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Hey remember that time Joe Biden, chair of the judiciary committee bent over backwards to protect Clarence Thomas when Thomas was accused of inappropriate sexual absences?

Neoliberals will never admit their own failing

What is worse is they can't let anyone else evolve (unless it is towards fascism) either or they start to panic just like Republicans.

Check out the swamp trash that pops out of /r/conservative every now and then.

Socialism isn't the same thing as collectivism or the government doing stuff.

They can’t have it both ways imo. If they’re reaping the benefits of it, then they should acknowledge it’s good and should be in place. That’s blatantly not the case though.

I personally would prefer if we continue to support these people since plenty of the people living in those states are not voting against their own self-interest. Imo, caring people living in the deep red or deep blue states should move to more purple districts in purple states to help move the country as a whole to be more caring politically.

I think blue states should also move to implement more safety nets on their own instead of waiting for a blue supermajority federally. If people see how their state and local government can work for them, they’d be more likely to want those policies in their own states. States by that same token should be willing to go into debt to fund long running infrastructure and policies that will be value adds to the state and residents living there.

Wait, is congress trying to dictate state and local tax policy? Why? And how would that be allowed. They have power over federal taxes and interstate commerce, not internal tax policies for each state.

Chicago people always say this shit then go to college at UIUC, one of the top universities in the country. Then also benefit the most from funding schools with property taxes and having a state flat tax.

Yeah, I'm all for reminding Red States that they are dependent on Blue states when they talk about secession (cuz FAFO), but this is not an imbalance that needs fixed. Like individual costs can be wasteful spending, but wealthier states taking care of poorer states or safer state paying for disaster relief in more vulnerable states is just good sense and how a unified nation should be. It's the same reason wealthy individuals should be more responsible for taking care of the less wealthy or poor individuals too. This is not a game of "fuck you, got mine." We should not be encouraging the hoarding of wealth when others are in need, whether individuals or states. There are plenty of reasons to be angry with red states, but their geography or poverty (the actual poverty itself, not the policies that contribute to it) are not those reasons.

But....that's the point. That's why it's brought up. It's to show the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of their position.

This feels so satisfying to read now that FEMA won't do much in the South. Will it fuck blue states over too? Yeah, but at least we have some money to fix it ourselves and have a better sense of community to help others.

2004

It's only gotten worse since

This dude fucking sucks and doesn't understand the purpose of the 2nd amendment. Stopped reading there.

Nah dawg they got straight up SLAMMED

Democrats really haven’t earned uncritical first reactions. Positive actions have been an exception not the rule.

I sometimes wonder if the people who reflexively defend literally everything an elected Democrat says actually believe their own crap, or just don’t ever want to win an election.

I think many of them are tankies who care more about Democrats losing than about the awful shit the Republicans are actively doing