Elizabeth Warren in Axios.com political coverage
On Budget & Economy:
Regulate free market; break up Big Tech
Said she identifies as a "Democrat capitalist," rather than a "democratic socialist." She told Pod Save America she sees "the value of markets and that they can produce a lot of good if they have rules." Proposed a plan to break up Google,
Facebook and Amazon. It would prohibit companies with over $25 billion in revenue to act as operators and users of a platform and would install regulators to break up already-closed mergers.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Crime:
Criminal liability for corporate execs causing severe harm
Proposed expanded criminal liability, including jail time for
any executive "who negligently oversees a giant company causing severe harm to U.S. families."
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Drugs:
Co-sponsored federal legalization of marijuana
Signed on as a cosponsor of
Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act to legalize weed at the federal level.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Education:
Wipe out current student debt; free public college
Proposed a plan in April to eliminate $640 billion in student debt, funded by her wealth tax proposal.
The plan would also include universal free public college.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Energy & Oil:
Co-sponsored Green New Deal
Signed on as a co-sponsor of the proposal,
after previously expressing support for the "idea" of the GND.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Energy & Oil:
Renewable energy on public land or offshore; end drilling
Proposed a plan to require 10% of electricity generation to come from renewable sources located offshore or on public lands and that would unlock 50% of currently inaccessible federally owned land for public use.
The proposal also includes an executive order that would end drilling offshore and on public lands.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Health Care:
Co-sponsored Medicare-for-All
Medicare For All:
Co-sponsored Bernie Sanders' bill in September 2017.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Health Care:
$100 billion in multi-faceted program on opioid addiction
Opioid crisis: Proposed a $100 billion plan over the next 10 years to fund first responders, public health departments and states for prevention and rehabilitation services.
Warren fired shots at Big Pharma and Congress for choosing "greed" over the best interest of the American public.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Tax Reform:
Increase taxes on millionaires & billionaires
She proposed a 2% tax on wealth beyond $50 million and a 3% tax on wealth above $1 billion.
Proposed a new 7% tax on companies' profits over $100 million.
Source: Axios.com "What you need to know about 2020"
May 8, 2019
On Corporations:
I'm a Democrat capitalist, not a democratic socialist
In an interview with Pod Save America's Tommy Vietor airing Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren explained why she--unlike fellow senator and 2020 candidate Bernie Sanders--has chosen to identify as a "Democrat capitalist," rather than a "democratic
socialist.""I see the value of markets and that they can produce a lot of good if they have rules. But let us all be clear:
Markets without rules are theft and I am opposed to theft. There is a reason that the folks on Wall Street, the big CEOs, don't want me to even be in the Senate.
Because I get how the system works and how it can work when it works right. And how these are the guys who are ripping it off and make it not work."
Source: Axios.com on 2024 Massachusetts Senate race
Feb 21, 2019
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