As is pretending that the DNC leadership is in ANY way for getting money out of politics. That’s how their machine is fueled.
Most huge donors donate to both parties and in the case of for example the healthcare insurance leech industry, Dems receive MORE of the legal bribes than the GOP does.
The enemy of your enemy is rarely actually your friend and in this case your “friend” is actively working against the very thing you vote for them to do.
The leadership of the DNC are the Weimar Republic equivalent, NOT the courageous resistance fighters you seem to imagine them as.
The DNC already tried it once only for it to get blocked by the conservative SCOTUS judges.
From 1995 they tried to ban PAC funding for campaigns and limit individual contributions, it passed in 2003, and after a lawsuit by Citizens United in 2007 it was declared unconstitutional in 2010.
In order to try it again requires a constitutional ammendment, 67 senate votes.
As for Tax plans, there is no question that the DNC campaigns on taxing the wealthy and that they’ve increased audits on the rich. Kamala Harris promised an unrealized gains tax over a million and no tax increases on those who make less than 400k. Unfortunately they’ve had 48 or less senators for over 13 years and as a result the GOP have managed to keep cutting taxes repeatedly in that timeframe.
Closer, but still over two DECADES ago, and with little to no meaningful follow-up.
As for Tax plans, there is no question that the DNC campaigns on taxing the wealthy
Bolded the operative word. What the DNC campaigns on and what they ever actually DO are vastly different things. That’s the gaslighting part of the meme. The gaslighting that you are perpetuating right now.
they’ve increased audits on the rich
Not by anywhere near as much as has been in their power to do. Plus they’ve continued to facilitate through both inaction and active support the loopholes that make it perfectly legal to cheat your ass off on your taxes as long as you’re rich and careful enough to do it the “right” way.
Kamala Harris promised
She’s notorious for being untrustworthy even by politician standards. She was the first 2020 candidate (after Bernie, of course) to call for M4A, but she was also the first to stop doing so and pretend she never did as soon as the insurance leech industry lobby cut a check for her.
Unfortunately they’ve had 48 or less senators for over 13 years
Because they keep allying with republicans to go for the increasingly tiny “Republican but doesn’t automatically vilify anyone with a D behind their name” voter bloc while largely ignoring when not condescending at anyone to the left of Ronald Reagan.
as a result the GOP have managed to keep cutting taxes repeatedly in that timeframe
Yes, as a result of the DNC being stuck in 1992 when it comes to messaging and campaign strategy (and a shitload of voter suppression that’s at its most effective when voters aren’t enthusiastic about any candidate), the GOP are extremely successful in spite of being deliberately out of step with the needs and wants of roughly 99% of the population.
The status quo is abysmal for Dem electability but absolutely fantastic for Dem politician profitability, so they just keep pissing on the constituency and telling them that not only is it raining, but the GOP bears 100% of the blame for said rain.
Wow, what a non-argument.
As is pretending that the DNC leadership is in ANY way for getting money out of politics. That’s how their machine is fueled.
Most huge donors donate to both parties and in the case of for example the healthcare insurance leech industry, Dems receive MORE of the legal bribes than the GOP does.
The enemy of your enemy is rarely actually your friend and in this case your “friend” is actively working against the very thing you vote for them to do.
The leadership of the DNC are the Weimar Republic equivalent, NOT the courageous resistance fighters you seem to imagine them as.
The DNC already tried it once only for it to get blocked by the conservative SCOTUS judges.
From 1995 they tried to ban PAC funding for campaigns and limit individual contributions, it passed in 2003, and after a lawsuit by Citizens United in 2007 it was declared unconstitutional in 2010.
In order to try it again requires a constitutional ammendment, 67 senate votes.
As for Tax plans, there is no question that the DNC campaigns on taxing the wealthy and that they’ve increased audits on the rich. Kamala Harris promised an unrealized gains tax over a million and no tax increases on those who make less than 400k. Unfortunately they’ve had 48 or less senators for over 13 years and as a result the GOP have managed to keep cutting taxes repeatedly in that timeframe.
So… Over 30 years ago.
Closer, but still over two DECADES ago, and with little to no meaningful follow-up.
Bolded the operative word. What the DNC campaigns on and what they ever actually DO are vastly different things. That’s the gaslighting part of the meme. The gaslighting that you are perpetuating right now.
Not by anywhere near as much as has been in their power to do. Plus they’ve continued to facilitate through both inaction and active support the loopholes that make it perfectly legal to cheat your ass off on your taxes as long as you’re rich and careful enough to do it the “right” way.
She’s notorious for being untrustworthy even by politician standards. She was the first 2020 candidate (after Bernie, of course) to call for M4A, but she was also the first to stop doing so and pretend she never did as soon as the insurance leech industry lobby cut a check for her.
Because they keep allying with republicans to go for the increasingly tiny “Republican but doesn’t automatically vilify anyone with a D behind their name” voter bloc while largely ignoring when not condescending at anyone to the left of Ronald Reagan.
Yes, as a result of the DNC being stuck in 1992 when it comes to messaging and campaign strategy (and a shitload of voter suppression that’s at its most effective when voters aren’t enthusiastic about any candidate), the GOP are extremely successful in spite of being deliberately out of step with the needs and wants of roughly 99% of the population.
The status quo is abysmal for Dem electability but absolutely fantastic for Dem politician profitability, so they just keep pissing on the constituency and telling them that not only is it raining, but the GOP bears 100% of the blame for said rain.
Just because you have an ignorant, self-indulgent opinion, doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
A leftist should at least put their values into practice in their online conduct by setting alt text.
By lacking accessibility, this image of pure text sustains a pattern of systemic discriminatory exclusion.
Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:
Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.
True. Fact is that I don’t, though, and they ARE in fact wrong.
My ADHD and predominantly auditory mode of thinking makes that more difficult for me than for neurotypical people.
I’d be grateful if you wrote one for me to add, though.