• Sunforged
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    7 months ago

    When the average person is being told by Biden that the economy is doing great but don’t see it in housing/food/gas prices where all their money goes, you can bet people will swing back to the lunacy of the right. When you only have two options and are desperate for change what option do people feel they have?

    We desperately need third party options.

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      7 months ago

      We should go after the corporations who are just plain taking advantage of people. It is sickening.

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          7 months ago

          Democrats tried but the bills never got out of committee. Especially when had hit $5 a gallon nation wide.

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            Tried? No. A few paid lip service. If the democratic party wanted something done they would get it done.

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              7 months ago

              It is so embarrassing how few people understand how our system of government works. The President is not a king.

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                Not a king. But the bully pulpit has considerable power to shape public discourse.

                All I have seen from the administration is explaining how Bidenomics are a huge success, and look at these amazing numbers on a graph that don’t represent working class struggles. It’s a waste of breath when they could be pushing for policies that would make material change for working class people.

                He sure as shit used the bully pulpit to explain why breaking up the railway strike was “in our best interests”.