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2020 Democratic Challengers: Who ISN'T Running At This Point?

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The Cartoon Party is soliciting nominations. Do far we have

Brain and Pinky
Opus and Bill the Cat
Calvin and Hobbs

Any others you can think of?

I hear Tom and Jerry are considering a run, as are Rocky and Bullwinkle. The latter may go third party on the newly reformed Bull Moose line.
 
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I hear Tom and Jerry are considering a run, as are Rocky and Bullwinkle. The latter may go third party on the newly reformed Bull Moose line.

Ren And Stimpy are thinking about a run, but man...that's a long shot.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Franklin Graham doesn't get to throw “don't lie with men” in Buttigieg's face until he's thrown these in Trump's face:<br><br>Thou shalt not commit adultery.<br>Thou shalt not covet.<br>Thou shalt not steal.<br>Thou shalt not lie.<br><br>Because those 4 actually made the cut for the 10 Commandments. <a href="https://t.co/c4B0rs6vWO">https://t.co/c4B0rs6vWO</a></p>— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1119671618484211714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Franklin Graham doesn't get to throw “don't lie with men” in Buttigieg's face until he's thrown these in Trump's face:<br><br>Thou shalt not commit adultery.<br>Thou shalt not covet.<br>Thou shalt not steal.<br>Thou shalt not lie.<br><br>Because those 4 actually made the cut for the 10 Commandments. <a href="https://t.co/c4B0rs6vWO">https://t.co/c4B0rs6vWO</a></p>— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1119671618484211714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Thou shalt have no other god - money
Thou shalt not take the lord’s name in vain - numerous
Remember the sabbath and keep it holy - lol.
Honor thy mother and thy father - doesn’t even remember where his dad was born.
 
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"Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
-Mathew: 7:1-3
 
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"Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
-Mathew: 7:1-3

Evangelicals don't care about the Gospels and they certainly don't care about what Jesus said or did. You should be quoting Paul if you want to talk Evangelical.
 
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As a trans woman, I'm just tired of Franklin Graham getting news coverage, period. We know he's an *******, and the best way to shut people like him up is to stop giving him a platform for his opinions. As I said of Huckabee, Graham is a bigot coated bigot with bigot filling with bigot sprinkles on top.

I only wish my pastor got airtime. However, she never will, because she'll never say gay people are icky.
 
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Seth Moulton (MA-6) enters the field, per Boston Globe.
 
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You're going to run!
And you're going to run!
and YOU'RE going to run!
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO RUN!
 
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I’m calling for universal free college and the cancellation of student loan debt for more than 95% of Americans. This is the kind of big, structural change we need to make sure our kids have opportunity in this country. - Elizabeth Warren

Not on my top 4 list but she's the only one who has bold ideas to actually fix income inequality and rebuild the middle class. Most of the other candidates couldn't be bothered.
 
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Not on my top 4 list but she's the only one who has bold ideas to actually fix income inequality and rebuild the middle class. Most of the other candidates couldn't be bothered.

It's smart politically because it brings us the part of the white middle class we don't already have.

The GOP has the rich (low taxes, corporate welfare) and poor whites (nativism, racism, fear of the thunder god). The only thing keeping us from domination has been the portions of the white middle class that identify as conservative but tolerate the reactionaries, either because of racism or anti-socialist brainwashing. Time is taking care of the former -- middle class white racists are old and dying off. 2006 started to erode the latter, and the ludicrous plutocratic excess of the teen is finishing it off.

It's time the Dems finally stepped off that train and recaptured their identity as the egalitarian party, and cut ties with the compromised members of the party (cough, leadership). The US is moving left economically, and although the Dems ought to be leading they can at least follow.

It is not 1980 anymore.
 
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Not on my top 4 list but she's the only one who has bold ideas to actually fix income inequality and rebuild the middle class. Most of the other candidates couldn't be bothered.

Which is why I've been backing her from the start. Warren has realistic plans to deliver the progressive utopia we all dream of. And if moving the Overton window is your thing, IMO she's been the best at doing so. Even better than AOC or Bernie (ducks lightening bolt again).

For example, why shouldn't corporations pay a tax on their reported earnings to shareholders, instead of the BS they send to the IRS. My preference is for an AMT for corporations, just like people have to pay, because hey corporations are people too right Mitt? ;) But she's on the right track. A wealth tax is also brilliant. Is it really going to kill the Kardashians if they have to pay 1% of their total wealth in taxes each year? For those idiots it should be 99% so I won't see them in the news ever again but I digress. This is the territory Dems can kick a ss on especially after the public's widespread disapproval of Chump tax cuts.
 
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I come back to Kep & mine's tax plan. It's simple, fair, and it would cause massive unemployment on the tax preparation business.

The only difference between the distinguished gentleman on the left and myself is the rates. He wants them to be punitive, I want them to be coercive.

In case you've forgotten or put me on ignore

People: Everyone files as an individual. Count everything except muni bond interest as income.
Ignore the first $45,000 (indexed to geographical location).
Tax the 1st million at 15%
Next 4 million at 25%
Anything over 5 million at 30%

Corporations
Use the numbers you report to the SEC and to the public.
Subtract 1 million
Tax the rest at 15%
 
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Which is why I've been backing her from the start. Warren has realistic plans to deliver the progressive utopia we all dream of.

it's posts like this that keep me coming back, LOL

you can tell Warren AKA Pochahontas aka 2% (as in I'm less than 2% Native American) is really getting desperate, buy the Black vote with reparations, buy the millenial vote with student loan forgiveness. Although you gotta wonder what the millenials who DIDN"T go to college (often due to economics) or did go but didn't ring up huge debt by WORKING to pay for it think about it.
 
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I come back to Kep & mine's tax plan. It's simple, fair, and it would cause massive unemployment on the tax preparation business.

The only difference between the distinguished gentleman on the left and myself is the rates. He wants them to be punitive, I want them to be coercive.

In case you've forgotten or put me on ignore

People: Everyone files as an individual. Count everything except muni bond interest as income.
Ignore the first $45,000 (indexed to geographical location).
Tax the 1st million at 15%
Next 4 million at 25%
Anything over 5 million at 30%

Corporations
Use the numbers you report to the SEC and to the public.
Subtract 1 million
Tax the rest at 15%

I forget mine, so I'll just amend yours.

People:


Everyone files as an individual. Everything is equal income.

0-50k: 0%
50k-100k: 10%
100k-150k: 20%
150k-200k: 30%
200k-500k: 40%
500k-1M: 50%
1M-10M: 60%
10M-50M: 70%
50M-100M: 80%
100M-500M: 90%
500M+: 99%

Corporations:

0%. Corporations have no income. All corporate assets used by corporate owners and executives (buildings, vehicles, services) are simple income taxed as above.

Gifts and inheritance:

All gifts and inheritance are cumulative. You can give an heir up to $10M, lifetime, tax free. Beyond that the same tax rates kick in:

10M-50M: 70%
50M-100M: 80%
100M-500M: 90%
500M+: 99%

Wealth:

1% per year, no exceptions, exemptions, deductions. All assets are wealth. Nothing is sheltered.
 
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