"Poor people do not deserve money, they will waste it" - Republican.txt
Anyone at Foxnews would have told you as much.
I've never heard anyone protest a tax cut on the basis of letting people keep more of their money is dangerous because they will just buy drugs.
His feewings got him hurt. They said nasty things about him (that are true). Better treat him better.I'm curious about what made Manchin balk. All I've read had been secretive. "the staffers know what I'm talking about"
Most people do not like being called bad names because bad name calling is how we got to feel worthless in the first place.His feewings got him hurt. They said nasty things about him (that are true). Better treat him better.
Wait I thought call people bad names because we feel bad.Most people do not like being called bad names because bad name calling is how we got to feel worthless in the first place.
Don't be an asshole and people won't call you an asshole.Most people do not like being called bad names because bad name calling is how we got to feel worthless in the first place.
Og, Son of Stone.Wait I thought call people bad names because we feel bad.
Who was the first name caller?
Fuck you.Don't be an asshole and people won't call you an asshole.
I don't like his politics, but I don't blame Manchin at all. He's been remarkably consistent since summer that he's willing to get onboard with a skinny $1.5T bill. Biden talked him into bumping that to $1.75T, but Manchin is only willing to pass a bill without accounting tricks to conceal the true 10-year cost. CBO scored the CTC as $1.6T over ten years alone.I'm curious about what made Manchin balk. All I've read had been secretive. "the staffers know what I'm talking about"
Could you pass something voting rights first? I think you should take anything climate out if it makes it pass on its own.. thing is if you lose 2022 2024 climate is fucked anyway. Voting rights and then have Biden go executive orders like Trump on steroids.At this point I'd like to see Biden play hardball with Manchin. The place to attack him is the same place he's trying to defend: coal. Declare a climate emergency, block new leases for coal mining, create tariffs on coal imports, and pursue an EPA CO2 rule. Anything to attack carbon emissions, but especially coal, until Manchin agrees to - and votes for - a reasonable climate plan.
I blame him. Everyone has negotiated and put themselves in a position they'd prefer not to be, that's politics. He's the only one that can't be bothered to extend himself into an uncomfortable position. Basically just sitting there with his arms crossed all pouty until he gets his way, it's fucking absurd.I don't like his politics, but I don't blame Manchin at all. He's been remarkably consistent since summer that he's willing to get onboard with a skinny $1.5T bill. Biden talked him into bumping that to $1.75T, but Manchin is only willing to pass a bill without accounting tricks to conceal the true 10-year cost. CBO scored the CTC as $1.6T over ten years alone.
I see no path to voting rights. The country has kind of made our bed on that: Republicans appointed Republican justices who struck down southern voting rights. Eliminating the filibuster would lead to Republicans passing stuff like a national abortion ban later. And erasing climate legislation, and voting rights, and probably everything else democratic.Could you pass something voting rights first? I think you should take anything climate out if it makes it pass on its own.. thing is if you lose 2022 2024 climate is fucked anyway. Voting rights and then have Biden go executive orders like Trump on steroids.
Joe Manchin is Senator of a state that went +39 for Trump in November. If you think you can shame him into lurching leftward, you're sadly mistaken. Manchin will only agree to what's personally acceptable to him, which are terrible climate policy and a small overall price tag. If you asked Manchin to leave the Democratic caucus, he'd do it.At this point I'd like to see Biden play hardball with Manchin. The place to attack him is the same place he's trying to defend: coal. Declare a climate emergency, block new leases for coal mining, create tariffs on coal imports, and pursue an EPA CO2 rule. Anything to attack carbon emissions, but especially coal, until Manchin agrees to - and votes for - a reasonable climate plan.
If they do vote him out of office it will be for someone who wants to do even less of this, not more.Manchin will change his tune when he figures out that most of his constituents want a lot of what is in the bill, and that they are going to vote him out of office.
Joe Manchin is Senator of a state that went +39 for Trump in November. If you think you can shame him into lurching leftward, you're sadly mistaken. Manchin will only agree to what's personally acceptable to him, which are terrible climate policy and a small overall price tag. If you asked Manchin to leave the Democratic caucus, he'd do it.
For some perspective, the Biden administration has gotten a lot more done with 49+1 Senators than Obama did with 57.
I dont think Obama was timid in the slightest, but he (and others) were certainly too charitable in assuming the right was arguing in good faith.Yeah, how things could have been different if they had beaten Susan Collins or some other marginal R and had a seat out two cushion.
I think too that Obama was too timid and squandered his big win and majority. The ACA was important, but more should have been done while the majority was there. Too much wishful thinking and wasted time chasing bipartisanship.
If they do vote him out of office it will be for someone who wants to do even less of this, not more.
I see no path to voting rights. The country has kind of made our bed on that: Republicans appointed Republican justices who struck down southern voting rights. Eliminating the filibuster would lead to Republicans passing stuff like a national abortion ban later. And erasing climate legislation, and voting rights, and probably everything else democratic.
If a climate bill gets passed soon, and the filibuster remains, it should stick for 10 years at least.
Edit: Except there's no filibuster on that. Hmm.
He has already stated he is not running again has he not?Manchin will change his tune when he figures out that most of his constituents want a lot of what is in the bill, and that they are going to vote him out of office.