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Extracting additional revenue from high-income earners is the cornerstone of every progressive tax plan. Their established view on tax policy is that wealth creation is harmful to society; therefore, the legislative process must be reengineered to preempt the flow of income to those at the top. It matters not whether the income is earned or unearned, realized or unrealized. What matters is that wealth never be concentrated, especially at the very top.

That this type of social engineering seeps into every aspect of progressive tax policy is indicative of their desire to affect equal outcomes. Certainly no one can spend tens of millions of dollars in their lifetime, therefore it must be redirected through the legislative process to those on the opposite end of the income scale. This mindset is at odds with effective tax policy, which should never be used to affect outcomes. Tax policy should be used to generate tax receipts sufficient to fund the commitments of the state and not a penny more.

Andrew Farnitano, of Raise Up Massachusetts, makes it plainly clear that a flat, fair tax system in which tax rates on income and capital gains are fixed at a point that keeps Massachusetts competitive as well as fully funded is not his primary consideration. He wants a tax system more punitive than that. Hes willing to accept a tax system more likely to discourage job creation, entrepreneurism, and self-sufficiency if it eventually produces an outcome desired by his constituency.

Like it or not, wealth creation is a marker of success.Using the tax code to discourage success in an effort to create more equality in society goes against the principles of capitalism and freedom. Progressives will never go so far as to admit that, but theyre hoping to establish these policies without you noticing.

Sean F. FlahertyBoston

Sal Giarratanis letter (Mental Health, 4/18/2023) highlights the problems of the catch-and-release paradigm that has governed the mental health system for too long. The fact is, the prospects of a lengthy involuntary confinement in a state hospital provides the badly needed incentive some people need to stay off booze and drugs and comply with the demands of recovery. And for others, a long term stay in a facility gives them a chance to take stock of their lives and make some choices they cant even consider while living in the weeds or in their parents basement. The threat of long term commitment may seem inhumane, but so is letting people die of preventable overdoses.

Dexter Van Zile

Brighton

Senator Edward John Markey, elected from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, introduces a $92.9 trillion plan for the Green New Deal. Markeys counterpart in Congress is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez from New Yorks 14th congressional district. Where is this money coming from? I know: you and me. On a positive note its under a quadrillion.

Tony MeschiniScituate

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CHICAGO (AP) For many progressives, the past decade has been littered with disappointments. But recent down-ballot victories are providing hope of reshaping the Democratic Party from the bottom up, rather than from Washington.

In Chicago earlier this month, a former teachers union organizer unexpectedly won the mayors race. In St. Louis, progressives secured a majority on the municipal board. The next opportunities could lie in Philadelphia and Houston, which also hold mayoral elections this year.

The focus on lower-level contests already has helped progressives gain power and influence policy at a local level, organizers say, shaping issues such as the minimum wage. It also may help the movement find future stars, with todays city and county officials becoming tomorrows breakout members of Congress and only moving further up the political ladder.

Progressives have taken a look at how to be strategic and how to build power, said Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants who was a leading national voice for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 2016 and 2020 presidential bids. If you look around and you say, Who is ready to run for president? If your field is shallow, what do you have to do? Youve got to build the bench.

This years focus on state and local races follows years of incremental progress and some stinging setbacks. Sanders electrified the left with 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns that centered on bold calls for universal, government-funded health care. But he lost each time to rivals aligned with the Democratic establishment who advocated for a more cautious approach.

On Capitol Hill, progressive candidates successfully defeated several high-profile incumbents during the 2018 midterms and the election of candidates like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But from New York to Michigan and Ohio and Texas, prominent progressives were defeated during primary campaigns last year. And, as President Joe Biden now gears up for reelection, he faces no serious challenge from the left.

Still, Sanders and others have left their mark, pushing mainstream Democrats to the left on key issues like combating climate change and forgiveness of student loan debt while inspiring some of those at the forefront of todays movement.

That includes Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, who appealed to a diverse and young electorate as he campaigned with Sanders and other top congressional progressives.

