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Not Progressive Enough (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any reason why the Dems didn't deal with SS and Medicare when they controlled both houses?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Like “quick, change the entirety of the existing safety net while we have 18 months to do it instead of everything else”?

I dunno. Lazy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's just weird that nothing was done when they knew that the elitists had targeted the entitlement programs. Now, the very lemmings who most rely upon them are going to vote for the evisceration of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I can only think they were targeting them too but we’re not as brazen as the republicans

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elitists?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Republicans

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And you think they have a better chance of doing it this time?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Give them the house and senate. You know why, right?