It has been so frustrating to hear people claim that Biden has been "progressive" when he not only bailed on the most concrete and specific planks of his promised economic policies, but, even more significantly, failed even to continue to bring them up as goals.
Agree with your comments, just hoping the key goal here is to get elected, and pull through enough down ballet people to have control of the house and maintain control of senate. Once in office, there is ample room for policy creep. If the public really does support progressive programs, they will succeed. Also, any aggressive progressive plans laid out now will be targets for attack by the toxic Trump/Vance campaign. Finally, be aware that polls are notoriously unreliable, re how progressive the majority of undecideds are, and the only people whose opinions matter are the ones who make it to the voting booth on election day, a group that the pollsters have trouble predicting.
I had to demade $18 over $15 PER HOUR from my boss in a letter I wrote and he took a week after reading my letter asking him for a raise and a truly horrible argument over it for him to finally consider it..and truly.. in California....it sti!l was not enough..this is so sad!! those of us that make the commercial wheels of the USA work are literally homeless and starving while working full time jobs.. this was me for 6 years in California during the financial crisis! my life was totally ruined by it !
It has been so frustrating to hear people claim that Biden has been "progressive" when he not only bailed on the most concrete and specific planks of his promised economic policies, but, even more significantly, failed even to continue to bring them up as goals.
Thank you for this piece, it really shows how the current platform is the definition of "lipstick on a pig".
Agree with your comments, just hoping the key goal here is to get elected, and pull through enough down ballet people to have control of the house and maintain control of senate. Once in office, there is ample room for policy creep. If the public really does support progressive programs, they will succeed. Also, any aggressive progressive plans laid out now will be targets for attack by the toxic Trump/Vance campaign. Finally, be aware that polls are notoriously unreliable, re how progressive the majority of undecideds are, and the only people whose opinions matter are the ones who make it to the voting booth on election day, a group that the pollsters have trouble predicting.
I had to demade $18 over $15 PER HOUR from my boss in a letter I wrote and he took a week after reading my letter asking him for a raise and a truly horrible argument over it for him to finally consider it..and truly.. in California....it sti!l was not enough..this is so sad!! those of us that make the commercial wheels of the USA work are literally homeless and starving while working full time jobs.. this was me for 6 years in California during the financial crisis! my life was totally ruined by it !
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VERY INFORMATIVE RICHARD!
Excellent explainer, R.J.