100% right, Mike. Voters want to elect people who will make real, substantive changes that noticeably improve their lives. Cut the baby steps. Stand up, speak out, make change that really counts. Take the cap off social security taxes (which only benefits the rich) to make ss secure, pass real UNIVERSAL health care and go back to a truly progressive tax structure to pay for it. Tax capital gains as ordinary income, get rid of carried interest and other provisions written to make the rich richer. We don’t want a country ruled by and for billionaires. I’m for capitalism that is regulated in the public interest, with a level playing field, not the crony capitalism we have today that has been bought and paid for with political contributions. Take away corporate personhood, eliminate Citizens United, reform the Corrupt Supreme Court, enforce real ethics rules, get rid of gerrymandering nationwide and maximize the number of competitive Congressional Districts, and pass a national boting rights bill. A good starting agenda for the vast majority if Americans!
I'm sick of the oldthink that dominates in the Dem party. If Illinois had a Working Families Party I'd join. We don't, of course, because Chicago politics is mired in oldthink.
Schumer Is backing an independent candidate here in Montana over Democrats. The independent candidate won't even say he's for or against the war- he says he can see points on either side, when recently asked about his thoughts. Women have credibly accused him of misogynistic statements, like: smile more, lose weight, wear pretty dresses, during his tenure as University of Montana president. This is how low Chuck Schumer has fallen.
In other cultures, there is the notion of the "pure fool" or the "holy fool", whose emergence signals the collapse of the system and its replacement with something mystically different, sanctified by the purity or holiness of the fool, if not indeed by his foolishness per se. This is the genre of discourse around Platner, as it was Fetterman before him. Platner will go the way of Fetterman because his incentives will be precisely the same. A more meaningful parallel would be "Joe the Plumber", who was not a plumber and whose name was not Joe. The whole trope is disgusting and we should force the Republicans to have a monopoly on it, because it discredits everything it touches.
In other cultures, there is the notion of the "pure fool" or the "holy fool", whose emergence signals the collapse of the system and its replacement with something mystically different, sanctified by the purity or holiness of the fool, if not indeed by his foolishness per se. This is the genre of discourse around Platner, as it was Fetterman before him. Platner will go the way of Fetterman because his incentives will be precisely the same. A more meaningful parallel would be "Joe the Plumber", who was not a plumber and whose name was not Joe. The whole trope is disgusting and we should force the Republicans to have a monopoly on it, because it discredits everything it touches.
This is a very astute insight into the mediocrity of the establishment Democrats these days. It reminds me of folks who beat their heads against a wall, and then do it again while expecting something to change.
More and more Americans are fed up with either political party's establishment, as Mike writes, and increasingly look for candidates who talk about policies, not politics. Policy debates during the midterms must spotlight public banking at all levels of government. Please subscribe to the Public Banking Institute (https://publicbankinginstitute.org) to get the latest public banking news and insights delivered to your inbox: https://publicbankinginstitute.org/newsletter-sign-up/
100% right, Mike. Voters want to elect people who will make real, substantive changes that noticeably improve their lives. Cut the baby steps. Stand up, speak out, make change that really counts. Take the cap off social security taxes (which only benefits the rich) to make ss secure, pass real UNIVERSAL health care and go back to a truly progressive tax structure to pay for it. Tax capital gains as ordinary income, get rid of carried interest and other provisions written to make the rich richer. We don’t want a country ruled by and for billionaires. I’m for capitalism that is regulated in the public interest, with a level playing field, not the crony capitalism we have today that has been bought and paid for with political contributions. Take away corporate personhood, eliminate Citizens United, reform the Corrupt Supreme Court, enforce real ethics rules, get rid of gerrymandering nationwide and maximize the number of competitive Congressional Districts, and pass a national boting rights bill. A good starting agenda for the vast majority if Americans!
Done with Schumer!
I'm sick of the oldthink that dominates in the Dem party. If Illinois had a Working Families Party I'd join. We don't, of course, because Chicago politics is mired in oldthink.
Schumer Is backing an independent candidate here in Montana over Democrats. The independent candidate won't even say he's for or against the war- he says he can see points on either side, when recently asked about his thoughts. Women have credibly accused him of misogynistic statements, like: smile more, lose weight, wear pretty dresses, during his tenure as University of Montana president. This is how low Chuck Schumer has fallen.
In other cultures, there is the notion of the "pure fool" or the "holy fool", whose emergence signals the collapse of the system and its replacement with something mystically different, sanctified by the purity or holiness of the fool, if not indeed by his foolishness per se. This is the genre of discourse around Platner, as it was Fetterman before him. Platner will go the way of Fetterman because his incentives will be precisely the same. A more meaningful parallel would be "Joe the Plumber", who was not a plumber and whose name was not Joe. The whole trope is disgusting and we should force the Republicans to have a monopoly on it, because it discredits everything it touches.
In other cultures, there is the notion of the "pure fool" or the "holy fool", whose emergence signals the collapse of the system and its replacement with something mystically different, sanctified by the purity or holiness of the fool, if not indeed by his foolishness per se. This is the genre of discourse around Platner, as it was Fetterman before him. Platner will go the way of Fetterman because his incentives will be precisely the same. A more meaningful parallel would be "Joe the Plumber", who was not a plumber and whose name was not Joe. The whole trope is disgusting and we should force the Republicans to have a monopoly on it, because it discredits everything it touches.
This is a very astute insight into the mediocrity of the establishment Democrats these days. It reminds me of folks who beat their heads against a wall, and then do it again while expecting something to change.
More and more Americans are fed up with either political party's establishment, as Mike writes, and increasingly look for candidates who talk about policies, not politics. Policy debates during the midterms must spotlight public banking at all levels of government. Please subscribe to the Public Banking Institute (https://publicbankinginstitute.org) to get the latest public banking news and insights delivered to your inbox: https://publicbankinginstitute.org/newsletter-sign-up/