Lets take this bold progressive movement around these United States of America, Johnson said in his victory speech.

Our Revolution, an activist group which grew out of Sanders 2016 White House bid, endorsed Johnson and progressive candidates who recently won three of four seats on the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen. That gave progressives a slim majority in a city where the mayor, Tishaura Jones, is also a self-described progressive.

Our Revolution said it activated its 90,000 members in Chicago an average of three times each to urge them to vote for Johnson, and made 100,000 phone calls in St. Louis. The group is also backing Helen Gym, a progressive former Philadelphia City Council member who is among roughly a dozen candidates competing in next months Democratic mayoral primary.

When we win on the ground in our cities, thats actually the blueprint, because we cannot wait for Congress, Gym said during a recent call with Our Revolution volunteers.

Our Revolutions executive director, Joseph Geevarghese, said local progressive organizing, including for races like school board, is more effective now than it has been in decades.

Were building power, bottom up, city by city, Geevarghese said, adding that in major metropolitan areas youve got credible progressive slates vying for power against the Democratic establishment.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and a Democratic National Committee member, countered that there doesnt have to be tension between the partys left and moderate wings. She said Johnson called for addressing quality of life issues such as homelessness through consensus-building, rather than ideological confrontation.

Every one of these cities are complicated places and you have to work together to get things done, Weingarten said. You have to work with people you dont always agree with. And that is a strength and not a weakness.

It hasnt all been rosy for progressives. Moderate candidates topped progressive alternatives in last weeks Denver City Council races.

But there are more opportunities ahead. In the nations fourth-largest city of Houston, Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who has been an outspoken progressive in Congress since she got there in 1995, is running for mayor.

And the left isnt abandoning congressional races.

Progressive champion Rep. Barbara Lee and fellow Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who was a vocal supporter of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren s progressive campaign for president in 2020, are among those running to replace retiring California Sen. Dianne Feinstein next year.

In Arizona, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, a progressive 43-year-old Iraq war veteran and Spanish speaker who represents much of downtown Phoenix, is trying to unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. She left the Democratic Party last year and, if she seeks reelection, would run as an independent.

Working-class Democrats are getting elected, and corporate Democrats are not, said Chuck Rocha, a key architect of Sanders 2016 campaign who heads Nuestro PAC, which has endorsed Gallego. But Rocha was quick to caution that Gallego isnt running as a progressive or liberal savior.

Hes going to run as I was an enlisted Marine who had to sleep on my mamas couch until I got a bed in college and has been a champion of working-class folks in the state of Arizona, Rocha said.

Questions about a resurgent Democratic left come as Biden prepares to formally kickoff his reelection campaign and will have to decide how to frame his political vision and ideology to appeal to swing voters. After besting Sanders and Warren in the 2020 primary, Biden embraced major progressive goals, promoting expanding social programs and climate-change fighting green energy.

Biden eventually oversaw passage of dramatic federal spending increases, including on health care and green technology. He tried to forgive student loans for millions of Americans, but saw the plan challenged in court.

On other issues, however, Biden has been more moderate. After major legislation to curb police brutality and institutional racism stalled in Congress, the president signed an executive order to make modest reforms. He also has said repeatedly that, rather than heed calls by some progressives to cut funding for law enforcement, the answer should be more police funding.

More recently, the president angered liberal Democrats by failing to veto Republican-championed legislation reversing new, local crime regulations in the nations capital and approving a major oil drilling project in Alaska.

Biden campaign aides say hes shown flexibility to best respond to ongoing political and policy challenges. And Rocha said that Gallego will benefit from Bidens 2024 campaign, which should rely heavily on promoting his administrations legislative accomplishments and how they benefited working-class families in swing states like Arizona.

But some progressives say the White House should take notice of the movements down-ballot wins.

I hope hes paying attention, said Hannah Riddle, director of candidate services for the activist group the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Running on economic populism is a winning strategy. And that model can be replicated all over the country.

