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Sep 22 8 tweets 3 min read
“A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” @POTUS

Then why is the US spending $1.5 Trillion on a whole new generation of nuclear weapons? Here's what we could do with that money instead:
Create universal Paid Family and Medical Leave in the US for $205 billion news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
And on top of all that, we could STILL have #MedicareForAll which will provide better care for less money. We could save $10 trillion dollars over the next ten years compared to what Americans are paying for health care now. latimes.com/business/story…
End global hunger -- $405 billion dollars total over 9 years
borgenproject.org/cost-to-end-wo…
We could cancel medical debt for everyone in the US for $195 billion kff.org/health-costs/p…
End homeless in the US -- $300 billion total over the next 10 years to house every homeless person in the US who wants housing. verifythis.com/article/news/v…
Reduce economic inequality by giving every new child in the US $1,000 baby bond at birth -- $60 billion over 10 years. cnbc.com/2021/06/23/bab….
We could provide free Pre-K for all for $351 billion over the next 10 years. budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2022/6/…

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