Joseph M. Firestone #DumpTheIncumbents #M4A #MMT Profile picture
live streamer, author of 7 e-books applying #MMT, blogger, politics, macroeconomics, fiscal policy, democracy, knowledge management, IT
Oct 3, 2021 11 tweets 21 min read
@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer If you don't say no; you will be swept out of of office, & what is worse the last chance at survival will be gone for us all. The fascists are a death cult, & if you continue to prove you cannot govern, the country will turn to them. @50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer There are still things you can do to stop the downward spiral you initiated by trying to be bipartisan. The first thing to do is raise the President's popularity above 60%. This can be done with three EOs: order 1) Treasury to mint The #100T coin & deposit it at the NY Fed; ...
Aug 19, 2021 17 tweets 57 min read
@RedBeretsM4All @shansen614 @LouisTheCellist @jeffchao228 @JENFL23 @GeoDavenport @WholeWashington @M4M4ALL @StephanieKelton Not just me. @realityisralph @netbacker @SherryWise1 @JefferyDenton & @DesnoyersScott r all members of the MMT community, & also supporters of Red Berets/WW, 2 at least the same degree as the RP critics who have stated opposition to the #FOAF strategy of RB/WW. In addition..., @RedBeretsM4All @shansen614 @LouisTheCellist @jeffchao228 @JENFL23 @GeoDavenport @WholeWashington @M4M4ALL @StephanieKelton @realityisralph @netbacker @SherryWise1 @JefferyDenton @DesnoyersScott .... I believe there r other recognizable members of the #MMT community, who have been reluctant 2 go public, who are either supporters of FOAF strategy or who think RP has gone 2 far in trying 2 compel belief its strategy 2 the exclusion of FOAF. I can't say whether they will...
Aug 18, 2021 13 tweets 13 min read
1) This tweet storm is a lengthy reply to Birrion Sondahl’s “Medicare for All, Not for Some” a critique of efforts working for Universal Health Care programs at the State-level including S-P Programs. See: realprogressives.org/medicare-for-a… 2) Birrion compares a #NIMA strategy w/a State-by-State one. But, Red Berets/WW strategy is "fight on all fronts." (FOAF) It is a strategy pressuring 4 #NIMA, & also supporting State-level Single-Payer (S-P). So, his critique doesn't on its face apply to FOAF.
Aug 10, 2021 10 tweets 29 min read
@KeithMcCallin @netbacker @sdgrumbine @AdamCforMD @SheilaRuthD44B @OurPlanet2024 @SandyDarity @MarkFabian21 @RedBeretsM4All @WholeWashington @GabrielAcevero @CaptainStack @briebriejoy 1) WW is an SP system. Also, The RTTB argument is an easy one to make because we've seen it in operation both domestically & internationally since the 1950s when some manufacturers started moving South to escape high labor costs & high taxes in Northern States. @KeithMcCallin @netbacker @sdgrumbine @AdamCforMD @SheilaRuthD44B @OurPlanet2024 @SandyDarity @MarkFabian21 @RedBeretsM4All @WholeWashington @GabrielAcevero @CaptainStack @briebriejoy 2) OTOH, there are reasons why the populations of States like NY, IL MI, MN, MA, PA, TX, FL, CA, OR, WA, GA, NC, and NV, have grown faster than neighboring States at various times in history. To see whether businesses and/or people will be victims of an RTTB or beneficiaries...
Feb 6, 2021 8 tweets 6 min read
@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 ... @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 . . . ImageImage
Jan 5, 2021 21 tweets 19 min read
@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. @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.
Jan 2, 2021 22 tweets 20 min read
(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.
Dec 30, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
(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:
Dec 29, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
(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.
Dec 28, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
(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.