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We're going to make sure that there is a fairer tax code, like not just standing against the tax cuts for the rich that he's about to push through Congress, but actually having a tax code where there's not a benefit to a corporation like moving billions of dollars overseas, where there's not a benefit to kind of hiding your worth, where you're not better off basically with wealth than work, which is where the tax code is right now.
We're going to make sure that there is a fairer tax code, like not just standing against the tax cuts for the rich that he's about to push through Congress, but actually having a tax code where there's not a benefit to a corporation like moving billions of dollars overseas, where there's not a benefit to kind of hiding your worth, where you're not better off basically with wealth than work, which is where the tax code is right now.
We, I think, need to be much more clear about what we would provide in terms of services for people. Like, we still, we're the only country, I think maybe Papua New Guinea is the only other country in the world that doesn't do a policy for parental leave. Like, some level of, like, national guarantee that when you have a kid, you will get leave.
We, I think, need to be much more clear about what we would provide in terms of services for people. Like, we still, we're the only country, I think maybe Papua New Guinea is the only other country in the world that doesn't do a policy for parental leave. Like, some level of, like, national guarantee that when you have a kid, you will get leave.
We, I think, need to be much more clear about what we would provide in terms of services for people. Like, we still, we're the only country, I think maybe Papua New Guinea is the only other country in the world that doesn't do a policy for parental leave. Like, some level of, like, national guarantee that when you have a kid, you will get leave.
It can be done, I promise. I think it's great. When I was mayor, we did it locally for city employees.
It can be done, I promise. I think it's great. When I was mayor, we did it locally for city employees.
It can be done, I promise. I think it's great. When I was mayor, we did it locally for city employees.
That's great.
That's great.
That's great.
But I think there are also some things that we need to kind of rewire in the way government works to make it work better for people. And I live this. So, for example, I'm watching them basically burn the federal government down. And obviously, I've got problems with the way they're destroying cancer research or making it harder for the FAA to keep airplanes safe. A lot of that is bad.
But I think there are also some things that we need to kind of rewire in the way government works to make it work better for people. And I live this. So, for example, I'm watching them basically burn the federal government down. And obviously, I've got problems with the way they're destroying cancer research or making it harder for the FAA to keep airplanes safe. A lot of that is bad.
But I think there are also some things that we need to kind of rewire in the way government works to make it work better for people. And I live this. So, for example, I'm watching them basically burn the federal government down. And obviously, I've got problems with the way they're destroying cancer research or making it harder for the FAA to keep airplanes safe. A lot of that is bad.
But I will also admit that I have been furious and frustrated with the way things work in our federal government. And it's actually gotten to where it makes it harder to do things that I think progressives in particular care about.
But I will also admit that I have been furious and frustrated with the way things work in our federal government. And it's actually gotten to where it makes it harder to do things that I think progressives in particular care about.
But I will also admit that I have been furious and frustrated with the way things work in our federal government. And it's actually gotten to where it makes it harder to do things that I think progressives in particular care about.
Building things, building housing, building roads and bridges, which I lived for four years, building clean energy projects, like stuff we should objectively definitely be doing. And we've gotten in our own way with this pandemic.
Building things, building housing, building roads and bridges, which I lived for four years, building clean energy projects, like stuff we should objectively definitely be doing. And we've gotten in our own way with this pandemic.
Building things, building housing, building roads and bridges, which I lived for four years, building clean energy projects, like stuff we should objectively definitely be doing. And we've gotten in our own way with this pandemic.