This is the worst piece of legislation in modern American history.

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Resumo

TLDRThe speaker criticizes Trump's proposed bill, labeling it as harmful to working families while benefiting the wealthy. The bill is said to provide significant tax breaks to the top 1% and large corporations, while cutting healthcare funding, which could lead to millions losing insurance and thousands of unnecessary deaths. It also threatens education funding and nutrition assistance for children. The speaker expresses concern over the current state of the Republican party, which he believes suppresses dissent and independent thought. He concludes with a message of hope, citing a recent political victory by a candidate supported by ordinary people, urging unity against the influence of the wealthy.

Conclusões

  • 💰 Trump's bill benefits the wealthy while harming working families.
  • 📉 The top 1% receives $975 billion in tax breaks.
  • 🚑 Over 16 million people may lose health insurance due to the bill.
  • ⚰️ An estimated 50,000 Americans could die unnecessarily each year if the bill passes.
  • 📚 Education funding is cut by $350 billion, affecting access for working-class kids.
  • 🍽️ Nutrition assistance for millions of children is eliminated.
  • 🏛️ The Republican party is criticized for not tolerating dissent.
  • 🗳️ A recent election shows hope for candidates supported by ordinary people.
  • 🤝 Unity is essential to combat the influence of the wealthy.
  • 🌍 The bill cuts investments in sustainable energy at a critical time for climate change.

Linha do tempo

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    The speaker criticizes Trump's proposed legislation, labeling it as harmful to working families while benefiting the wealthy. They highlight the significant tax breaks for the top 1% and large corporations, contrasting this with the negative impact on healthcare, including millions losing insurance and increased costs for Medicaid recipients. The speaker warns that this could lead to over 50,000 unnecessary deaths annually and threatens rural hospitals and community health services. Additionally, the bill cuts nutrition assistance for children and education funding, while increasing military spending. The speaker commends Democrats and a few Republicans who oppose the bill, expressing concern over the Republican party's intolerance for dissent and the influence of Trump. They conclude by emphasizing the importance of unity among ordinary people to combat the power of the wealthy elite.

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Vídeo de perguntas e respostas

  • What is the main criticism of Trump's bill?

    The bill is seen as a dangerous piece of legislation that benefits the wealthy while harming working families.

  • How much tax break does the top 1% receive from the bill?

    The top 1% receives $975 billion in tax breaks.

  • What impact does the bill have on healthcare?

    It is estimated that over 16 million people will lose their health insurance, leading to over 50,000 unnecessary deaths annually.

  • What are the consequences for education in the bill?

    The bill cuts education funding by $350 billion, making it harder for working-class kids to access higher education.

  • How does the bill affect nutrition assistance?

    It wipes out nutrition assistance for millions of hungry children.

  • What is the speaker's view on the Republican party's current state?

    The speaker believes the Republican party does not tolerate independent thought and is overly loyal to Trump.

  • What recent political event does the speaker reference to illustrate hope?

    The speaker references a recent mayoral primary in New York City where a candidate supported by ordinary people won against big money interests.

  • What is the speaker's call to action?

    The speaker urges people to stand together against the oligarchs and not let divisions based on identity weaken their collective power.

