Senate Democrats Aim To Protect Child Tax Credit In Case Of 2022 GOP Takeover | Talking Points Memo

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#8

Now, if the Dems gave as much of a shit about all the other folks scraping by in life.

First dude up at the townhall last night was a guy with two kids, griping about childcare costs because he wants more kids but, y’know, there’s the mortgage and all that.

So he’s already got two, owns a house, has a nice job and everything. Meanwhile there are tons of people out there barely scraping by and figuring out how to pay their next rent check (which is money down the drain, no equity building for them).

And shit-all for assistance being proposed by the Dems for them.

#9

Gee, here’s a concept: How about passing the voting bills to protect democracy and — wait for it — prevent a wholly gerrymandered Rethugliklan takeover.

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#10

And how, exactly, do you suggest that the Senate Dems get those bills past the inevitable GQP filibuster?

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#11

Kill the filibuster once and for all. (Little joke there.)

#12

And how does that happen?

#13

I guess you didn’t get my joke. Too subtle?

BTW I have no faith in Congress to do anything for “the people” anymore. Unless, of course, you count corporations who, I’ve been told, are people too.

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#14

Let me sum up this whole problem with one short comment, fuck Joe Manchin.

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#15

While I don’t want the perfect to be the enemy of the good this is barely good. It is imperative that Ds pick up at least two senate seats next year to cancel out Manchenema. More would be even better.

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#16

Everybody, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, everybody, in Washington DC believes we are going to lose the Congress in 2022. The belief is based on history. It is becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy.

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#17

Dear Democratic Asshats, if you lose both houses of Congress, nothing you put into law will matter.

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#18

Negativity encourages lazy thinking, especially if the premise of the Democratic Party is positive actions to help people.

The thing is…it also looks so much more authoritative. for the NaySayers

For Boo Birds
For BeltWay Boys

#19

TFG is not on the ballot next year. His cult comes out for him; remember what happened in 2018. Ds can’t count on it happening again so work, and good candidates, are necessary.

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#20

My Mom is now a faceboot loon gop. Years ago, the gop floated a mandatory 10% savings plan for poor people. My Mom thought it was a great idea to force those lazy (almost certainly Black) bastards to save.

We were dirt poor when I was growing up and didn’t reach lower middle class till I was almost out of high school. I asked my Mom where she’d have gotten that 10% from, given that every dime of both paychecks were spent before they hit the bank. She had no answer.

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#21

Which two do you suggest we focus on?

#22

John Fetterman has a better than good chance of taking over Pat Toomey’s seat in Pennsylvania.

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#23

Especially if they just forgo the voting bit and just have the candidates settle it in the ring.

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#24

I suggest we focus on all of them.

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#25

godwit makes a point, but at the same time I have watched the Democratic Reps just struggle so much to get out a strong sentence when someone asks them questions, and it’s tremendously annoying.

I know the Goppers have been training in their Hitler Youth College Clubs in the Lee Atwater method but jeebus Dems, get off the effing stick. This is serious shit coming down the pike NOW, not 2 or 4 years from now.

Like they say after the two minute warning, I don’t get a sense of urgency that should be evident as the plod up to the line of scrimmage.

#26

I think Liz Warren would kick Scott Brown’s butt.

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#27

Man, this is a dumb thing to be fighting over at this point in our planet’s manmade and ongoing ecological disaster.

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