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Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« on: October 16, 2021, 01:33:25 pm »
Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
By Scott Wong and Mike Lillis - 10/16/21 06:05 AM EDT

Progressives have a new argument for why their push for a broad array of social benefit programs is the right approach for President Biden and Democrats: It will put Republicans in a prickly spot if they fight to end the benefits down the road.

Liberals maintain that once voters receive federal perks like expanded child tax credits and Medicare, family leave and free college tuition, they will demand that Congress extend those benefits when it comes time for them to sunset.

They point to former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as the blueprint.


That bill was unpopular when it passed but became politically difficult for Republicans to unwind, even when they held the White House and both chambers of Congress.

Of course, it also contributed greatly to the shellacking Obama and Democrats took in the 2010 midterms, when they lost their House majority in a historic defeat. Democrats now have a much slimmer majority, one they are in danger of losing next year.

Problems with ObamaCare’s rollout were also a factor in the party’s loss of the Senate in the 2014 midterms.

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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2021, 04:32:05 pm »
They’re not wrong. Look at SS and Medicare. Both fiscal disasters but hard now to reform

The problem the far left has is they don’t have the votes
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2021, 11:39:45 pm »
The nasty truth about Obamacare has been greatly aided and abetted by the media to keep the catastrophic bill from being forcibly erased.  Many people have lost their homes because of the Obamacare scam.  Its passing was about as legitimate as the last Pres election scam, and about as supported by the media on their knees Lewinskying Biden/Obama.
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2021, 11:44:48 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on October 16, 2021, 04:32:05 pm
They’re not wrong. Look at SS and Medicare. Both fiscal disasters but hard now to reform

The problem the far left has is they don’t have the votes

They will.
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2021, 12:19:17 am »
Go big or or go home.   Let them go home.
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2021, 03:41:55 am »
The problem with socialism is when you run out of other peoples money; I  believe Margaret Thatcher

Biden is trying to get us to run out of money better and faster than any previous socialist government has tried.  Shortages and suspension of human rights like Stalin imposed much parallels.
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2021, 04:19:27 am »
Quote from: christian on October 16, 2021, 11:39:45 pm
The nasty truth about Obamacare has been greatly aided and abetted by the media to keep the catastrophic bill from being forcibly erased.  Many people have lost their homes because of the Obamacare scam.  Its passing was about as legitimate as the last Pres election scam, and about as supported by the media on their knees Lewinskying Biden/Obama.
Obamacare cost me my health insurance. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2021, 01:34:00 am »
Quote from: libertybele on October 16, 2021, 11:44:48 pm
They will.

No they won't. Especially after next year
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2021, 01:37:21 am »
Quote from: LMAO on October 18, 2021, 01:34:00 am
No they won't. Especially after next year
Unless things are changed 330 million people could vote republican and the DCP would get 331 million votes.
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2021, 01:39:06 am »
Quote from: Killer Clouds on October 18, 2021, 01:37:21 am
Unless things are changed 330 million people could vote republican and the DCP would get 331 million votes.

I know it's our nature to be negative but the House will switch after the 2022 elections
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Re: Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2021, 01:59:39 am »
That's right. Just keep poking that bear.
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