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Showing Original Post only (View all)so, do I have this right? The corporations win again, and rub our noses in it [View all]
They broke the Democratic agenda into two parts, one that corporations liked better, and one that the citizens liked better, with the promise that both parts had to pass, together.
Then, because corporations have to always win and never lose, and citizens have to always lose and never win, we pared the citizen's bill down to almost nothing.
And now, we will pass the corporations' bill nearly unchanged, plus the husk of the citizens' bill.
Just making sure that I'm perceiving this correctly, and that corporate America wins again and disciplines us citizens to expect nothing from government.
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so, do I have this right? The corporations win again, and rub our noses in it [View all]
ProfessorPlum
Oct 2021
OP
Apparently the hope for the infrastructure plan was an ol' fashioned barn-raising?
AZSkiffyGeek
Oct 2021
#9
True that... I am excited to pass the most sweeping legislation in my memory... I wasn't born
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#11
And when we have more Democrats perhaps that will change but not in a 50 50 Senate.
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#8
No you don't have it right...in what world is 1.7 trillion nothing...expanded ACA,PreK, increased
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#7
And I counter with new Pell grant spending, child care survives at least for a year and I
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#14
Did you ever here of medicare advantage? My sis in law is getting 100 bucks off of part B,
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#21
I know some don't like those plans but she has had a good experience. Also, when hubs was out of
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#26
I don't care about doctors...it is not like the old days ...when you knew your doctor.... so I
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#44
That is it... I don't know if voting rights gets done ...we need more Democrats...but we can tie
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#45
The promise was made to the donor class that nothing would fundamentally change.
aocommunalpunch
Oct 2021
#17
You are wrong...this is a big deal...This bill is ground breaking and I never expected to see
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#47
I know right...like the Great society...I don't see how folks are missing this...history will be
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#48
On climate, yeah, the corporations won - anything anti-fossil fuel out, but money for renewables in
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2021
#32