'$2,000 Means $2,000: Ocasio-Cortez Says $1,400 Payments in Biden Plan Fall Short of Promised Relief

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148. Unity does not entail all muffling of criticism or suggestion

This never questioning is what pulled the party to the Right over the years. Our betters know better and all that rot.

It's time we start pulling Left a bit. People need help. We need people to push for that.

If Biden's bill ends at $1400, awesome. But someone in our party should always be pushing for more for the people. This, "Welp, that's what we get! Don't ask for more!" attitude is counterproductive hogwash. If we can't push for more now, in a historic state of difficulty among Americans, when can we?

Lord. As a gay man participant in the LGBT movement my entire adult life, I have heard this attitude so many times. Don't push! Don't criticize! Now's not the time! There are elections!

It was said every year, every fucking minute of every fucking day. Keep quiet. Mind your betters. Don't rock the boat. Don't ask for more. Always by straight people.

Bull to the shit. That attitude is the losing one. How can people want to vote for you if you are forever tell them to keep quiet and don't ask for better?

And all this gnashing about criticism is over the mildest of things. No one's really even attacking Biden. Just putting a little pressure on, making a suggestion. If this is enough to generate all this hand-wringing, I suggest it is going to be a very, very long four years for people who rankle at the slightest slanted word.