providing relief 4 the CV crisis, as well as greatly needed infrastructure 4 meeting future crises & needs 4 econ stabilization. It is a great shame that it was largely ignored by the 116th Congress. I hope u & @PramilaJayapal will re-introduce immediately.

@RashidaTlaib

@RashidaTlaib @PramilaJayapal (6) Indeed, I think there should be an intense marketing effort 4 the ABC Act by the CPC, & especially by u, & ur fellow Squad members & supporters. Now is the time. This is a bread and butter bill that would be enormously popular & that would also do much 2 dispel the ...

@RashidaTlaib

@RashidaTlaib @PramilaJayapal (7) austerity myth that the Federal gov only "pays 4" things either by taxing or borrowing, & that there is no "public money", only "taxpayers money". Ppl need this bill very badly. We needed it yesterday! We need it now! Please do all u can 2 get it on the agenda!

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@RashidaTlaib @PramilaJayapal (8) congress.gov/bill/116th-con… @organicfanatic5 @RamonaMassachi @mucha_carlos @rohangrey @IndLeftNews @AOC @TiMEoFPoSTiNG @KevinStFort

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@IndLeftNews @BenSpielberg @jimmy_dore (1) The #ReplacePelosiJan3 & negotiate w/other Speaker candidates 2 THEN #ForceTheVote + get more changes campaign was drowned out by the FTV movement. Today, the FTV ppl on the ground in DC r condemning Squad votes 4 Pelosi. Way too little & way 2 late.

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@IndLeftNews @BenSpielberg @jimmy_dore (2) But, a more important 1, is that the Squad felt free 2 decide how 2 vote on Pelosi w/o consulting the ppl's movement. These advocates of bottom-up democracy did not practice it all when it came 2 the most important decision they would make during the next 2 years.

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@IndLeftNews @BenSpielberg @jimmy_dore (3) They're not the only ones of course. Bernie Sanders did the same thing when he dropped out of the pressidential race. His "Not me. Us!" movement suddenly turned into an "it's my decision alone", affair. That enraged me at the time. It still does. After extracting all that ...

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Joseph M. Firestone

@joefirestonephd

2 Jan

(1) #ReplacePelosiJan3 & negotiate w/other Speaker candidates 2 THEN #ForceTheVote + get more changes. Why? We can't tolerate 2 more yrs of her leadership in the House. She has an awful record & is an incompetent negotiator.

(2) #ReplacePelosiJan3 & negotiate w/other Speaker candidates 2 THEN #ForceTheVote + get more changes. Pelosi led the Democrats to a disastrous defeat in 2010 after failing to pass MFA then. In 2020, she led Ds to lose 10 seats in the House & set them up 4 a disaster in2022.

(3) #ReplacePelosiJan3 & negotiate w/other Speaker candidates 2 THEN #ForceTheVote + get more changes. Pelosi is a fiscal disaster imposing paygo on the Dem Party for yrs & stopping progressive legislation requiring deficit spending. She is a fiscal hawk down with austerity.

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Joseph M. Firestone

@joefirestonephd

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@CoriBush

(1) @CoriBush Thank you 4 not committing to vote 4 Nancy Pelosi 4 Speaker. Instead, please #ReplacePelosiJan3 #ForceM4ALLVote U & ur Squad mates have the votes 2 block Pelosi 4 multiple ballots until she withdraws then u can negotiate w/others 4: many floor votes including MFA,

(2) GND, monthly survival payments via the ABC ACT, & other priorities; rule changes such as, noPayGo, & requiring automatic floor votes if a specific # of Reps co-sponsor a bill; & Committee spots See:

@lanadell

(3) Is the Risk Worth it? It is 4 #ReplacePelosiJan3 & #ForceM4ALLVote, but not just 4 an MFA vote alone. @lanadell @RamonaMassachi @TiMEoFPoSTiNG @OzbatRisa @ProudSocialist @marwilliamson How it would work is coming up:

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Joseph M. Firestone

@joefirestonephd

29 Dec 20

(1) Please join myself & others for a Tweet Storm Today anytime between 4pm & 5pm ET. Hashtags will be #ReplacePelosiJan3 #ForceM4ALLVote (please don't use the hashtags until 4pm ET today).

(2) The initial goal is to put pressure on the Squad to vote for persons other than Nancy Pelosi & Kevin McCarthy for Speaker until she withdraws from the Speaker race due to inability to get a majority of votes cast.

(3) At that point, other Democrats will enter the race & whoever wins will need to do so with the support of the Squad & other Democratic factions. So, the Squad & other D factions will have an opportunity to negotiate deals with Speaker candidates.

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Joseph M. Firestone

@joefirestonephd

28 Dec 20

(1) Please join us for a Tweet Storm this Tuesday anytime between 4pm & 5pm ET. Hashtags will be #ReplacePelosiJan3 & #ForceM4ALLVote (please don't use the hashtags until Tuesday 12/29 at 4pm ET)

(2) Initial goal is 2 put pressure on Squad 2 vote 4 persons other than Pelosi & McCarthy 4 Speaker until she withdraws from Speaker race. At that point other Democrats will enter the race & whoever wins will need 2 do so with the support of the Squad & other Dem factions.

(3) So, Squad & other factions will have an opportunity 2 negotiate deals w/Speaker candidates. Our goal at this point is 2 get multiple floor votes, among them #M4ALL, as well as other priorities, rule changes such as #nopaygo,

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