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In reply to the discussion: I'm ready for a revolution [View all]Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)what's more, she won't need to get the approval of congress to make it happen.
She want's to help the poor.. there's charities out there that could use her $$ and help the poor. What's more she COULD use her Celeb and create a foundation for others like her to make a huge difference wherever she wants to make that difference at. You know, sort of like the Clinton foundation does.
Here's a good question, what's she done this season to change the landscape of congress? Sure she supports Bernie.. quite vocally, and in her recent interview, did it extremely well imo.. but what Senators, or Representatives in Democrat primaries has she spent time or money helping get elected to get the Democrat side more liberal or progressive? What Senators or representatives in GE battleground states has she gone on to assist in winning the seat that will give the majority in either chamber to Democrats?
Bernie doesn't have the establishment behind him. That's a given since that's the very thing he's running on. So, what's the plan for changing the establishment besides just putting a POTUS that is looking more and more likely to be the least effective/ most accomplish nothing POTUS in history?
Straight from his own site, this is these are his issues and platform:
INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY
IT'S TIME TO MAKE COLLEGE TUITION FREE AND DEBT FREE
GETTING BIG MONEY OUT OF POLITICS AND RESTORING DEMOCRACY
CREATING DECENT PAYING JOBS
A LIVING WAGE
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE TO SAVE THE PLANET
A FAIR AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION POLICY
RACIAL JUSTICE
FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
WORKING TO CREATE AN AIDS AND HIV-FREE GENERATION
FIGHTING FOR LGBT EQUALITY
EMPOWERING TRIBAL NATIONS
CARING FOR OUR VETERANS
MEDICARE FOR ALL
Of all of these.. There's 3x that can be partially implemented through executive order (and even those can be defunded with a hostile congress). Everything else will 100% require a congress to make happen... a Congress that currently is NOT going to exist with the 115th. Looking very unlikely with the subsequent 116th unless this "revolution" starts branching out NOW and starts focusing on MORE than the POTUS. Hell, the ONLY battle I've seen at all in Congress is to get DWS to lose her primary, and even THAT is more about Hillary than it is actually about changing Congress.
I "Get" your revolution. Until it at least gets as smart as the tea party, and starts aggressively going after changing congress (primary Democrats running for Congress who do not measure up, and get Democrats in battleground states elected), it's a joke at best.