25
Seven ways Democrats can help ordinary Americans and stand up to the oligarchs (www.motherjones.com)
submitted 12 hours ago by [M] to c/politics@sh.itjust.works
12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
  • Stop funding the war
  • Roll back Trump’s tariffs on Canada (and more)
  • Stop taxing low and moderate incomes
  • Restore Medicaid, SNAP, and Obamacare subsidies
  • Restore the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Pass Medicare for All
  • Cap tax breaks for private retirement savings
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 8 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

I can't believe how pathetic it is that California failed to pass the billionaire tax or that Gavin Newsom thinks he can win president after helping sabotage it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 2 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

    Washington State did. It's not all a loss.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago* (2 children)

    Yeah but California needs to stop hallucinating that it represents any kind of political vision for the rest of the US, it is a state dominated by a cynical cult of computers that worships the "inevitable" power of the people who own them and I think much of California's culture mistakes this cult for some kind of futuristic tech movement when it is clearly just neofuedalism...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    It's not that black and white. California has done a lot of good for the country, but yeah, this not passing sucks too.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago*

    Yes, California is a big diverse state with many nuances, doesn't mean California hasn't repeatedly stabbed the US (and the rest of the world for that matter) in the back because of a pseudo-religious fealty to the power of bigtech companies and techbro billionaires.

    Same for Washington, but we passed the bill, even with Microslop based here.

    California thinks it has its shit together and it does not.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent