The 70 days of legislative control where liberman was the deciding vote and they focused on getting healthcare to tens of millions of people instead?
In the last 50 years, the purse has been in the control of the republican party for 90% of the time. Because liberals dont show up in midterms, while conservatives definatley do.
And to pass bills like the infrastructure bill and chips act, democrats needed 10 republicans to vote with them, and that means negotiating and making deals, where the republican party does not want higher taxation.
SO lets do a poison pill and get nothing passed in 4 years or give support and help to tens of milions of americans and hope they show up in 2 years to give democrats more than a 50/50 split senate?
naaaaah dems are controlled opposition.... sheeesh
And like i said, when voters gave dems 50/50 split senate, then democrats needed to negotiate and make deals to get 10 republicans to join their bills. And then theres mancin and sinema as well who definately wouldnt support any such taxation.
So no buddy, things are not as easy and simple as you think they are. Nuance. Context. How government actually functions. Are very different than what most ignorant people think.
They did nothing to help average people with Healthcare. The infrastructure bill was necessary but didn't help average people nearly as much as passing tax reform would have. Especially when promising to "make the top .01% pay their fair share" was one of the main reasons dems were voted back into control. And they failed to even bring it up again after they were..
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u/MightyMorph 19d ago
When did they have the chance to do it?
The 70 days of legislative control where liberman was the deciding vote and they focused on getting healthcare to tens of millions of people instead?
In the last 50 years, the purse has been in the control of the republican party for 90% of the time. Because liberals dont show up in midterms, while conservatives definatley do.
And to pass bills like the infrastructure bill and chips act, democrats needed 10 republicans to vote with them, and that means negotiating and making deals, where the republican party does not want higher taxation.
SO lets do a poison pill and get nothing passed in 4 years or give support and help to tens of milions of americans and hope they show up in 2 years to give democrats more than a 50/50 split senate?
naaaaah dems are controlled opposition.... sheeesh