I'm in the pro Vapormax camp, sorry y'all
They had 59 + Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman wanted to make the president Jewish and screwed it all up
unless the public option was involved
Just goes to show you can never count on a centrist
Blue dogs are the way of the future
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I'm pretty sick of all these shitty DINOs siding with the misogynist (((loser of the primaries)). He is not a democrat!
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Matt Bruenig coming out strongly in support of means-tested welfare programs.
http://peoplespolicyproject.org/2017...verty-in-2016/
The Welfare State Gets The Goods
If the poor are overwhelmingly people who cannot hope to get more income from the market, then it follows that the way to get them more income is through channels other than the market. That means through social benefits provided by a robust welfare state.
If we want to build on that kind of success, what we need to do is to expand the coverage of the welfare state as well as the generosity of its benefits. Every child should get a modest monthly stipend paid to their parents. Minimum benefit levels for old-age and disability pensions should be increased. Students should get a living grant. Carers should get paid leave and caretaker allowances. Unemployed people should get higher benefits and some minimum level of benefits should be available to new labor market entrants who have not yet secured a job. It is through these kinds of reforms that serious poverty reduction will ultimately be made.
Until we come to terms with the fact that market income distributions inherently leave out a massive swath of society, our system will continue to fail its poor people. Markets are not designed to get income to where it is needed. It is up to society to construct programs to do that.
It has truly been a day of healing for the Democratic Party