• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    2 days ago

    Stop with this braindead serve the elites meme. Dems last admin passed tons of left wing legislation that benefited everyone.

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        1 day ago

        Is significantly reducing the cost of life saving medicine and giving families $300 a month per kid not left wing policy?

        You’re either incredibly uninformed or purposely undermining the left I can’t tell which.

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          21 hours ago

          the child tax credit only lasted one year, and the cost reduction was only for the elderly

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            14 hours ago

            child tax credit only lasted one year

            not true at all

            the cost reduction was only for the elderly

            Not true and even if it was 100% elderly people it is still a bill that grants significantly cheaper drugs for 65million people of a demographic that is the most in need of perscription medication. Which is a objectively a good bill and furthers left wing ideals. If you dont agree I genuinely dont believe you are on the left since you actively want a worse world.

            Are you getting your info from google AI summaries, im genuinely curious how you are so confidently wrong.

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              https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/politics/inflation-reduction-act-medicare-insulin-cap/index.html

              Senior citizens and other Medicare enrollees can now get a break on the cost of their insulin.

              They won’t pay more than $35 a month for each insulin prescription that’s covered by their Medicare Part D plan. And they won’t be subject to a deductible for insulin.

              https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-budget-tax-child-tax-credit-ctc-eitc-who-qualifies/

              The CTC isn’t a new tax credit — it’s been around since the 1990s. But as the nation struggled to emerge from the pandemic in 2021, lawmakers expanded the $2,000 credit to as much as $3,600. As part of that expansion, families received half of the CTC in monthly checks over six months, providing them with as much as $300 per child for each of those months.

              That expanded tax benefit, which proved to be immensely popular with families, also helped lift millions of kids out of poverty. Once it expired in 2022, the poverty rate for children soared.

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            13 hours ago

            It should be, but Americans still dont want universal healthcare. The last polling I saw had it at just over 50% supporting Universal healthcare. If you want to implement a huge change like universal healthcare you probably want to have at least 70% of the people on board. Otherwise you implement it and half the country tries to drag it down and make it unusable. Look at how the right wing in the UK is trying to destroy their national healthcare system.

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          Not at all. Making families buy life-saving medicine, at whatever price, is in fact the opposite of left-wing policy. Universal, single-payer health care is just centrist policy in many countries.

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            Its ending under trump. The 1 year of significantly boosted CTC was government assistance given to people. The right wing version of that would have been tax cuts for business. Could he have passed legislation that kept ctc at that amount, probably not and it would likely be repealed by Trump. Just because something could be better doesn’t mean it isn’t good. If you use “it could be better” as an justification for something being bad then people can say the same thing about things you mention. Oh yeah he passed boosted CTC forever well he should have increased it more, he should have given to to all families, he should just give that money to everyone. Lets be realistic instead of delusional so things in the real world can actually get better.

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      Intersting, I do not remember any means of production being turned over to the workers? I dont remember a law passed to remove the scehdual F capabilities, I do not remember stuffing the supreme court in retaliation for Roe being overturned. Heck I do not even remember stufing the Postal board of governors so full that it would fire DeJoy and ensure a reasonable PMG for over a decade… Please enlighten me, what left wing actions must I look at

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          Ah the liberal version of left where more neolib = more left. I mean thats a correct interpretation too thats how it was used originally

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          Other than the first one none of those are communist. As for left there is nothing more left than communist, it can be argued, and I would be one that unless you are willing to give the workers the means of production, you cannot be left.

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            Yes but the rest are pointless since saying they passed a ton of left wing legislation isnt countered by listing random events that they didnt do.

            We can go through all the events if you want. Schedule F was removed via EO on day 3 by biden and two house bills were drafted, one to remove the Schedule F workers that were classified and after that failed another was drafted to try and protect the workers who were reclassified by trump.

            Packing the court out of retaliation is bad and every attempt in recent history has failed and I cant be fucked researching 'stuffing the postal board of governors" so you can have that. Dam I guess dems passed no left wing policy because they didnt stuff the postal board of governors.

            If you don’t like that party isnt 100% behind every single thing then the thing to do is focus on getting candiates you like in the states that have shit dems instead of trying to sink the entire party. If you sink the entire party you dont end up with more left wing legislation you end up with more right wing legislation.

            The options you then present are basically “Every option is shit, vote for this option that doesnt exist and is unpopular with majority of the country”

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        13 hours ago

        Yeah, Trump really was the better option for Gaza. Palestinians are so lucky to brave supporters like you fighting the American left and Israeli left on their behalf. Remember its the thought that counts, not the outcomes.

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          Trump’s brief, half-hearted ceasefire was already more than Democrats did.

          And I take it from your claim that the Biden admin “benifited everyone” that you don’t see Palestinians as human in the first place

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            Firstly that ceasefire was negotiated by biden admin. Secondly when you’re talking about a government benefiting everyone its pretty obviously meaning their own citizens. Now that I known the error of my ways I’ll make sure to scream “what about Palestinians” when I hear someone refer to everyone.

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              Firstly that ceasefire was negotiated by biden admin

              Nope, now you’re just straight up lying to defend genocide. You’re more of a scumbag than any MAGA chud.

              Secondly when you’re talking about a government benefiting everyone its pretty obviously meaning their own citizens.

              If you’re a fascist. Which I’m gathering you are.

              Now that I known the error of my ways I’ll make sure to scream “what about Palestinians” when I hear someone refer to everyone.

              Shitlibs will always throw a tantrum when you tell them that non-white foreigners are human.

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        8 billions to israel! oh wait that is neither “leftwing” nor it benefits anyone but zionists