The congressman's remarks come as Democrats wrestle with ideological divisions between their progressive and moderate wings.
  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    261·
    7 days ago

    The first job of the new Dem Congress after the Midterm, is to immediately replace the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries. If they don’t work for the other side, they might as well be. Get rid of them.

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    7 days ago

    We all know this, but I am surprised that he actually admits it publicly.

    But… perhaps there’s no point in manipulating the public. It’s not as if there’s a viable alternative.

    Meanwhile, he has the very best healthcare on Earth, all thanks to US taxpayers.

    This is just one more reason why our major parties continue to lose voters every year. Rs are now 30%, Ds are now 30%, and Independents are up to 40% (many polls, pick your favorite).

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 days ago

      DSA member Chi Osse wanted to challenge Jeffries, but the DSA narrowly dropped him because Zohran Mamdani told DSA not to primary Jeffries.

      So you can thank Zohran Mamadani for this.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    44·
    6 days ago

    One of his few good points, and it may be accidental is that it’s hard to sell a tax increase.

    My health insurance premium is way higher than my Medicare tax, so I can recognize that tripling the Medicare tax in my income bracket in order to support Medicare for all will actually save me money.

    But there are a lot of people who would stop at tripling the Medicare tax is bad. It would be a hard sell to get past that.

    The only real problem with tripling the Medicare tax is that it’s a fixed percentage and is capped, but really ought to be progressive with no cap

    • BigMacHole@thelemmy.club
      7·
      6 days ago

      It’s ONE of the MOST Difficult things to Tell people their Monthly costs will LOWER! Be LESS! SAVE Money! I cant’ even do it!

    • zbyte64@awful.systems
      61·
      6 days ago

      Selling a good thing like Medicare for all is a skills issue at this point. And if we keep hiring Democrats who lack that level of communication skills, then don’t blame the voters for failing to know what is at stake.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      It’s one of those things that boggles me. People will happily hundreds of dollars a month for a ‘service’ they barely use and is notorious for finding ways to not honor providing the service for any number of reasons.

      But the second you rephrase it as a tax, even a tax that would cost them less and provide them better services, they just don’t want any part of it and cling to the broken model like any kind of tax is an impediment of their rights.

    • droans@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 days ago

      This is why the idea of “Medicare for those who want it” seems appealing to me. Until you reach a certain threshold (say, 70%), make both the tax and benefits optional.

      It’s not optimal by any stretch but it’s easier to sell it as an optional tax and benefit.