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In reply to the discussion: '$2,000 Means $2,000: Ocasio-Cortez Says $1,400 Payments in Biden Plan Fall Short of Promised Relief [View all]Demsrule86
(71,555 posts)is even inaugurated. The fact is with the dismal employment numbers , we might get extended unemployment increased, and another $1400...but given the fact we are 50/50l, it won't be easy. And we have conservadems and moderate Dems who may not vote for some of what we want. AOC and others needs to understand we have a bare majority and maybe two years to get what we can which IMHO...goes like this: Pandemic help-including financial and getting the vaccine out, Fix the ACA by adding a public option-that is one of the reasons we won Georgia/Medicare was not expanded there, Shore up Social Security and Medicare-now on the verge of bankruptcy, get a $15.00 minimum passed,Green new deal using jobs...make Green energy a job creator, a national registry for police and send police misconduct into federal court and take it away from states...add a Senate trial and we have our hands full...let's get policy instead of fighting.
This sort of thing is why I would never vote for AOC in a Democratic presidential primary. Unity is essential if we are to beat the GOP. I value party loyalty more than ideology. In the end, it is what moves our party forward or in the absence stops us cold as happened in 10...we had six years of nothing after that...thanks to losing the House...and it was a self inflicted wound powered by those who demanded what could not be won through legislation. Let's learn from our recent history.