“It speaks to what makes so many of us proud to be Democrats,” he said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “It speaks to a vision that goes back to a New Deal understanding of what working people deserve,” referencing the era of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the label given his domestic policies.
“And I’ll tell you that for too long that kind of politics, you can only find it in history books, and we need to bring it back to the present day.”
We didn’t give tens of millions of people medical coverage; we forced tens of millions of people to buy medical insurance or else pay a tax penalty. I’m glad that it was at a discounted rate, but given the choice between paying for nothing or paying for shitty insurance, the decision was easy, but a lot of people really struggled to make ends meet as a result and it shouldn’t have put additional strain on those families.
The Biden moments were also good but ultimately half measures. Railroads should’ve been nationalized, cannabis should’ve been legalized, and student loans and absurdly priced tuitions should’ve been massively reformed.
I’m glad to have seen something that wasn’t just more horror on those topics, but they’re a far cry from what The New Deal did for people.
The Tax Penalty was avoidable by all by simply checking a box on your tax filing. It was purely voluntary.
If you wanted a better bill then you may be happy to hear the DNC had one which didn’t pass because they lacked the votes: Joe Leiberman and every Republican refused to let it pass.