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    Thanks very much for joining me.
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    Let me be very clear. Trump's so-called
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    big, beautiful bill, now on the floor of
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    the Senate, is one of the most dangerous
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    pieces of legislation ever brought forth
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    in the modern history of our country. It
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    is a gift to the billionaire class while
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    causing massive pain for working
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    families. Actually, I'm wrong. I
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    shouldn't use the word gift because the
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    billionaires paid for it. This bill is
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    an absolute reflection of a corrupt
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    campaign finance system. The
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    billionaires invest hundreds of millions
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    of dollars in candidates and in
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    elections. And in this bill, this piece
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    of legislation, their investment is
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    paying off.
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    So, what are they getting? Well, the top
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    1% is receiving 975 billion in tax
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    breaks. Further, and this is really
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    quite unbelievable, the wealthiest 210
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    of 1%
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    receive a $21
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    billion estate tax break. $21 billion
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    for the top 210 of 1%. In that
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    provision, 99.8% 8% of Americans get
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    zero.
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    Further, large corporations in this bill
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    get a $918
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    billion tax break. That is what the 1%
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    and wealthy campaign contributors get.
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    So, here is what you get, assuming
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    you're not a billionaire.
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    This bill throws over 16 million people
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    off of the health insurance they have by
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    slashing Medicaid and the Affordable
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    Care Act by over $1.1 trillion. So
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    trillion dollars in tax breaks for the
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    1% a trillion dollars in cuts in
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    Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
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    Further, it forces millions of Medicaid
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    recipients to pay a $35 co-ayment every
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    time they visit a doctor. So, what is
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    the impact of all this? What happens
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    when you throw 16 million people off
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    healthcare, you impose a $35 co-ayment?
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    Well, what the Yale School of Public
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    Health and the University of
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    Pennsylvania estimate is that if this
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    reconciliation bill is enacted, and
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    it's, you know, unbelievable for me to
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    say this, but this is what they are
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    telling us. This is what they have
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    studied. If this bill goes through and
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    all these healthc care cuts take place,
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    over 50,000 Americans will die
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    unnecessarily
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    each and every year. 50,000 Americans.
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    In other words, this bill is a horrific
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    death sentence, a death sentence for low
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    and working class, low-income and
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    working-class Americans. Further, if
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    this legislation is enacted, rural
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    hospitals all over the country that are
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    already struggling would be forced to
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    shut down. It would also make massive
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    cuts to community health centers and
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    nursing homes.
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    In other words, this legislation
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    is the most significant attack on the
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    health care needs of the American people
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    in the modern history of our country.
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    So, our health care system is broken.
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    It's dysfunctional and they make it even
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    worse. And that's not all.
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    This bill wipes out nutrition assistance
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    for millions of hungry kids at a time
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    when we have the highest rate of
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    childhood poverty of nearly any major
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    nation on Earth. This bill will also
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    make it much harder for workingclass
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    kids to receive the higher education
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    they need by cutting education by some
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    $350 billion.
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    At a time when the planet is struggling
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    with climate change, heat waves now all
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    over the world, this bill decimates
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    investment in energy efficiency and
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    sustainable energies like wind and
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    solar.
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    If you are concerned about how the
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    United States keeps getting into
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    neverending wars, this mill this bill
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    makes a bad situation even worse by
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    handing out another $150 billion to the
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    Pentagon, a 15% increase in in an
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    already bloated Pentagon budget.
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    Now, I want to applaud all of the
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    Democrats, every single one of them, who
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    strongly oppose this bill. And I want to
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    congratulate two Republicans,
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    uh, Senators Paul and Senator Tillis,
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    for voting with the Democrats in
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    opposition to proceeding on this bill.
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    But here is something really interesting
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    and quite telling about where the
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    Republican party is today. When Senator
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    Tillis of North Carolina indicated that
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    he would vote against the bill, he was
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    lamb basted on social media by Trump and
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    he was threatened with a primary.
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    He actually did not do what Trump wanted
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    him to do. Is there anything in this
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    world that is worse than that?
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    Today, Senator Tillis announced that he
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    would not seek re-election.
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    So it is pretty clear to me and I would
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    hope to every American that the
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    Republican party of today does not
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    tolerate any independent thought. One
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    might have believed that members of
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    Congress were elected to represent their
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    constituents
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    to do what they thought right for their
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    constituents.
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    But that's not what it is in the
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    Republican party right now. The sole
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    function of Republican members of
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    Congress is just to tell Donald Trump
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    how brilliant he is, how infallible he
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    is, how great he is. Put up a, you know,
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    a statue of him on Mount Rushmore. Oh my
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    god. And if any Republican like Senator
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    Tillis suggests otherwise, they will be
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    politically destroyed.
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    This is pathetic. and it has all of the
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    hallmarks of the kind of author
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    authoritarian society that Trump wants
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    to take us into. Dissent is simply not
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    tolerated anymore within Republican
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    ranks.
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    I don't have to tell anybody uh that
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    this is an extremely difficult moment in
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    American history. Trump and the
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    oligarchs have unlimited wealth. They
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    have a great deal of power and they want
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    more. But there is something that we
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    have and we saw that just last week in
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    the recent mayoral primary in New York
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    City.
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    So what you had is one candidate
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    supported by all of the big money
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    interest, all of the oligarchs,
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    but you had the other candidate who was
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    supported by ordinary people. And guess
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    who won?
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    The guy uh Mr. Mamani who was supported
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    by rank and file New Yorkers won the
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    election. So I think what we can learn
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    from that is that if we stand together
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    and not let Trump and his friends divide
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    us up based on our religion or where we
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    were born or our sexual orientation or
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    or the color of our skin, if we stand
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    together, we can beat the oligarchs. And
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    let me tell you, in this moment in
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    history, that is exactly what we've got
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    to do. Thanks very much.
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  • political power
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