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In reply to the discussion: "But we couldn't *possibly* have gotten single payer!" [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)about it.
This 'what did you do about it' meme, is the WRONG question when one understands what the role of a citizen is as opposed to the role of the person/people they elect to represent them.
Here's what I assume Manny and most Democrats I know did about it:
1) Worked pretty damn hard to elect Democrats to speak for them in Congress.
It worked, we got a majority.
2) Called those Reps and wrote to them frequently to let them know the will of the people.
3) Watched the process closely and contacted them to let them know they had the support of the people.
What did THEY do?
Well some of them were WONDERFUL, they knew that a PO was a compromise, but perhaps the first step that was possible.
If you were watching too, you know who fought for it and who didn't.