___ Weissert reported from Washington.

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A big-time developer, a fiscally conservative former mayor, a few well-connected lobbyists, and some economists walk into a conference room. Is there any reason to think theyll walk out with an equitable tax plan for D.C.?

Thats what a growing swath of D.C.s left-wing groups are wondering as they keep tabs on the citys Tax Revision Commission, a specially assembled panel of experts meant to guide D.C.s future tax policy. The groups recommendations wont be ready before the Council passes the 2024 budget that lawmakers are debating now, but they will surely have an outsize influence on leaders long-term plans for coping with the myriad ways COVID has reshaped the economy.

And thats why the recent rhetoric of some of the TRCs 11 members has become so concerning to D.C.s more progressive budget watchers. Lawmakers are unlikely to take up any major tax changes this year, but if commercial real estate values keep declining and eating away at the citys property tax revenues, theyll likely need to do something to reorient how D.C. funds its government. But the TRC, stacked with representatives of the business community and political establishment and chaired by mayor-turned-business booster Anthony Williams, could recommend against any tax hikes that would impact big companies or wealthy residents and provide cover for Mayor Muriel Bowsers recent turn toward austerity.

In spite of the clear mandate to center racial equity in the TRC purposes and outcomes, commissioners have made concerning public comments that demonstrate an unwillingness to increase taxes on the wealthy, antipathy for business regulations, and contempt for D.C. residents that struggle to make ends meet, a coalition of 35 of the Districts leading progressive groups, including the Fair Budget Coalition, Empower DC, and Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, write in a letter to the TRC released Tuesday. Labor and grassroots organizations are missing completely from representation on the commission, while powerful business interests are at the table and overrepresented.

A variety of D.C. progressives watching the commissions meetings have been noting commissioners comments with alarm for months before this Tax Day missive and forwarded them to Loose Lips. For instance, in March, Gregory McCarthy, the top lobbyist for the Washington Nationals and a former Williams aide, said outright that I dont have any appetite for raising taxes and wondered whether the city could target some relief to those sectors that we think would be the job drivers. David Catania, the former councilmember and current lobbyist, similarly mused at an October meeting that we need to spend as much time trying to create wealth as we do trying to redistribute it, not exactly the most subtle way to argue against a progressive tax structure.

Unlike other cities and states, the competition is so close by, Jodie McLean, the politically connected head of Union Market developer Edens, said at the TRCs March meeting, raising the distinctly dubious threat of tax flight. Is it a foregone conclusion we have to raise revenues?

Its probably no great surprise to see this kind of talk among commission members considering its composition; Bowser got to appoint five members, and she picked Catania, McLean, Williams, attorney James Hudson, and Carolyn Rudd, a past board chair of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson picked the others, and while his selections were slightly more ideologically diverse, he only picked one true progressive in Erica Williams, head of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Mendo also named McCarthy; Rahsaan Bernard, president of Building Bridges Across the River; Yesim Taylor, executive director of the DC Policy Center; and Rashad Young, Bowsers former city administrator and current Howard University lobbyist. D.C. Chief Financial Officer Glen Lee rounds out the group as an advisory member.

The question is what kind of report theyll ultimately deliver to Bowser and the Council; Nick Johnson, the TRCs executive director, tells LL the current plan is to have something ready by the end of the year.

They could either pass a conservative fever dream report that has the wish lists of these big business lobbyistsor they could try to do something more tempered that strikes an even-handed approach of looking to create equity in the tax code and not trying to put the finger on the scale for certain industries or businesses, says Sam Rosen-Amy, who has been watching the TRC closely and was chief of staff to former At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman, a leader among the Councils left wing when she served.

Commission members insist that even-handedness is their goal, and that tax increases are far from off the table. Taylor, a former staffer in the CFOs office before launching the D.C. Policy Center with the influential Federal City Councils backing, tells LL she expects a combination of revenue raisers where the economic base is strong and revenue reductions where the economic base is weak among the groups final recommendations. (Williams is the executive director of the Federal City Council.)

