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26. So are you against the ACA and Student Debt relief?

Fri Dec 2, 2022, 08:52 AM

Dec 2022

I mean those aren't "eliminating ALL student debt" or providing "free" health care, just affordable; but they are trying to address those issues and are getting a lot of resistance from Republicans.

Democracy is supposed to listen to the Will of the People, so defacto any solutions that are imagined will be somewhat "popular" because they reflect what most people want/need.

I guess what I view as Populism is promising a magic pill, versus creating a balanced tax structure that allows US to provide affordable health care and higher education.

And ALSO "promising to help farmers" then putting policies in place that hurt them instead. Bait and switch. Of USING those memes and then not doing anything about the problems.

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Thank you for posting. Populists of any kind are bad. betsuni Dec 2022 #19

Yeah, not 100% sure Walsh is "trustworthy" yet, but.... TigressDem Dec 2022 #22

It's not about Walsh. Populists of any kind are bad. Common sense. betsuni Dec 2022 #23

But isn't "populism" more of a knee jerk response to systemic issues? TigressDem Dec 2022 #24

Like populists promising to eliminate all student debt, provide free health care, etc., but the big betsuni Dec 2022 #25

So are you against the ACA and Student Debt relief? TigressDem Dec 2022 #26