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Here is what the left means when we say Democrats don’t do enough for working class people, with examples, which eventually leaves the door open for voters to elect someone like Donald Trump or another fascist Republican.
1. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN:
They failed to make the Child Tax Credit permanent, even after proving it dramatically helped working class families deal with the cost of living. There were no structural wage increases or real labor reforms. The plan showed the government can reduce poverty quickly, but Democrats chose not to lock it in long term. People got a short window of relief and then got thrown right back into the same struggle.
2. INFLATION REDUCTION ACT:
They capped insulin only for seniors, leaving younger people with diabetes to keep paying outrageous prices. That sends the message that some people deserve relief while others are left to fend for themselves. Drug price negotiation was limited to a small number of medications, leaving most people still dealing with high costs. At the same time, a large portion of the money went to corporations that were already making billions instead of directly helping working people.
3. BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW:
This focused on long term infrastructure but did little for immediate financial relief. There were limited guarantees that jobs created would be union or high paying. It may help the economy on paper, but it does not address the day to day financial pressure people are actually dealing with.
4. CHIPS ACT:
This was heavy on subsidies for billion dollar corporations with weak labor conditions attached. There were no direct wage increases or meaningful cost reductions for everyday people. Once again, the benefits flowed through corporations first instead of going straight to the working class.
5. BUILD BACK BETTER:
This could have been a major win for working class people, but it never passed. It failed because Democrats within their own party blocked it. This is a pattern. Every time Democrats gain control, there are just enough within the party to stop the kind of structural change that would actually improve people’s lives.
The pattern with the Democratic Party is clear. They pass policies that offer temporary relief, and once that relief expires, working class people are right back where they started.
They continue to give tax subsidies and public money to corporations, hoping it will trickle down, even though history shows corporations use that money to benefit executives and shareholders, not workers.
They scale down bills that are supposed to help people, and they rely on means testing instead of making benefits universal and stable.
There are always enough Democrats to block real structural reforms on wages, healthcare, and labor rights.
That is why people say it is not that Democrats do nothing. It is that they consistently stop short of doing what is actually needed. And this is why voters have voter fatigue it end up staying home during important elections because they noticed the pattern that relief only comes temporarily when Democrats are in control and then once that relief is done their life goes back to getting harder. Democrats purposefully give people temporary relief to allow Republicans to return back to the rights of power and mess everything up again so the Democrats can come back and fix it again temporarily in the cycle starts again.
President Trump is sending more military power to the Middle East as Iran rejects our initial peace offers—setting the escalation trap.
We can avoid that trap if we are wise enough not to believe our own hype. Bombing Iranian equipment and killing leaders may produce great hype reels, but if the GWOT taught us anything, it is that tactical success does not equal strategic victory.
To avoid a major disaster, we must first define what is truly vital to our national interests and act accordingly—regardless of optics of the daily news cycle.
We need the Strait of Hormuz open so oil can flow and stability can return to the energy markets and the Gulf region. These are realistic, achievable goals. They can be reached by significantly reducing our military footprint in the region and lifting sanctions on Iran. We can then tout Iran’s agreement not to build a nuclear weapon as a clear win for the media.
The key to avoiding the escalation trap and a disastrous quagmire is restraining Israel by drastically limiting the military aid we provide. Israel cannot sustain this fight without us, and will do everything they can to keep us engaged. We must pursue our own objectives, not theirs.
If we try to impose a maximalist outcome on Iran (zero enrichment, etc.) this war will undoubtedly escalate—costing American lives, billions more dollars, and ultimately eroding our global standing.
We must learn from our past and recognize when it is time to cut our losses and walk away. In the end, working to restore order will strengthen America far more than any military action ever could.
I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is.
This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple.
April 8. Never forget.
So let’s get this straight: every single one of #Iran’s nuclear activities has been under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Iran has not used its missiles or drones to attack any country. Meanwhile, the so-called Israeli regime, widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, does not allow any #IAEA inspections, yet continues bombing and carrying out assassinations across multiple countries in the region.
The schools, hospitals, and factories that were bombed by the United States and the Israeli regime were not hidden underground; everyone saw them being struck in plain sight.
For over twenty years, the world has been told the same story about an “imminent Iranian nuclear threat.” And now, suddenly, there is an attack. Why now? Because there is an administration in the United States that appears to have embraced Netanyahu’s narrative, disrupting the global economy and costing thousands of lives in the process.
You know as well as we do that Iran is not a threat to any country, while Israel is the greatest threat in the world. But for both obvious and hidden reasons, you have been willing to sacrifice Americans for Israel.
HamICE extremists are hiding beneath Minnesota hospitals to obscure Somali ownership of the land. We will not tolerate this. Somalis have the right to defend themselves from terror.