The DNC does not want to tax the rich and fund social programs, otherwise they would actually do it when they have functional majorities like a good portion of Obama’s tenure. They would whip people like Manchin and Sinema. They might campaign on some of these ideals but they do the exact opposite once in power. All they have going for them is a thin veneer of respectability. The exact point this meme is making.
The dems basically had 2 years, with a razor thin senate majority, to prevent a second Great Recession, and they passed massive healthcare reform for the uninsured.
And yes, they did sneak in some taxes for the rich during that. They killed Bush’s tax cuts and snuck some stuff in the ACA for high earners.
Actually the “massive health care reform” only further cemented private for profit health care instead of actually moving forward with a real solution: single payer. Sure it helped some people now, but it made the problem worst in the long run. It’s shortsighted at best, and malicious at worst.
Single payer was never going pass in 2008. Not enough dems to break the filibuster, and they needed 9 republicans to jump across the aisle to get to 60 votes.
If people voted in more dems, they’d be getting the healthcare plans that the rest of the modern world has.
I appreciate somebody in the comments actually knows how our government functions. The Dems have a lot of stuff to make up for and there’s more than a few really shitty corpo stooges but they’ve legitimately done a lot of good with what they had to work with. If we get another election like this past midterm we should see great things. Thank you again, Gen Z. You really turned out this past election cycle.
The first person to truly float insurance reform was a republican. Romney Care. The DEMs literally went no further than Republicans. That tells you how much they truly tried. Not a lot.
And you can thank the Republicans and Joe Lieberman for that. When Obama was elected he walked a very middle line, since he was the first black man to be president, he didn’t want to be viewed as the ABM (Angry Black Man). So when the first draft of the ACA was introduced (as single payer) he welcomed his GOP “colleagues” to help amend the bill and pass a bipartian bill, showing that he can work with those he disagreed with. Hence the ample time of 2 years. Some of their suggestions were actually added and modified to show goodwill and was still light years better than what we had before. However two unforseen catastrophies happened during that time.
Ted Kennedy died and his seat when to a Republican in a heavy/historically blue district which shocked many and made the Senate vote even more razor thin.
Joe Lieberman decided to go “independent” and worked with the GOP to gut most of the things that would have made the ACA great for citizens (like forcing insurance companies to compete against themselves). Because now his vote was the difference between it passing and failing.
So when complaining on much better it COULD have been look no further than the GOP and people like Joe Lieberman. Granted I wish Obama just said fuck y’all here’s what we’re passing but hindsight is always 20/20 especially in politics.
Binyamin Appelbaum (of “you worked for a company that was fixing bread prices” fame) wrote a book all about how liberals ushered conservative economics into our financial system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhUPzrJ1A8&t=2s
First off, the Democrats only had a majority for two years during Obama’s 8 years. Second, they have zero leverage over Sinema who’s not even running as a Democrat in the next election. Third, the liberal and progressive majority of the party hasn’t had a majority in congress for over a decade. The democrats are a big tent party that currently has to appeal to all non fascists, so of course there are conservatives in the party.
There’s a solid grain of truth to your assessment, as far too many Democrats aren’t willing to do what is necessary to prevent fascism from taking over. They make numerous mistakes. However, to paint all liberals as being against raising taxes on the rich and funding social programs is inaccurate. Some do believe social programs are necessary to maintain the government, capitalism, or liberal democracy. It’s not great, but it is better than neoliberalism.
The DNC does not want to tax the rich and fund social programs, otherwise they would actually do it when they have functional majorities like a good portion of Obama’s tenure. They would whip people like Manchin and Sinema. They might campaign on some of these ideals but they do the exact opposite once in power. All they have going for them is a thin veneer of respectability. The exact point this meme is making.
Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality.
In the wise words of Phil Ochs Love Me, Love Me, I’m a Liberal.
The dems basically had 2 years, with a razor thin senate majority, to prevent a second Great Recession, and they passed massive healthcare reform for the uninsured.
And yes, they did sneak in some taxes for the rich during that. They killed Bush’s tax cuts and snuck some stuff in the ACA for high earners.
How is that hypocritical at all?
Actually the “massive health care reform” only further cemented private for profit health care instead of actually moving forward with a real solution: single payer. Sure it helped some people now, but it made the problem worst in the long run. It’s shortsighted at best, and malicious at worst.
Single payer was never going pass in 2008. Not enough dems to break the filibuster, and they needed 9 republicans to jump across the aisle to get to 60 votes.
If people voted in more dems, they’d be getting the healthcare plans that the rest of the modern world has.
I appreciate somebody in the comments actually knows how our government functions. The Dems have a lot of stuff to make up for and there’s more than a few really shitty corpo stooges but they’ve legitimately done a lot of good with what they had to work with. If we get another election like this past midterm we should see great things. Thank you again, Gen Z. You really turned out this past election cycle.
These comments feel like a lot of people falling for the lie that “they’re all the same.” No, they’re not.
It just take more than putting in the minimum effort for a general election and then checking out.
The first person to truly float insurance reform was a republican. Romney Care. The DEMs literally went no further than Republicans. That tells you how much they truly tried. Not a lot.
And you can thank the Republicans and Joe Lieberman for that. When Obama was elected he walked a very middle line, since he was the first black man to be president, he didn’t want to be viewed as the ABM (Angry Black Man). So when the first draft of the ACA was introduced (as single payer) he welcomed his GOP “colleagues” to help amend the bill and pass a bipartian bill, showing that he can work with those he disagreed with. Hence the ample time of 2 years. Some of their suggestions were actually added and modified to show goodwill and was still light years better than what we had before. However two unforseen catastrophies happened during that time.
Ted Kennedy died and his seat when to a Republican in a heavy/historically blue district which shocked many and made the Senate vote even more razor thin.
Joe Lieberman decided to go “independent” and worked with the GOP to gut most of the things that would have made the ACA great for citizens (like forcing insurance companies to compete against themselves). Because now his vote was the difference between it passing and failing.
So when complaining on much better it COULD have been look no further than the GOP and people like Joe Lieberman. Granted I wish Obama just said fuck y’all here’s what we’re passing but hindsight is always 20/20 especially in politics.
Binyamin Appelbaum (of “you worked for a company that was fixing bread prices” fame) wrote a book all about how liberals ushered conservative economics into our financial system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhUPzrJ1A8&t=2s
Great piece, thank you!
First off, the Democrats only had a majority for two years during Obama’s 8 years. Second, they have zero leverage over Sinema who’s not even running as a Democrat in the next election. Third, the liberal and progressive majority of the party hasn’t had a majority in congress for over a decade. The democrats are a big tent party that currently has to appeal to all non fascists, so of course there are conservatives in the party.
There’s a solid grain of truth to your assessment, as far too many Democrats aren’t willing to do what is necessary to prevent fascism from taking over. They make numerous mistakes. However, to paint all liberals as being against raising taxes on the rich and funding social programs is inaccurate. Some do believe social programs are necessary to maintain the government, capitalism, or liberal democracy. It’s not great, but it is better than neoliberalism.
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