Voters think the Democrats have their own extremism problem

[Billiejeens]

As I've said in the past I agree with the essence of your assessment. It shouldn't be diminished because of the Repub's ability to both use social wedge issues effectively and to misrepresent the Dem's positions

No one should read past that point.
No one misrepresents the Dems positions.
THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR INSANITY.

 

[MarcATL]

Cut spending. Cut taxes.

lol.

The same thing that got that crazy far rightwing lunatic woman in Britain ran out of the conservative party over there?

K. And what spending are you going to cut? Hasn't the taxes already hit rock bottom?

You people are truly idiots.

 

[bripat9643]

lol.

The same thing that got that crazy far rightwing lunatic woman in Britain ran out of the conservative party over there?

K. And what spending are you going to cut? Hasn't the taxes already hit rock bottom?

You people are truly idiots.

For starters, we can cut all the new spending Biden just put in the budget.

 

[MarcATL]

For starters, we can cut all the new spending Biden just put in the budget.

What new spending? List them.

 

[bripat9643]

What new spending? List them.

Here ya go, dumbass!

• pay for senior home assistance
• cap child care expenses at a maximum of 7% of income for families making less than $300,000
• reduce more than one billion metric tons of greenhouse emissions (with a goal of cutting them by at least 50% in 2030)
• universal preschool for three- and four-year-olds
• a one-year extension of the expanded child tax credit
• expand utility and clean energy tax credits
• increase Pell Grants by $550
• expand Obamacare to additional states
• reduce health insurance costs for lower and middle class participants who get health coverage on Obamacare exchanges
• fund Medicare to pay for the cost of hearing aids

Budget	Program	Goals
$555 Billion	Clean Energy and Climate Investments	The White House says that this program “will cut greenhouse gas pollution by well over one gigaton in 2030,” as well as reduce consumer energy costs, provide cleaner air and water, and create “thousands of high-quality jobs.”
$400 Billion	Child Care and Preschool	Will allow states to expand access to free preschool for over six million 3- and 4-year-old children annually. The White House says preschool in the United States costs roughly $8,600 annually. This program will also help expand access to affordable child care for roughly 20 million children per year (which covers nine out of 10 families with young children nationwide). And saves parents earning $100,000 with one toddler more than $5,000 per year. The bill also “permanently authorizes the first-ever national paid and medical leave guarantee for U.S. workers.”
$200 Billion	Child Tax & Earned Income Tax Credits	The Build Back Better framework will extend the the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit for one additional year, offering 35 million families up to $3,600 ($300 monthly) in tax cuts for every qualifying child. This program will also “cut taxes for 17 million low-wage workers by extending the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.”
$150 Billion	Home Care	The White House says there are currently more than 800,000 older Americans, people with disabilities, and others seeking home care services on state Medicaid waiting lists. And this program could deliver affordable care to families paying roughly $5,800 annually for four hours of home care per week.
$150 Billion	Housing	Build, rehabilitate and improve more than one million affordable homes. The White House says this program is the “single largest and most comprehensive investment in affordable housing in history.”
$130 Billion	Affordable Care Act Health Insurance	Aims to reduce premiums for nine million Americans. Will extend the expanded Premium Tax Credit and deliver health care coverage to four million uninsured people who are locked out of Medicaid. You should note that the new bill also caps “annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs under Medicare at $2,000,” which saves more than one million seniors $1,200 each year. The expansion of the Affordable Care Act will also require “all insurance companies to provide insulin for no more than $35 a month.”
$100 Billion	Immigration	Improve the immigration system by providing relief to millions through reconciliation, reducing backlogs, expanding legal representation, and making the asylum system and border processing more “efficient and humane.”
$90 Billion	Equity and Other Investments	Advance equity by investing in maternal health, community violence interventions, and nutrition programs. The new House bill invests $10 billion to expand eligibility for free school meals during the school year and provide $65 for every child monthly to buy food in the summer.
$40 Billion	Higher Education and Workforce	This program will aim to expand access to affordable, high-quality education beyond high school. Legislation would raise the maximum Pell Grant by $550 for over 5 million students.
$35 Billion	Medicare Hearing	Expand Medicare for older Americans to cover hearing aids and exams. The White House says that only 14% out of roughly 48 million Americans with hearing loss could afford hearing aids – a pair costs more than $5,000 on average.

 

[MarcATL]

Here ya go, dumbass!

• pay for senior home assistance
• cap child care expenses at a maximum of 7% of income for families making less than $300,000
• reduce more than one billion metric tons of greenhouse emissions (with a goal of cutting them by at least 50% in 2030)
• universal preschool for three- and four-year-olds
• a one-year extension of the expanded child tax credit
• expand utility and clean energy tax credits
• increase Pell Grants by $550
• expand Obamacare to additional states
• reduce health insurance costs for lower and middle class participants who get health coverage on Obamacare exchanges
• fund Medicare to pay for the cost of hearing aids

