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applegrove

(128,929 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 10:40 PM Jun 2022

Bernie Tweet:




Bernie Sanders

@BernieSanders

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If the conservative government in the United Kingdom can implement a windfall profits tax on Big Oil and use that revenue to help consumers offset high gas prices at the pump, we can and we must do the same. We must stop corporate greed and protect working families.




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JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
2. and just how will that be accomplished with a 50-50 Congress, with 2 questionable Senators
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 10:42 PM
Jun 2022

unlikely to go along with it

Gaugamela

(3,065 posts)
4. So the idea shouldn't be articulated? Maybe he's trying to inform the public
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 10:50 PM
Jun 2022

about common sense approaches the rest of the world is taking, while also pointing out that these problems are global — not just in the US.

Deuxcents

(24,481 posts)
6. I think he is trying to inform and maybe
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 10:53 PM
Jun 2022

Get people to agree n make some noise to our elected. Knowledge is power n that’s his message..imo

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
12. Yeah, that's 52 conservatives. That's the point: Why can't our conservatives be like theirs? :p
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:11 AM
Jun 2022

Response to uponit7771 (Reply #3)

BootinUp

(50,554 posts)
10. I actually wonder if there aren't a few T. Party
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:02 AM
Jun 2022

that might go along with something in this vein.

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