From: Anthony D'Costa
Thursday, March 03, 2016 11:12 PM
Fwd: Trump wants to make America more like Denmark - The Washington Post

"To catch up will require a herculean effort, given that tax increases is 
virtually out of the question."

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_If_ this is correct, then all 'moderate' (or "social democratic" or "realist") 
left strategies are hopelessly utopian. The kind of mass movement required will 
have to organize around such slogans as "Open Borders," "Abolish the Prison 
System," "No troops abroad," "Disarm the Police." 

As a French sociologist, whose name I forget, said some 50 years ago, The 
Workers will not go to the barricade over 5000 new housing units."

If someone can produce a reasonable scenario for a achieving in the next  
decade a national minimum wage of $20 (current dollar), free medical and dental 
care, and decent housing for African Americans and migrants, then my proposed 
slogans are unreal; if not, they are essential.

I'm waiting for someone to propose a concrete and realistic electoral strategy 
to stop  police killings and get the U.S. out of the Middle East: that I a 
minimum for a decent world.

Carrol
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