Budget	Program	Goals
$555 Billion	Clean Energy and Climate Investments	The White House says that this program “will cut greenhouse gas pollution by well over one gigaton in 2030,” as well as reduce consumer energy costs, provide cleaner air and water, and create “thousands of high-quality jobs.”
$400 Billion	Child Care and Preschool	Will allow states to expand access to free preschool for over six million 3- and 4-year-old children annually. The White House says preschool in the United States costs roughly $8,600 annually. This program will also help expand access to affordable child care for roughly 20 million children per year (which covers nine out of 10 families with young children nationwide). And saves parents earning $100,000 with one toddler more than $5,000 per year. The bill also “permanently authorizes the first-ever national paid and medical leave guarantee for U.S. workers.”
$200 Billion	Child Tax & Earned Income Tax Credits	The Build Back Better framework will extend the the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit for one additional year, offering 35 million families up to $3,600 ($300 monthly) in tax cuts for every qualifying child. This program will also “cut taxes for 17 million low-wage workers by extending the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.”
$150 Billion	Home Care	The White House says there are currently more than 800,000 older Americans, people with disabilities, and others seeking home care services on state Medicaid waiting lists. And this program could deliver affordable care to families paying roughly $5,800 annually for four hours of home care per week.
$150 Billion	Housing	Build, rehabilitate and improve more than one million affordable homes. The White House says this program is the “single largest and most comprehensive investment in affordable housing in history.”
$130 Billion	Affordable Care Act Health Insurance	Aims to reduce premiums for nine million Americans. Will extend the expanded Premium Tax Credit and deliver health care coverage to four million uninsured people who are locked out of Medicaid. You should note that the new bill also caps “annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs under Medicare at $2,000,” which saves more than one million seniors $1,200 each year. The expansion of the Affordable Care Act will also require “all insurance companies to provide insulin for no more than $35 a month.”
$100 Billion	Immigration	Improve the immigration system by providing relief to millions through reconciliation, reducing backlogs, expanding legal representation, and making the asylum system and border processing more “efficient and humane.”
$90 Billion	Equity and Other Investments	Advance equity by investing in maternal health, community violence interventions, and nutrition programs. The new House bill invests $10 billion to expand eligibility for free school meals during the school year and provide $65 for every child monthly to buy food in the summer.
$40 Billion	Higher Education and Workforce	This program will aim to expand access to affordable, high-quality education beyond high school. Legislation would raise the maximum Pell Grant by $550 for over 5 million students.
$35 Billion	Medicare Hearing	Expand Medicare for older Americans to cover hearing aids and exams. The White House says that only 14% out of roughly 48 million Americans with hearing loss could afford hearing aids – a pair costs more than $5,000 on average.

And did they already start spending that money on those things?

 

[bripat9643]

And did they already start spending that money on those things?

On some of it.

 

[MarcATL]

On some of it.

Which parts?

 

[bripat9643]

Which parts?

Why does it matter?

 

[Hutch Starskey]

As I've said in the past I agree with the essence of your assessment. It shouldn't be diminished because of the Repub's ability to both use social wedge issues effectively and to misrepresent the Dem's positions with devastating affect. But after it's all said and done this election cycle is about inflation. Which highlight's the skills Repubs possess in getting the electorate to believe in lies/exaggeration/obfuscation.
Fault also lies with the Dem's messaging. Rather than point to low unemployment and Biden's concrete legislative accomplishments they emphasize the amorphous threats to democracy. Ones that are undoubtedly there but hard to perceive in tangible ways. When they become obvious it will be too late.

One could argue though that issues like inflation and fuel prices are irrelevant if democracy as we know it unravels and we can no longer have viable elections.

 

[MarcATL]

Why does it matter?

I'd like to know exactly how much it takes to tank an economy, the best economy in the world.

That's what you're peddling, isn't it?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Correctly highlight? Nope. Disingenuously highlight, yes.

Highlighting the shit out of the Demfuckery.

The Dems can't stop whining about it.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Cut spending. Cut taxes.

Reduce regulations.

 

[marvin martian]

I'd like to know exactly how much it takes to tank an economy, the best economy in the world.

That's what you're peddling, isn't it?

$80 billion. The amount your "president" sent for laundering in Ukraine.

 

[MarcATL]

$80 billion. The amount your "president" sent for laundering in Ukraine.

That's what's tanking the economy? Ukraine?

 

[BlueGin]

I used to always vote a mix of Republicans, Democrats, Independents and others. Until Democrats went off the rails to the far left and did virtually every single thing they accused Republicans of doing. They have lost touch with reality so much that there is almost no Democrat I would vote for anymore. And, the crazy thing is, every time Democrats lose, they think it is because they needed to go further to the left.

Me too. Not anymore. This election I voted for two libertarians and the rest straight Republican. Democrats are far left loons not worth any support ..all of them.

 

[BlueGin]

No one should read past that point.
No one misrepresents the Dems positions.
THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR INSANITY.

100 %

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

One could argue though that issues like inflation and fuel prices are irrelevant if democracy as we know it unravels and we can no longer have viable elections.

I agree, democrats are fucking up a lot more than inflation.

 

[marvin martian]

That's what's tanking the economy? Ukraine?

In part. The massive inflation caused by Biden's bad monetary policies is another part. So is the draining of the SPR so Joe Biden could sell it to his foreign partners. So is the forced closure of hundreds of thousands of business that never reopened in response to a disease with a 99.98% survival rate. So is the massive closures of schools that forced millions of parents to quit their jobs and homeschool their children. So is the draconian vaccine mandates that put thousands of people out of work. So is the kneecapping of American energy production to make us dependent on Joe Biden's foreign partners.

I could go on. Your boy is a MAJOR fuckup, and I blame you.

 

[Rogue AI]

Here I thought dozens of burning cities gave that away a few years ago. Just shows how slow Democrats really are on the uptake.