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Chris Danforth's avatar

A leapfrog thought: as we look to rip apart these systems of oppression and inequity, it's also important to look at the interrelated ecosystems that they exist in. For example, the fight for universal, tax-funded healthcare (which should be a human right in this resource-rich country) is welded to the fight for tax-funded and equitable public school and university systems (which (1) have been under strategic attack since desegregation started and (2) is a part of the student loan forgiveness fight) because in addition to making access to healthcare universal, you have to remove the other artificial, socially-constructed gatekeeping mechanisms to becoming a healthcare provider (i.e. the money it takes to become a doctor).

Also, I'm very empathetic to the small business owner who doesn't have the margins or volume to absorb an increase in payroll (and even more so the people who work there), and it seems to me that these are very solvable problems. Hell, it makes no sense that Walmart and McDonald's can subsidize their employees to the government by paying them so little that the employee is dependant on Medicaid, SNAP, etc., but the idea of subsidizing small businesses with cash is a non-starter.

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Betsy Gaines Quammen's avatar

Every time I read your work I just love you more and more.

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