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Here in California, there's a lot of people who bought a house for $100k and have seen its value rise to over $1 million. Thanks to Prop 13 in CA, they pay very little property tax relative to the actual value of the house, since the tax is based on the purchase price. Yet, they are now complaining that they don't get to deduct the full amount of their property tax and state income tax from their federal taxable income. We don't need extra tax breaks for millionaires. Not while our infrastructure is crumbling, inequality is at record highs, and inflation-adjusted wages haven't gone up for working class people in 40 years.

You see the Republicans won the 2016 election because they MADE AN OFFER. The offer was to give an aid package 80% to the top 1% and split the other 20% among the bottom 80% or so, with the 20% below the top 1% paying for it. The Democrats complain and complain about how bad this offer is.....but they never made a counteroffer. They offered nothing. 20% is better than 0.

And now they still absolutely refuse to make an offer. So they try to make the election about morals and identity and Trump's character. Because the establishment Dems absolutely will not do a thing that would require the upper middle class to pay a penny more than they do now, and they've basically completely given up on making the rich pay more. So they offer nothing.

What Biden should do is REPENT, and lead the party in repentance. Admit that he's lost his way. Admit the party has lost its way. Then refuse the nomination and instruct his delegates to vote for Bernie.

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