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Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Leid Stories--What's Sanders' Next Move?--03.18.20
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
What's Sanders' Next Move? Yesterday's Democratic primaries in Florida. Illinois and Arizona put Joe Biden, who took all three states, in the catbird seat and Bernie Sanders in a quandary. For Biden, the road ahead is clear: build momentum and his base, and hammer away at Trump's many policy disasters. But Sanders has a lot to think about in deciding his next move.
It's Only Money! Seems just about everybody loves the idea now. Ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang had called it a Universal Basic Income when he proposed a guaranteed monthly income, apart from what many might already be earning on a job, for all adults. Yang was ridiculed for the idea. But none other than President Trump and his treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, are pushing the very program Yang had pushed for. Not only that, they want checks in the mail to recipients immediately!