In fact, Taylor expects the citys economic situation will grow so precarious in the coming years that some tax increases will likely be unavoidableMetros looming $700 million budget deficit alone will require the city to collaborate with the other jurisdictions to find some funding, which could come in the form of new regional taxes, she says. Add in a loss of federal COVID relief funding and further declines in property tax collections, and Taylor expects the city will have to get creative.

Were talking about big, big, big dollar amounts here, Taylor says. Its not $30 million here, $20 million there, its hundreds of millions of dollars disappearing.

Johnson notes that the commission has already drafted up a broad range of ideas for the group to consider, and those include everything from tax breaks to tax hikes (even more progressive ideas like increasing the capital gains tax rate and a tax on extreme wealth made the list). His ultimate goal is to see a report that is something that lots of folks across the spectrum can buy into, focusing more on what is the right mix of taxes? for the city to assess versus how high rates must be.

He also cautioned that the group wont be touching thorny, yet related questions about things like government spending or regulations (and thats probably good news for nervous lefties, considering that Catania, McLean, Rudd, and Williams all railed against the dangers of overregulation in the commissions October meeting, which helped set off alarm bells among the progressive set).

Still, some activists cant help but wonder if this group will really take the prospect of tax hikes on the wealthy seriously, considering it would directly affect many of their clients (not to mention their own pocketbooks). Some of the TRCs dismissive attitude toward hearing from the public has also rubbed advocates the wrong way. In October, Williams complained of the de rigueur process of seeing the regular suspects come in with their pre-scripted remarks, while Catania referred to the prospect of allowing public comment as part of the citys rich tradition of open-mic nights where no good deed goes un-waterboarded. Johnson observes that the TRC has outlined plans for a series of public hearings through the summer, including one specifically for progressive groups on Friday, but those previous comments have spurred fears that the group wont take criticism seriously.

We raised revenue two years ago from our highest-income earners, individuals who make a quarter-million dollars or more a year, and some folks screamed bloody murder about a really modest increase, says Mat Hanson, chief of staff for DC Action, one of the groups to sign the letter to the TRC. And so I think we have to be prepared for something like that, even when were asking folks to pay their fair shares.

Theres nothing binding the Council to listen to the commission, of course, and the bodys leftward tilt over the past few years suggests it might not be the most receptive audience to more conservative recommendations. Once the TRC delivers its report, its completely up to the mayor and Council to take its recommendations or discard them.

But past experience suggests that leaders will give serious deference to the TRC as they craft the fiscal year 2025 budget and more. The city has established four such commissions dating back to 1977, and all of them have been generally embraced by past mayors and Councils; the most recent commission, which wrapped up in 2014 and was also chaired by Williams, inspired changes like cuts to the income tax for middle-income earners and a higher threshold for the imposition of the estate tax. Even the hotly debated yoga tax, an increase in the sales tax rate for gyms and health clubs that Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry once confused for a yogurt tax, was included among the commissions recommendations.

This latest edition of the TRC has already earned plenty of public deference too. In the debate over the tax on high-income residents that Hanson references, detractors like Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto urged her colleagues give the Tax Revision Commission a chance to do its job before making any tax changes. D.C. Chamber of Commerce CEO Angela Franco made a similar plea in a March op-ed, citing the citys uncertain financial situation, while Mendelson told reporters in April that hed be hesitant to fiddle with tax policy until the commission issues its report.

That rhetoric could evaporate in a flash, of course. Rosen-Amy notes that Mendelson proposed a tax on digital ad sales late in the budget process a few years back, only to withdraw it under intense pressure. But progressives see every reason to start gearing up for a fight now so as not to be caught off guard.

Its going to be really important to see how the Council reacts to these recommendations, Hanson says. And thats what theyll ultimately be: recommendations.

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CHICAGO (AP) For many progressives, the past decade has been littered withdisappointments. But recent down-ballot victories are providing hope of reshaping the Democratic Party from the bottom up, rather than from Washington.

