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I am a socialist, and everyone knows it.
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Health care in Denmark is universal, free of charge and high quality. Everybody is covered as a right of citizenship.
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Before Congress cuts funding for Head Start, Social Security, and financial aid for college, we have got to make sure that large, profitable corporations are paying their fair share of taxes.
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While commentators on Fox and right-wing radio have the backing of Rupert Murdoch, a major Republican contributor, and other conservative corporations, progressives understand that their position is extremely vulnerable.
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I'm not much into speculation.
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When you're white you don't know what it's like to be living in a ghetto, you don't know what it's like to be poor.
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Absolutely, in fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.
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In 2003, GlaxoSmithKline paid $88 million in civil fines for overcharging Medicaid for its anti-depressant Paxil.
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Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment - money we could save by investing in energy efficiency.
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We should make a major financial commitment to improving our roads and bridges.
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The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.
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If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.
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It is time we had democratic socialism for working families, not just Wall Street billionaires.
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Are we happy that 99% of all new income is going to the top 1%? Are we happy that one family in this country owns more than the bottom 130 million people?
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Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate.
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Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society, the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.
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Good environmental policy is good economic policy.
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If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest in solar energy. If we are serious about cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we should invest in solar energy.
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If we are going to reverse the race to the bottom, workers must have the right to engage in collective bargaining.
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It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and I disagree on a number of issues.
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Hillary Clinton understands that a president's job is to worry about future generations, not the short-term profits of the fossil fuel industry.
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Each and every year, the United States loses an estimated $100 billion a year in tax revenues due to offshore tax abuses by the wealthy and large corporations.
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For much of America, the all-American values depicted in Norman Rockwell's classic illustrations are idealistic. For those of us from Vermont, they're realistic. That's what we do.
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Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.
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