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pinkstarburst

(1,785 posts)
31. I think there is the very real frustration
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 04:45 PM
22 hrs ago

that whenever we are in office, very little happens. We have ideas. But the needle doesn't move very far. We have big goals. But do HUGE things like universal health care happen? No.

Then the republicans get in office and they make HUGE sweeping changes. I am horrified by the huge changes that are happening at the moment, but I think we need ask ourselves WHY when we are in power... we seem to have an aww, shucks, can't get nothing done, gotta play by the rules sort of attitude, and when they are in power, they do things.

I have to wonder if we rolled up our sleeves and were a little less dainty about it, if we would roll in change with slashing drug prices and universal health care and if people would get so used to those things being provided to everyone and not having to go bankrupt to afford your meds that they would not be willing to go back.

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I like them all except for UBI SickOfTheOnePct Yesterday #1
Fund it by taxing oligarchs, AI, crypto, etc. jmbar2 Yesterday #2
Total net worth of all U.S. billionaires... SickOfTheOnePct Yesterday #7
Some people think the wealthy, as a group have a lot more $$ than they really do. WarGamer Yesterday #16
Extreme wealth is resulting in unaffordable negative externalities jmbar2 Yesterday #20
Good luck getting a response to your common sense questions. harumph 18 hrs ago #56
Don't necessarily expect a response jmbar2 18 hrs ago #61
Externalizing the costs is the main game for the ultra wealthy. harumph 17 hrs ago #63
AI is not the Holy Grail that folks think it is. GoneOffShore 13 hrs ago #72
Net worth is not cash in a bank Greg_In_SF Yesterday #22
No, not at all SickOfTheOnePct Yesterday #24
Those are all great ideas Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #3
Good ones jmbar2 Yesterday #6
$20/hr... living in SoCal I can tell you what that has brought here. WarGamer Yesterday #18
Yeah, I know Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #21
Barabara Lee ran on a $50 per hour minimum wage in her losing Senate campaign. MichMan 21 hrs ago #40
What's it cost elsewhere? dpibel 14 hrs ago #71
Immigration Lawlessness Starbeach Yesterday #4
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were FOR a lot of things. Pretending they weren't plays into GOP propaganda emulatorloo Yesterday #5
Their platforms need to be revived. Much more salient now that people see the impacts of Project 25 jmbar2 Yesterday #9
I think there is the very real frustration pinkstarburst 22 hrs ago #31
Nope. Lots got done under Biden. Obamacare and more done under Obama. And lots would have gotten done under Harris. emulatorloo 20 hrs ago #42
What drug prices? pinkstarburst 19 hrs ago #46
" Kamala Harris' plan to keep prescription drug prices down includes a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket costs" emulatorloo 19 hrs ago #49
I never understood how that would work MichMan 18 hrs ago #58
OK, but who has addressed this TnDem 17 hrs ago #65
Exactly. Why are we having to pay insane prices? pinkstarburst 4 hrs ago #85
Plans. In 4 years my out of pocket costs only went up. Lets stop looking backward. Melon 12 hrs ago #77
$35 for insulin. What about my meds? pinkstarburst 4 hrs ago #87
Very good points jmbar2 4 hrs ago #88
Then you should GOTV for Dems in 2026 and help take back Congress emulatorloo 4 hrs ago #89
Fully agree here. Immigration inaction killed our chances. Melon 12 hrs ago #75
Eliminate the tariffs. The Madcap Yesterday #8
Nationalize the entire oil industry Fichefinder Yesterday #10
Not a fan... SickOfTheOnePct Yesterday #13