In Chicago earlier this month, a former teacher's union organizerunexpectedly wonthe mayor's race. In St. Louis, progressives secured a majority on the municipal board. The next opportunities could lie in Philadelphia and Houston, which also hold mayoral elections this year.

The focus on lower-level contests already has helped progressives gain power and influence policy at a local level, organizers say, shaping issues such as the minimum wage. It also may help the movement find future stars, with today's city and county officials becoming tomorrow's breakout members of Congress and only moving further up the political ladder.

"Progressives have taken a look at how to be strategic and how to build power," said Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants who was a leading national voice for Vermont Sen.Bernie Sanders' 2016 and 2020 presidential bids. "If you look around and you say, 'Who is ready to run for president?' If your field is shallow, what do you have to do? You've got to build the bench."

This year's focus on state and local races follows years of incremental progress and some stinging setbacks. Sanders electrified the left with 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns that centered on bold calls foruniversal, government-funded health care. But he lost each time to rivals aligned with the Democratic establishment who advocated for a more cautious approach.

On Capitol Hill, progressive candidates successfully defeated several high-profile incumbents during the 2018 midterms and the election of candidates like New York Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But from New York to Michigan andOhioandTexas, prominent progressives were defeated during primary campaigns last year. And, as President Joe Biden nowgears up for reelection, he faces no serious challenge from the left.

READ MORE: Dems select Chicago for 2024 convention

Still, Sanders and others have left their mark, pushing mainstream Democrats to the left on key issues like combating climate change and forgiveness of student loan debt while inspiring some of those at the forefront of today's movement.

That includes Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, who appealed to a diverse and young electorate as he campaigned with Sanders and other top congressional progressives.

"Let's take this bold progressive movement around these United States of America," Johnson said in his victory speech.

Our Revolution, anactivist group which grew out of Sanders' 2016 White House bid, endorsed Johnson and progressive candidates who recently won three of four seats on the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen. That gave progressives a slim majority in a city where the mayor, Tishaura Jones, is also a self-described progressive.

Our Revolution said it activated its 90,000 members in Chicago an average of three times each to urge them to vote for Johnson, and made 100,000 phone calls in St. Louis. The group is also backing Helen Gym, a progressive former Philadelphia City Council member who is among roughly a dozen candidates competing in next month's Democratic mayoral primary.

"When we win on the ground in our cities, that's actually the blueprint, because we cannot wait for Congress," Gym said during a recent call with Our Revolution volunteers.

Our Revolution's executive director, Joseph Geevarghese, said local progressive organizing, including for races like school board, is more effective now than it has been in decades.

"We're building power, bottom up, city by city," Geevarghese said, adding that "in major metropolitan areas you've got credible progressive slates vying for power against the Democratic establishment."

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and a Democratic National Committee member, countered that there doesn't have to be tension between the party's left and moderate wings. She said Johnson called for addressing "quality of life issues" such as homelessness through consensus-building, rather than ideological confrontation.

"Every one of these cities are complicated places and you have to work together to get things done," Weingarten said. "You have to work with people you don't always agree with. And that is a strength and not a weakness."

It hasn't all been rosy for progressives. Moderate candidates topped progressive alternatives in last week'sDenver City Council races.

But there are more opportunities ahead. In the nation's fourth-largest city of Houston, Democratic Rep.Sheila Jackson Lee, who has been an outspoken progressive in Congress since she got there in 1995, is running for mayor.

And the left isn't abandoning congressional races.

Progressive champion Rep.Barbara Leeand fellow Democratic Rep.Katie Porter, who was a vocal supporter of Massachusetts Sen.Elizabeth Warren's progressive campaign for president in 2020, are among those running to replace retiring California Sen.Dianne Feinsteinnext year.

In Arizona, Democratic Rep.Ruben Gallego, a progressive 43-year-old Iraq war veteran and Spanish speaker who represents much of downtown Phoenix, is trying to unseat Sen.Kyrsten Sinema. She left the Democratic Party last year and, if she seeks reelection, would run as an independent.

