💎 JOE BIDEN

I think part of the problem is Democrats are always trying to hit the home run. These bills are so loaded with items that no-one really knows what is in them, and then if you have any issues with one part you cant support any of the items. It also gives the Rebubs talking points that the Dem bills are too big and too expensive.

I say make each bill a single issue item, and that would force all of the Senators/Congressmen/women to go on the record for how they stand on each individual issue. Many of these are supported by a majority of the public and maybe forcing each issue will help get people on your side or potentially voted out of office.

Russia’s goal was never to conquer Europe lol. Protecting sovereignty and not allowing Russian Ukrainians to continue being slaughtered by nazis fascists yes.
You want to know the enemy? Take a close look at the world economic forum. You’ll own nothing and like it!
Deal with it says Western Europe? Canada, USA, and Australia. Don’t fuck with our agenda Russia, China, and India. “We’re in charge of the world say the oligarchy trillioniars. We run this shit!”

They were not prepared for pushback by the rest of the world counties/ economies.

And the sanctions backfired miserably. Other countries are now saying to themselves?? Could they do the same to us if we don’t fall in line like good trained subservients?

Too much kooky.

Healthcare kind of sums up where 'merica is politically as a country. I may be a little wrong on this, or a whole bunch, so correct me where/if I'm wrong, but wasn't Obamacare originally what was proposed by the GOP, who were (theoretically) for it when it was their idea, but I guess once it got tagged "Obamacare" maybe they didn't want to give him a win and figured they couldn't spin it as having come up with it, so then the GOP decided they wanted to kill it?

Obviously the GOP is all over the map on that, and I guess you could say the Dems are as well for pushing through what was originally GOP legislation which favored the private insurance industry. I guess politically it was a win for them in that they could claim success on something without having to give in to any kind of single payer plan, which probably wouldn't be welcomed by their faction of the big bucks corporate donor class. All these years later it seems that health care is still an issue and Obamacare sounds better in theory than practice - otherwise people wouldn't still be complaining about the cost of health care and pharmaceuticals. But again, I have no personal experience with Obamacare and could be a little bit wrong on this or a bigly wrong.

I think it's hard to say if Bernie could've won. Obviously the Dem establishment did what they had to keep him out of Hilary's way, and they kind of had their thumb on the scale for the '20 primary as well. Trump won votes from people who might've voted for Bernie, but weren't going to vote for Hilary no way, no how. People who identify less as Socialist, but more against the establishment, as represented by Hilary/Biden.

But I also think America is a center-right country and things that the average person in Scandinavia finds perfectly normal (state provided health care, education, etc.) makes people in the US either outright freaked or just gives them an uncomfortable feeling, even if only at a sub-conscious level. America has been trained to be anti-Communist/anti-Socialist for a lot longer than any of us have been around. That part of the national fabric is hard to shake off. Kind of like how a lot of people are about guns. It's like there's a part of what being an American is to not want to take the most compassionate path that benefits everyone and is even the least expensive - they want you to fucking earn it but busting your ass and fighting poverty in the process. Got a medical problem? Better buck up and pull yourself up by your bootstraps, even if you can't afford straps or even the boots.

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a good deal but also kind of not.  Its a good trade where the public is getting good employees for a significant period of time and the employee is getting some loan forgiveness at the end of their term of service.  But at the same time, its basically making the one with the loan to make only the minimum payment and not giving then any incentive to reduce their overall debt (in order to have the most forgiveness possible). The overall debt could come into play when seeking other loans, particularly mortgage.

I guess at the end of the day its a beneficial program that could probably use a few tweaks.  Maybe a tiered approach to the forgiveness or perhaps a payback program if you've been able to reduce your loan.

Listening to the radio today I heard some big pharma ads that claimed reducing prescription drug prices will force the pharma industry to stop making new life saving drugs because "they won't be able to afford the research and development of new drugs". So write to your congressional representatives and tell them you want to pay as much as possible for your drugs...