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Tom V
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Tom V asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 year ago

Why are people who hate democratic socialism now advocating giving people a trillion dollars?

I understand that people are suffering. But people are always suffering. It seems to me that if poor people are suffering, no one cares. But if working and middle class people - like welders and hair stylists and servers - lose their jobs and are suffering, we are now all for a massive redistribution of wealth?

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    1 year ago

    Did you notice how republicans only ever tried to get rid of the Affordable Care Act when their repeal efforts never had a chance to pass? As soon as they had the house, senate, and the presidency they didn't even bring the issue of repealing the Affordable Care Act up on the floor. 

    What this tells you is that republicans actually approve of the Affordable Care Act, but still want to pander to their base, so when their efforts have no chance of passing and they can blame the democrats for it, they go ahead and offer up repealing something like the Affordable Care Act 49 times, but as soon as all the weight is on them they do nothing. 

    What you see from republicans pretty regularly is playing a two faced game. One on hand they know they have a conservative base so they have to appeal them, but on the other the republican party is liberal, so when they have an excuse or think no one will notice they practice what they believe. 

    One of the biggest reasons this country keeps getting more and more left wing is because the republican party and the democratic party are liberal. It's just that one party is honest about it, while the other party lies about it. 

  • 1 year ago

    Tom V,,,,How do you know people who hate democratic socialism are now advocating giving people a trillion dollars?

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    Because rank and file people who hate democratic socialism also hate bailouts and excessive government spending wasting tax dollars.

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    Just because the House and Senate Republicans voted for the $8.3 TRILLION dollar emergency virus bill does not mean all the rank and file Trump voters support it.

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