"Working-class Democrats are getting elected, and corporate Democrats are not," said Chuck Rocha, a key architect of Sanders' 2016 campaign who heads Nuestro PAC, which has endorsed Gallego. But Rocha was quick to caution that Gallego isn't running as "a progressive or liberal savior."

"He's going to run as 'I was an enlisted Marine who had to sleep on my mama's couch until I got a bed in college' and has been a champion of working-class folks in the state of Arizona," Rocha said.

Questions about a resurgent Democratic left come as Bidenprepares to formally kickoff his reelection campaignand will have to decide how to frame his political vision and ideology to appeal to swing voters. After besting Sanders and Warren in the 2020 primary,Biden embracedmajor progressive goals, promoting expanding social programs and climate-change fighting green energy.

Biden eventually oversaw passage of dramatic federal spending increases, including onhealth care and green technology. He tried toforgive student loansfor millions of Americans, but saw the planchallengedin court.

On other issues, however, Biden has been more moderate. After major legislation to curb police brutality and institutional racism stalled in Congress, the presidentsigned an executive orderto make modest reforms. He also has said repeatedly that, rather than heed calls by some progressives to cut funding for law enforcement, the answer should bemore police funding.

More recently, the president angered liberal Democrats by failing to veto Republican-championed legislation reversing new, localcrime regulations in the nation's capitaland approving amajor oil drilling projectin Alaska.

Biden campaign aides say he's shown flexibility to best respond to ongoing political and policy challenges. And Rocha said that Gallego will benefit from Biden's 2024 campaign, which should rely heavily on promoting his administration'slegislative accomplishmentsand how they benefited working-class families in swing states like Arizona.

But some progressives say the White House should take notice of the movement's down-ballot wins.

"I hope he's paying attention," said Hannah Riddle, director of candidate services for the activist group the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. "Running on economic populism is a winning strategy. And that model can be replicated all over the country."

Weissert reported from Washington.

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Progressives focus on local-level wins to reshape Democratic Party from the bottom up - PBS NewsHour

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By Bernadette Hogan and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

April 13, 2023 | 8:08pm

Al Sharpton took a shot at progressives at a conference hosted by his National Action Network on Thursday, saying hes now in lockstep with Mayor Eric Adams on fighting big city crime.

Anybody that tells you theyre progressive but dont care about dealing with violent crimes are not, Sharpton said at the Sheraton New York hotel in Times Square. Progressive for who?

We gotta stop using progressive as a noun and use it as an adjective, he said. Youre labeled progressive but your action is regressive. Im woke? You must think Im asleep.

He said hes on board with Adams on the need for a national agenda around urban violence, urban crime and accountability.

Sharpton, who famously failed to endorse Adams mayoral run, due to concern over his NYPD background, came under fire last year for taking a get-touch stance on shoplifters an unexpected turn of events for the career liberal activist.

Hes seeing whats happening in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and its clear theres a public safety crisis across the country, political consultant Ken Frydman said Thursday. He wants to be a leading voice on that issue.

On Thursday, Sharpton introduced a panel of mayors for a discussion on rampant urban crime, with Adams, lame-duck Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, and former Pittsburgh Mayor Michael Mutter all taking the stage.

The panel was part of a five-day conference hosted by the NAN that is scheduled to include an address by Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday.

The urban crime discussion comes as some of the nations largest cities are struggling to keep a lid on crime, including Lightfoots Chicago and the Big Apple.

Lightfoot, who has come under fire for failing to reel in crime in the Windy City, blamed the media.

Those of you who are from outside of Chicago are like, Wait, I thought Chicago was the murder capital of the world. I thought Chicago was the most violent place that you cant walk down the street,' she said.

But the truth is and this is one of the biggest challenges we have to break through what the media wants to portray black-led cities as and tell the truth about whats actually happening in our streets.

All four mayors pushed for a holistic response to crime focused on education and community intervention and maintained that cops cant do it alone without mental health and other services.

Additional reporting by Kevin Sheehan

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