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2 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Over mean tweets? That doesn’t pass the straight face test when GOP happily let Richard Grenell serve as Acting Director of the Office of National Intelligence after approving him to serve as an ambassador 

 

What the hell kind of standard is this?

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Fuck anyone suggesting Mitt Fucking Romney or keeping Steve Fucking Mnuchin.

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Can he appoint Rand Paul to lead the department of fucking his own face? 

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4 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

I take it back. I started the newest Pod Save America and they said that Biden's chief economic advisor is a BlackRock executive. I'm interested again. I thought for sure he wouldn't just stock his cabinet with literal investment firm executives and would get that agenda through an end-around as a sop to centrists. But just straight up putting the investment firms in charge of the economy? That's bold leadership.

With Neera at OMB, she will have the ability to turn the OMB back into the main policy shop, like reagan did with Stockman. 

The Repubs are idiotic to threaten Neera - she is the "trickle down" queen of the Corporate Democratic Party (the same as the Republican Corporate Wing) and will do the austerity work wanted by the Corporate wings of both parties. 

I guess the billionaires didn't make enough money from Covid to quench their greed. Greed must be an unquenchable thirst for some:

  • As of November 17, the combined wealth of 647 U.S. billionaires increased by almost $960 billion since mid-March, the beginning of the pandemic lockdown — an increase of nearly $1 trillion in less than a year.
  • Since March, there are 33 new billionaires in the U.S.
  • Driving this exploding inequality are 12 companies whose profits are coming at the expense of workers and communities. These “Delinquent Dozen” companies are emblematic of the corporate greed that has grown rampant over the last 40 years. They include retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Target, and Dollar Tree and Dollar Store, gig economy companies like Instacart, and food producers like Tyson Foods. Also included is the investment giant BlackRock and private equity firms like Leonard Green Partners, Blackstone, Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co, Cerberus Capital, BC Partners, and CVC Capital Partners. 
  • These private equity firms own several essential health care, grocery, and pet supply companies. Their business model of extreme cost cutting and debt loading to squeeze extra profits is fundamentally incompatible with protecting workers and communities during a pandemic.
  • Ten billionaire owners of Delinquent Dozen companies have a combined worth of $433 billion. Since March 18, their combined personal wealth has ballooned by $127.5 billion, a 42 percent increase. These ten billionaires are Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Alice, Rob, and Jim Walton (Walmart), Apoorva Mehta (Instacart), John Tyson (Tyson Foods), Steve Schwarzman (Blackstone), Henry Kravis and George Roberts (KKR), and Steve Feinberg (Cerberus).

https://ips-dc.org/billionaire-wealth-vs-community-health/

Neera is vying to be the conduit for government socialism for these too big to fail trusts. 

Fuck Biden if he wants Neera for OMB. 

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The Obama/Biden administration did a magnificent job of funneling wealth to the top 1%, especially. Masterful stuff.

Tanden will help continue that proud tradition, but with some idpol cover.

And the liberals will spend most of their energy tracking Trump acting like an idiot out of office.

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5 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

The only hope we have is if centrists keep the religion they found during the primaries.

Keep hope alive, but brunch is of more importance to many in the burbs. Can't blame them - the last four years were an existential threat. There is going to be a natural proclivity for the status quo after that run. Neoliberal leaders never want a crisis to go to waste, so austerity is on the table. So - neoliberals say: Fuck the economics and the math - save the wealthy instead. Thanks Citizens United - you are the rope the nation uses to hang ourselves. 

We are repeating the 2016 mistakes all over again.

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There is no way the neoliberals back a Jobs Guarantee or UBI. 

I don't think they go that route, no. At least not all the way, I can see targeted jobs programs though. I think they use fiscal policy to drive employment.

 

I'm the biggest UBI proponent there is this side of Andrew Yang btw, so I sincerely hope that is on the table but I am not optimistic.

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7 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

Keep hope alive, but brunch is of more importance to many in the burbs. Can't blame them - the last four years were an existential threat. There is going to be a natural proclivity for the status quo after that run. Neoliberal leaders never want a crisis to go to waste, so austerity is on the table. So - neoliberals say: Fuck the economics and the math - save the wealthy instead. Thanks Citizens United - you are the rope the nation uses to hang ourselves. 

We are repeating the 2016 mistakes all over again.

Liberals going to brunch as progressives cry and whine...

 

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6 minutes ago, Texaspython said:

Tanden was a damn near perfect appointee for omb.

