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Janet Kester

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    Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

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  2. senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽

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  3. Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.

    Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

    Getting big money out of politics.

    Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.

    If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

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  4. Look at this graph.

    The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

    This is why we must build back union power.

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