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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
(68,552 posts)will destroy his presidency and help elect Republicans as early as 22...Some on the left who desire stronger progressive policies must understand we have a 50-50 majority in Congress. In order to have a majority we have six moderate to conservative senators and a slim majority in the House. There is policy we agree on that can be enacted in the next two years with compromise.
Let's do this and not attack Biden or the Congress. It is what it is. As a progressive I have a long list of things I want to see happen but as a realist, I know some of it won't happen. I have outlined my priorities in an earlier post on this thread. The fact that we don't stick together has influenced what we have accomplished when we held majorities which amounts to very little.
We enacted marriage equality and the ACA during eight years of the Obama administration; it could have been way more with unity and holding the Senate and the House. Let's do better this time. We really need to. I would remind you that Social Security and Medicare are on the verge of bankruptcy. Also, Trump has made it so those over 65 will not be able to obtain new drugs such as those used in fighting cancer with his tampering with prescription drug policy. People on the ACA had $15,000 out of pocket since subsidies were lowered or even ended.We have so policy that is so important= that must get done...let's unify and do it.