If you are a billionaire - correct. It means more of this:

 

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The disconnect between productivity and wages is the hallmark and goal of neoliberalism. More of the same begets more of the same economic suicide. Nice job liberals.

More importantly, how was brunch?

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1 hour ago, washparkhorn said:

If you are a billionaire - correct. It means more of this:

 

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The disconnect between productivity and wages is the hallmark and goal of neoliberalism. More of the same begets more of the same economic suicide. Nice job liberals.

More importantly, how was brunch?

The larger disconnect is between your brain and reality. But keep fighting those people on your side. It’s gonna get you something one day!

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On 11/8/2020 at 12:29 PM, bad_teammate said:

Georgia: 49.5% to 49.3%
Pennsylvania: 49.7% to 49.1%
Arizona: 49.5% to 49%
Wisconsin: 49.6% to 48.9%

Those 4 states (52 electoral votes) were decided by around 90k voters.

Omar got 64.5% of the vote
Ocasio-Cortez got 68.8%
Tlaib got 77.9%

Also curious to see the answer to this question.

You forgot Michigan and Nevada and there is no way your Pennsylvania numbers are correct.

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4 hours ago, washparkhorn said:

If you are a billionaire - correct. It means more of this:

 

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The disconnect between productivity and wages is the hallmark and goal of neoliberalism. More of the same begets more of the same economic suicide. Nice job liberals.

More importantly, how was brunch?

Show the graph from 2014 to 2020. Then explain how we are better off now. Don't forget to include the results from the  "china flu" inaction. Thanks 

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14 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

I disagree with this assertion.

Yes, I disagree with plenty of what the Democratic Party does but I don’t run around like a whiny bitch. I get this concept that we have to stick together in order to beat the real enemy. I also understand, like many others, that getting only what you want is for babies.

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9 minutes ago, Texaspython said:

Yes, I disagree with plenty of what the Democratic Party does but I don’t run around like a whiny bitch. I get this concept that we have to stick together in order to beat the real enemy. I also understand, like many others, that getting only what you want is for babies.

The "enemy" is beaten. It's time to govern, which also means holding our leadership responsible.

Wealth inequality is probably the single biggest problem with our country both now and into the future. Hiring a bunch of private equity bros to run his economic team is not a good start, even if just from an optics standpoint. We see hispanics and blue collar workers abandoning the Democratic party mostly because they're seeing that they're just as unlikely to help them and just as sycophantic towards the rich and corporations as the GOP is. This feels like more of the same slide down that slippery slope.

Despite wealth inequality being one of my hot button issues where I lean far more left than in other areas, I'm going to give it a bit more time before I get pissed off than b_t and others probably will. But it's not an ideal start.

The Democratic party, being the stupid fucking morons that they are, are probably going to let the GOP swipe the "party of the working and middle class" hat right off of their fat woke heads.

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3 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

The "enemy" is beaten. It's time to govern, which also means holding our leadership responsible.

Wealth inequality is probably the single biggest problem with our country both now and into the future. Hiring a bunch of private equity bros to run his economic team is not a good start, even if just from an optics standpoint. We see hispanics and blue collar workers abandoning the Democratic party mostly because they're seeing that they're just as unlikely to help them and just as sycophantic towards the rich and corporations as the GOP is. This feels like more of the same slide down that slippery slope.

Despite wealth inequality being one of my hot button issues where I lean far more left than in other areas, I'm going to give it a bit more time before I get pissed off than b_t and others probably will. But it's not an ideal start.

The future of the Democratic party is to be the party of the anti-rich. They seem to be either too stupid to care, or too beholden to their masters to change.

Elections come every two years. The point isn’t just to win but to hold power long enough to accomplish our shared goals. The progressive agenda didn’t fair well in Congressional races. At least not enough to win key swing districts and the senate. I’m not sure what you guys want from Biden other than some sort of 4 year suicide mission. What exactly does that accomplish?

But more importantly, what the hell are you guys talking about? One nominee out of his economic team spent some time in a private equity firm? So the f what. They’ve already stated their goals are  expanded guv spending, infrastructure, education, green economy and attacking racial economic disparities. They’re clear they want to raise Corp taxes and cap gains.

Why are you guys angry again? 

 

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Elections come every two years. The point isn’t just to win but to hold power long enough to accomplish our shared goals. The progressive agenda didn’t fair well in Congressional races. At least not enough to win key swing districts and the senate. I’m not sure what you guys want from Biden other than some sort of 4 year suicide mission. What exactly does that accomplish?

