balderdashThe Lesser Evil
_chrisDems are beholden to billionaires. They just don’t want to be as obvious as Republicans.
It’s not liberals versus conservatives.
It’s the rich versus the rest.
There’s a lot more of us than there are of them.
FiniteBanjoDNC platform is tax the rich, raise minimum wage, and fund social programs. They have had 48 or less senators for over 13 years, currently 45. The last time they had 58 for less than two months they caucused with 2 independents to pass Medicaid. They would have launched a Public Option identical to Germany’s healthcare if not for one of those independents opposing it.
DNC is liberal, DNC is on our side, Vote DNC. Or, if an independent polls higher, then vote for them because at least they’re not a Republican and removing every single Republican should be our goal.
DNC platform is tax the rich, raise minimum wage, and fund social programs.
And their campaign promises have so much value, clearly.
And I feel more and more that they only say these are their platforms because they have absolutely no chance of pulling any of it off so it’s safe to promise but they won’t be required to do the negotiating and political work to make it happen, especially if the entire party isn’t aligned behind the goal. It’s very easy to make promises for things but so far none of that has panned out on a federal level.
they have absolutely no chance intention of pulling any of it off
I corrected this slightly, but you’re right. They know that none of it is actually going to get done, and they have the excuses already lined up: not enough votes, obstruction, filibuster, parliamentarian, etc. etc. etc.
It’s the same reason some billionaires insist that they support higher taxation on themselves, because they know it is never going to happen.