Lowest figures for medical debt, 20% hold debt, and 7% hold more than $1k. Ignoring that the remaining 13% may be>300, we'll say it's less. That's 13.5 trillion dollars potentially. Medical companies in the US are 1.34 trillion in size; they’re fine. 46% of Americans hold credit card debt. That's a potential of 6.4 trillion dollars if they forgave 4k/year. The top banks' combined market cap is $2.395 trillion. The medical companies handled a potential 10x loss; the banks can handle a 2.6x risk.

@elaurian hahah I'm doing that presently, myself.

Remember, to stand on the shoulders of giants is to find inspiration in the history of mankind. Everything has been thought, said, and written before. It's only by adding to the past, while in the present, that we create a better future. - GBM

@AnAutieAtUni I did something like this

House has been successfully turned into a cave to combat the heat today.

All external windows and doors closed. All blinds and curtains closed, too. Where a window doesn’t have a covering, newspaper is taped over it.

Refillable bottles of cold water in the fridge so I can refill an insulated flask. Electrolyte drinks and salty protein snacks nearby. Ice packs in freezer, ready to be wrapped in a towel and hugged if needed. An electric fan close by for when it gets too much.

Ready! 😎👍

#3GoodThings

1. Managed a workout today!

2. Did some knitting too.

3. Early night, sweet dreams friends!

#ThreeGoodThings #Glimmers

In a hostile universe that doesn't owe us a personal explanation, we find meaning anyway.

I've an idea for the nation to address the divide between the poor and the holders of the majority of wealth; it isn't some communist wealth redistribution. It's a biblical concept called Jubilee. And it should be done quarterly, like the dividends paid out by stocks, as done by corporations that pay no tax. Here's a #poem that explains it.

A little gas for your tank, enjoy this #poem entitled FUEL.

Here's another, more personal, #poem

@elaurian Thank you for your support.

Some people will give you advice that keeps you small because your success threatens their comfort zone.

@elaurian To do one's best is all that could be asked for.

This poem goes out to CIW. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, when I was lost trying to go to one of your protests. #people

The people of the sun, my words of encouragement: 'One world & One commons: Fields without fences!'

@ibrah9im I don't have a clue how I would be able to help you.

@ibrah9im ++++

from the experience of the past, the present acts prudently, lest it spoil future actions

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. #writers

Riots of the have nots! #political #poem #poetry #poet