Progressives may need to rethink their position on the Reconciliation Bill.
A strategy update on the reconciliation process.
Progressives are being told by Biden to decrease the $3.5T budget number to get the last two Senators on board because getting part of what you want is better than nothing at all…
And throughout history, there are many moments where 50% of something is better than 0% of everything.
However, this is not one of them.
The bill started out at $7T and was cut in half to $3.5T…
This is like asking for a dollar but accepting you can only get 50 cents.
As expected, Bernie was pragmatic from the start.
But, saying that they need to cut that further is like saying they only get 30 cents but were still going to call it a dollar…
Not to mention, that would make both bills just another corporate handout.
This argument is being made, in a very coordinated fashion, for them to accept these potential cuts… as if they are still in the minority group.
But the truth is that Progressives are no longer the minority group in Congress. They are now the majority group.
And that Majority will continue to grow.
So… I was thinking about this $3.5T number and you know what?
Progressives do need to rethink it.
$3.5T is now too low.
Progressives in Congress should come back to the table with a 4.5+T proposal that includes extending UI and moving up the Medicare Expansion start to next year… and whatever else I’m missing.
Then every struggling American in the country will make sure that EVERYONE votes the way we need them to.
That’s it, that’s the whole article.
It’s time to flex… and the best way to do that is to demand more.
And we can pass both of these bills at a later date, neither one has an immediate effect on the general public like the previous bills.
But if they did, they would pass a lot more easily in this environment.
We can get it done.
Because when we step together we can make politicians do anything.
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Apologies to Rep. Jayapal for not being featured in the featured photo, she has been an absolute rockstar throughout this process and none of this would have been possible without her. She deserves a lot of recognition.
Let’s make sure she gets it.
