@MaryVal@PhilipReichert Homeschool kids are by far dumber. Look at Nick Shirley. He didn't know what 'benevolent' meant, and he can't spell basic words.
@hutchinson Hutch, why do you think neoliberals are they only ones entitled to the Democratic party? Neoliberals took it over when Bill Clinton was elected. They've failed to provide the things voters want, so it seems natural progressives that will would win elections.
@KyleKulinski Remember all the times Mike Johnson met with Democratic party operatives before taking power to see how well they could work with Democrats to get things done for the American people?
You don't either, because not a single Republican would lift a finger to work with a Democrat
Just to recap: Congress members who get $174k a year in publicly-funded pay, publicly-funded health care, publicly-funded pensions, publicly-funded travel, and unlimited publicly-funded vacation and sick time think $300 a week for unemployment is "too socialist."
* Dems win power.
* Moderate Dems refuse to let Dems use power.
* Dems lose power.
* Moderate Dems blame progressives for being too radical.
* ad infinitum
We are at step 2 of the cycle.
Literally the world's dumbest fucking people - the absolute dumbest, can't get dumber - are those who don't just claim but really believe Wall St. firms pay powerful politicians gigantic sums for banal 45 minute speeches because they want their wisdom rather than their servitude:
If Democrats fold on the filibuster and start negotiating the stimulus down, that will be a complete betrayal of the American people and a political disaster.
@brianschatz Easy solution: get rid of the filibuster. No excuses. Stop handicapping yourselves. Steamroll the Republican party, not only because it's the right thing to do, but because it's what they would do to you, and you know it. No excuses, Brian.
When we doubled our minimum wage to $70k, we didn't raise fees 1 cent on our small-business customers.
How? I slashed my CEO pay, we saved big on costs like turnover/training and our happy employees drove in more business.
A higher minimum wage can work without higher prices.