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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Sounds like an excellent idea. I'd be for it, and I'm a white person

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:58 AM

Jul 2020

with a certain degree of wealth.

The real resistance will come from the white middle class. They will feel like they are losing big time.

What we also need is free or very low cost public college. And of course some version of universal health care.

My hope is that this entire CoronaVirus thing will move us to all of those.

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A Cheap, Race-Neutral Way to Close the Racial Wealth Gap [View all] FM123 Jun 2020 OP

It's a good idea. Here are some others: WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #1

Wow - thanks for that link, good article. FM123 Jun 2020 #2

Sounds like an excellent idea. I'd be for it, and I'm a white person PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #3

Yes, I agree - must include education and healthcare too.... FM123 Jul 2020 #4

It's dificult to make progress toward land and safety when the GOP keeps overturning the life-boat pecosbob Jul 2020 #5

Yep! FM123 Jul 2020 #6