But more importantly, what the hell are you guys talking about? One nominee out of his economic team spent some time in a private equity firm? So the f what. They’ve already stated their goals are  expanded guv spending, infrastructure, education, green economy and attacking racial economic disparities. They’re clear they want to raise Corp taxes and cap gains.

Why are you guys angry again? 

 

It's more than one nominee.

And all of those issues are feel-good table stakes issues that don't do much for the working class, but make woke white people feel like they're doing something. They're issues that every Democrat in my lifetime has run on, and there has been zero progress made against income and wealth inequality. The real issues are in the tax code, education reform and student loan reform, election and ethics reform, elimination of corporate welfare, and healthcare (FWIW I am a fence-sitter on this one). But those are all third rail issues for them because their rich puppeteers won't let them touch them.

Green economy, infrastructure, and some token bill that sends some money to the inner cities are all bullshit issues to make people who aren't prepared to attack the real issues feel good. 

Nobody is angry. Well, maybe b_t is angry. Most everyone on this board is middle to upper-middle class so none of us have enough skin in the game to be angry. I'm dispirited because it looks like more of the same. Rich getting richer. Poor getting poorer. Ever-shrinking middle class getting squeezed by both sides.

I honestly don't give a fuck about the green economy. I don't give a fuck about infrastructure. What I care about is systemic change that will actually do something to help the 99% of us who aren't billionaires. 

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5 minutes ago, Texaspython said:

They’ve already stated their goals are  expanded guv spending, infrastructure, education, green economy and attacking racial economic disparities. They’re clear they want to raise Corp taxes and cap gains.

Why are you guys angry again? 

ugh, it's not what they stated recently, it's what they wrote in their senior thesis in 1986 then what they said in a video in 2001 that someone tweeted out in 2017 that got comments and retweets 4 months ago.  focus, people.

jokes aside, fox news basically did this exact thing last week.  

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11 minutes ago, Texaspython said:

Elections come every two years. The point isn’t just to win but to hold power long enough to accomplish our shared goals. The progressive agenda didn’t fair well in Congressional races. At least not enough to win key swing districts and the senate. I’m not sure what you guys want from Biden other than some sort of 4 year suicide mission. What exactly does that accomplish?

But more importantly, what the hell are you guys talking about? One nominee out of his economic team spent some time in a private equity firm? So the f what. They’ve already stated their goals are  expanded guv spending, infrastructure, education, green economy and attacking racial economic disparities. They’re clear they want to raise Corp taxes and cap gains.

Why are you guys angry again? 

 

I’m sorry I made fun of you Ms. Tanden. 

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4 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

Green economy, infrastructure, and some token bill that sends some money to the inner cities are all bullshit issues to make people who aren't prepared to attack the real issues feel good. 

Green economy and infrastructure are two of the major keys to the future success of the national and global economy, but ok. 

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4 minutes ago, BradInATX said:

It's more than one nominee.

And all of those issues are feel-good table stakes issues that don't do much for the working class, but make woke white people feel like they're doing something. They're issues that every Democrat in my lifetime has run on, and there has been zero progress made against income and wealth inequality. The real issues are in the tax code, education reform and student loan reform, election and ethics reform, elimination of corporate welfare, and healthcare (FWIW I am a fence-sitter on this one). But those are all third rail issues for them because their rich puppeteers won't let them touch them.

Green economy, infrastructure, and some token bill that sends some money to the inner cities are all bullshit issues to make people who aren't prepared to attack the real issues feel good. 

Nobody is angry. Well, maybe b_t is angry. Most everyone on this board is middle to upper-middle class so none of us have enough skin in the game to be angry. I'm dispirited because it looks like more of the same. Rich getting richer. Poor getting poorer. Ever-shrinking middle class getting squeezed by both sides.

I honestly don't give a fuck about the green economy. I don't give a fuck about infrastructure. What I care about is systemic change that will actually do something to help the 99% of us who aren't billionaires. 

Sure, carried interest and the like are toxic to the middle class yet we’ve got progressives clamoring to increase marginal tax rates on ordinary income. Talk about a reason why we lose more middle class to upper middle class voters. Progressives want to tax working people to death who put their pants on everyday and work their ass off. 

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7 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Green economy and infrastructure are two of the major keys to the future success of the national and global economy, but ok. 

Sure. And they'll happen as needed. The market is largely forcing the green economy, and infrastructure is a both sides thing. Putting them on your platform on your website doesn't do anything for me. Again, table stakes. Do they feel like we should throw them a parade for putting "we don't want to exterminate all non-whites as policy" on their website as well? Infrastructure and green economy are baseline issues. They shouldn't be celebrated, they should be expected.

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