Recognize that cable TV shouldn't be regulated except for stations that call themselves NEWS. CrispyQ 18 hrs ago #57
Getting rid of the First Amendment should be part of the platform? MichMan 18 hrs ago #59
I would argue that lying while calling it news is similar to CrispyQ 17 hrs ago #64
You might... SickOfTheOnePct 17 hrs ago #68
Lots of good ideas here jmbar2 Yesterday #17
You can't go backward on technology. That has never worked. The AI genie is out of the bag. Melon 12 hrs ago #78
Step #1 ForgedCrank Yesterday #11
Well said n/t SickOfTheOnePct Yesterday #12
Good points Chuuku Davis 12 hrs ago #80
Have some people been living under a rock? It's out there. It's simple. It's BEAUTIFUL. usonian Yesterday #14
YES always support the New Deal agenda. thought crime 22 hrs ago #30
I love Bernie but I am disappointed that questionseverything 22 hrs ago #33
Lots of things not on this list. usonian 22 hrs ago #35
I like Bernie's list, but certainly missing a lot, like B.See 12 hrs ago #73
As I commented earlier. It's not a platform but a short message to accompany the oligarchy tour. usonian 12 hrs ago #74
Good to know. And for starters, how 'bout this B.See 12 hrs ago #76
Please add: All his executive odors also be eliminated. usonian 12 hrs ago #79
Focus on things that help every household across America pinkstarburst Yesterday #15
On immigration... WarGamer Yesterday #19
Restore women's rights mcar Yesterday #23
Adjust cap gains by backing out phantom cpamomfromtexas 22 hrs ago #25
Repeal 2026 bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #26
Agree ! US is behind EU in societal programs Bread and Circuses 22 hrs ago #27
Pardons for Rep. McIver and Judge Dugan Justice Brandeis 22 hrs ago #28
Anti-corruption, always. blm 22 hrs ago #29
Curious about this one as well SickOfTheOnePct 22 hrs ago #32
Treat it similar to the way that companies pay for unemployment insurance. jmbar2 20 hrs ago #44
That doesn't really correlate though SickOfTheOnePct 20 hrs ago #45
a New Deal, Square Deal and a Great Society DBoon 22 hrs ago #34
That's a good question and a valid one senseandsensibility 22 hrs ago #36
That's right. taxi 22 hrs ago #37
Media: 'Wide-eyed wonder at all things GOP, steely-eyed skepticism at all things Democratic' emulatorloo 18 hrs ago #54
FDR's Second Bill Of Rights is the basis of success! He Said: Granny Blue 22 hrs ago #38
Thanks for the reminder jmbar2 20 hrs ago #43
Limit any president to 10 executive orders per year synni 21 hrs ago #39
FDR's second bill of rights should be the base of platform. BlueTsunami2018 21 hrs ago #41
2024 tells us otherwise carpetbagger 19 hrs ago #47
Some for me would be - mvd 19 hrs ago #48
We were for things. Plenty of things. And not just for things, but actually accomplishing those things. W_HAMILTON 18 hrs ago #50
You are 100 percent correct. I'm optimistic we can win in 2026, but DU'ers need to stop emulatorloo 18 hrs ago #51
Increase the size of the Supreme Court!!!! Betty Boom 18 hrs ago #52
Agree, but... carpetbagger 15 hrs ago #70
I'm a Democrat for a lot of reasons, but the main one is equality. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #53
Yes! emulatorloo 18 hrs ago #55
Thanks! hamsterjill 17 hrs ago #67
$35 per hour minimum wage MichMan 18 hrs ago #60
Or... jmbar2 18 hrs ago #62
Of course! Abolishinist 17 hrs ago #66
Or to put it another way... jmbar2 3 hrs ago #90
I think that you pretty much covered it. al bupp 17 hrs ago #69
Moderation and bipartisanship, of course. DJ Synikus Makisimus 12 hrs ago #81
The democratic voters need to realize bob4460 12 hrs ago #82
For the midterms? JustAnotherGen 8 hrs ago #83
detrumpization rampartd 8 hrs ago #84
Adress the problems the working poor and poor people have been facing. Autumn 4 hrs ago #86
Campaign from the middle and govern from the far left. kentuck 2 hrs ago #91
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