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usonian

(18,097 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 07:15 PM Wednesday

Core Values. Post number 18,000

I'm sharing part of an email from Bernie Sanders.
Take it to heart. Share it.

In many ways this bill epitomizes exactly what Trumpism is all about: if you are rich and powerful, and can make large campaign contributions, you are entitled to massive tax breaks that will make you even richer.

If you are working class or poor, and struggling to survive, you are entitled to NOTHING. You have no basic human rights. You are not entitled to health care through Medicaid, you are not entitled to a nutrition program to feed your kids, you are not entitled to a decent education.

Trumpism is about the belief that we live in a “dog eat dog world” – where it is moral and appropriate for the big dogs to eat the little dogs, where the billionaires get tax breaks while children go hungry and workers sleep in their cars.

Well. We disagree. That is not our value system and that is not the value system that most Americans adhere to.



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Hey Bernie,

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Core Values. Post number 18,000 (Original Post) usonian Wednesday OP
WooHoo, Usonian. Thank you for your 18,000 posts Clouds Passing Wednesday #1
I told my daughter. usonian Wednesday #2
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