15 Oct 2021 4:42 am
You are absollutely correct. And unfortunated, as indicated by a recent poll, most Americans don't even know what the Democratic package entails because the Dems admittedly haven't done a good job of educating the people and the obstructionists on the right (and their corporate backed cronies like the Kochs and Heritage Foundation) have been allowed to control the narrative via their USUAL "alternate reality" ****.RollingRock » 30 Sep 2021, 10:23 am » wrote: ↑ I tend to believe that unbridled corporate whorism is the problem with these two. The two headlines below showcase the problem, imo:
Backed by big oil, Manchin holds the Key to Dem' climate agenda
Big Pharma, medical firms donated $750K to Kyrsten Sinema — then she opposed drug bill
As long as these two are beholden to their corporate donors, they are NOT serving the American voters who made their way through a pandemic to cast their votes in record numbers for Democrats and Joe Biden. If Democrats, as a whole, do not come through for the American people (i.e. healthcare, voting rights, child care, climate), then we are going to lose.
This bill represents the most aggressive progressive agenda I have witnessed to date on a national level. It NEEDS to pass. The American people overwhelmingly need it to pass. It is largely, if not entirely (depending on the final bill), paid for by raising the taxes on the ultra wealthy and corporations. No family making less than $400,000 will see a tax increase.
What's not to like?
Yet I fear it will not pass SOLELY because of these two senators.
And CLEARLY Sinema and Manchin are their co-conspirators:
Biden’s Women-Focused Economic Agenda Is Getting Destroyed by Joe Manchin – Mother Jones
Sinema primary challenge raises $100K in one week as Arizonans and media turn on her
Sinema’s Reign Shows How Political Corruption Can Destroy America Like Metastasized Cancer - by Thom Hartmann - The Hartmann Report
Political operatives warn 'obstructionist' Kyrsten Sinema: 'We’ve unseated much more powerful people' - Alternet.org
Sinema is still playing footsie with the Republicans who just tried to blow up the economy
Kyrsten Sinema ditches Senate negotiations for fundraising trip to Europe - Raw Story
Kyrsten Sinema’s ‘strange’ behavior completely mystifies MSNBC panel - Raw Story
Sinema jaunts off for European fundraising trip, while progressives fight for our future – ConsumersAdvisory.com