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How is this carrying water for the CCP? What is in the article that you disagree with?

I don't think "as bad" is the point. It's not a moral discussion, who is doing the spying is irrelevant.

The article literally says "Oppose It All". "Silicon Valley and the NSA would love us to think that it’s who does the spying, not the spying itself, that’s the real problem."

And they operate in a country founded by slave owners

Some of the taxes on Wall Street included stuff like a 1% tax on bonds, 0.05% tax on derivatives

Pretty sure Sanders is also in favor of higher estate taxes. Even Clinton was

Life is unfair. A polio vaccine can't help those who have died

Sure, but it does not seem that any conservative voters are troubled by the increasing debt when a Democrat is not in office. Otherwise approval ratings wouldn't be so high

Raising taxes to pay for programs is more fiscally conservative than cutting taxes and raising the deficit

This would be paid for by taxes on investments, and the result of this would be increased consumer spending. Which leads to good results for investors