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Verified account@RoKhanna Bridging national divide w/ a 21st century economic vision for new jobs & more pay in places left behind. No PAC $$. Pro-growth progressive. Obama Commerce alum
Silicon Valley, CA • RoKhanna.com
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This is not a technical issue. Austerity politics in Congress led to a slower recovery which paved the way for Donald Trump. And in Europe austerity politics paved the way for the rise of right wing nationalism. Progressives must unequivocally reject it!
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I will be voting NO on the Rules package with
#PayGo. It is terrible economics. The austerians were wrong about the Great Recession and Great Depression. At some point, politicians need to learn from mistakes and read economic history.@paulkrugman@StephanieKelton@RBReichhttps://twitter.com/GunnelsWarren/status/1080318713331617792 … -
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@AOC &@RoKhanna will vote against Pelosi's House rules package, which includes a crippling austerity provision (paygo) and a weakened climate committee https://interc.pt/2RpEOX8Show this thread -
This is how absurd PAYGO is: We campaigned in the Better Deal for $1 trillion in infrastructure spending over 10 years. Under PAYGO, if after 6 years that plan wld produce a deficit, it would not be in order — even if in 10 years it wld create 16 million jobs and revenue growth!
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@asymmetricinfo argues that “Obama didn’t go enough to reduce the deficit.” Every serious economist believes the problem was he didn’t get a big enough stimulus from Congress! PAYGO is a bad frame precisely b/c it perpetuates austerity economics.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-was-just-trying-get-into-spirit-congressional-deficit-irresponsibility/ …Show this thread -
Medicare for All would guarantee basic healthcare to every American from the day they are born, including:
Vision
Dental
Hearing
Mental Health
Substance Abuse Treatment
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Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and Norway have all stopped selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, 61% of major weapons imports to the Saudis from 2013 to 2017 were from the United States. End U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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Tomorrow I will also vote No on the rules package, which is trying to slip in
#PAYGO. PAYGO isn’t only bad economics, as@RoKhanna explains; it’s also a dark political maneuver designed to hamstring progress on healthcare+other leg. We shouldn’t hinder ourselves from the start. https://twitter.com/rokhanna/status/1080472399123042304 … -
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@danpfeiffer &@SenSanders both agree that PAYGO is bad policy and politics, as do leading economists@RBReich@paulkrugman@StephanieKelton, isn’t it obvious we should not have this in our rules package?https://twitter.com/sensanders/status/1080556266643222528 … -
Billionaires shouldn’t be able to privately finance our elections — regardless of which party they donate to. This must be our future:
No PACs.
No corporations.
No lobbyists.
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The House needs 18 NO votes to stop PAYGO on Thursday. There are 2 confirmed NO votes so far.
@RoKhanna &@AOC Let's stop this fiscal madness in its tracks. We need a flexible budget to rebalance our economy.https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1080490125119942658 … -
FACT: The Green New Deal is overwhelmingly popular. Even though we didn’t get the select committee with legislative teeth, every Democrat should be pushing for these transformative solutions to solving the climate crisis.https://www.ecowatch.com/green-new-deal-voter-support-2623737355.html …
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This is one of the most compelling arguments against PAYGO made by one of the most respected economic thinkers of our time. We should have listened to him about a larger stimulus in 2008, and we should listen to him now.
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@RepJayapal has introduced legislation to repeal PAYGO with@AOC,@repmarkpocan,@RoKhanna and more as co-sponsors. pic.twitter.com/Bcvyfux1Q4
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The Brooklyn DA's office has just expunged 1,400 low-level marijuana offenses. Earlier this year, Seattle erased 15 years of low-level marijuana convictions and San Francisco expunged 4 decades of misdemeanors. Legalizing marijuana must include a push for restorative justice.
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We need to change our priorities. Instead of spending trillions on military interventions around the world, we should invest in healthcare, education, infrastructure, and good jobs for every American.pic.twitter.com/7TM6lSmA2i
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This is not accurate and no serious progressive economist agrees with you. We could pass policies in the House without an offset, and then negotiate in conference for the appropriate tax increases on the 1%. We shouldn’t be negotiating against ourselves!https://twitter.com/Drew_Hammill/status/1080495134742138885 …
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We could have spent $1.5 trillion on a well-earned raise for 47 million households by expanding the EITC but instead spent it on a tax plan that benefits corporations and the investor class. Remember that the next time Republicans claim that they stand for ordinary Americans.
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Please advocate to provide some relief to thousands of skilled legal immigrants stuck in limbo. It's time for piece meal solutions if CIR is not moving. Kindly help to prioritize and push to
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It is immoral to profit off of the imprisonment of other human beings. We must end the usage of private prisons in the United States.https://www.newsweek.com/ice-trump-migrants-800-million-private-prisons-asylum-seekers-1272804 …
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