This Week, Democratic Leaders Rejected Medicare for All Again
▻https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/covid-19-democrats-medicare-for-all
Last Wednesday, 139 House Democrats voted to reject a 10 percent cut in the Pentagon budget proposed by Congressional Progressive Caucus cochair Mark Pocan. On Monday, delegates on the DNC’s platform committee rejected Medicare For All (M4A) by a margin of 36-125-3, alongside an amendment urging the party to embrace the legalization of marijuana.
On Tuesday, House majority leader Steny Hoyer signaled that the party is ready to budge on extending the extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits millions have been receiving during COVID-19 — echoing right-wing talking points that such benefits would serve as a “disincentive to work.”
Tying together what has been a truly stellar month for elite Democrats, Biden — who currently has a solid lead in the polls — explained to a group of Wall Street donors that he won’t actually propose any new legislation to rein in corporate power or change corporate behavior. “Corporate America has to change its ways,” said Biden at a fundraiser headlined by Blackstone executive Jon Gray, adding: “It’s not going to require legislation. I’m not proposing any.”
Le choix entre la peste et l’accompagnement réaliste et responsable du choléra.
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