Nat Towsen
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I'm not a big patriot, but I want Americans to be able to... I want America to be prosperous so that
I mean, I think that it's important that we don't get too caught up in hearing in trying to say what people want to hear.
I think a lot of, you know, the Sanders presidential campaign, one of the things that he was so good at, and obviously he did not become the president for a lot of reasons that you can debate.
But one thing he was very good at is, you know, when people would say, is higher, you know, is a universal health care going to increase your taxes?
Elizabeth Warren would never say yes.
And Bernie Sanders said, yeah, of course, that's what that's what's paying for it.
But you'll pay less money overall.
Of course.
Yes, that's how it works.
Yes, you will pay more.
Like, yeah, it costs money to spend.
Like Democrats often try to like half announce their policies.
And oh, we're afraid of what we think the audience we were afraid of what we think the voters want.
So we can't say it.
And so we have to sort of announce a half version of that.
And then the actually marginalized voters or the voters who want change who are not exclusively liberal or leftist.
You know, poor working class right wingers also want change.
And then you offer half change.
They go, oh, well, who gives a shit about you then?
You know, you're useless to me, too.