2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary says that she is the progressive that can get things done.
Well, why is that things don't get done in Washington? Why is that the minimum wage is only $7.25 and hour? Why is that we have trade policies that are pushing down wages here in the United States. Why is that we still have millions that don't have affordable health care. Why are our cities a cesspool of poverty? Why do we have policies that that are creating more poor instead creating family supportable jobs?
IT'S THE MONEY.
HILLARY IS THE CANDIDATE WHO IS COMPROMISED BY BIG MONEY.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)and he stumbled and then changed the subject.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Why try for $15.00 like Bernie when we know we'll never get it. Just like healthcare for all. Another pie in the sky promise we'll never get. And Hillary can work with the GOP. They're always calling on her to speak to congress for some sort of thing. She'll move mountains where Obama failed.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)cascadiance
(19,537 posts)As noted here when these other "progressive" organizational names are used to try to advocate an agenda that is anything BUT progressive.
The "Progressive" Coalition for American Jobs used to push the NOT Progressive TPP!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/progressives-weve-never-heard-of-this-progressive-group-back#.dkZKPR7Mz
And the Koch brothers' creation of the DLC tried to masquerade as "progressive" to feed us more bullshit with the "Progressive Policy Institute"...
https://interestingblogger.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/corporate-phonies-the-progressive-policy-institute/
Sorry Hillary, "progressive" labeling of yourself isn't good enough. We're used to being provided a lot of other "progressive" propaganda that we have to sift through.
onecaliberal
(32,863 posts)It damn sure won't be anything the people need.
kcjohn1
(751 posts)Honestly, that is what I'm afraid of. Only things that can be done with Republicans/Blue Dog democrats are things that hurt the average person.
Can someone please tell me anything that was done in the past 30 years that progressives can be proud of? Obamacare was good progress, but even that was done b/c it helped business bottom line. All the big things have done harm to the average person (Crime bills, NAFTA, TPP, Iraq War, Deregulation, etc.)