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where does MDMH diverge from DSA?
There is room in the current budget for most of the projects, it just requires r reallocation of current funds, including a major cut in defense spending. Currently the US spends more on healthcare per person than other countries with socialized health care. Our budget heavily subsidizes private industries all over the economic spectrum and that results in further inequality and inefficiency.Question for MHB or others who are serious supporters of the DSA. Coming from someone who is very sympathetic to the platform -- in an ideal world, I'd lover for nearly all the things that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has campaigned on would come to pass -- has there been any serious economic analysis done to explain how it will all be paid for? I've seen a lot of "tax the rich and big corps, cut defense spending" rhetoric, but that wouldn't be nearly enough to pay for the things being promised. I feel like getting some actual economists to put models together for public scrutiny would be a great step to more widespread legitimacy. Maybe these exist and I haven't seen them?
Question for MHB or others who are serious supporters of the DSA. Coming from someone who is very sympathetic to the platform -- in an ideal world, I'd lover for nearly all the things that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has campaigned on would come to pass -- has there been any serious economic analysis done to explain how it will all be paid for? I've seen a lot of "tax the rich and big corps, cut defense spending" rhetoric, but that wouldn't be nearly enough to pay for the things being promised. I feel like getting some actual economists to put models together for public scrutiny would be a great step to more widespread legitimacy. Maybe these exist and I haven't seen them?
There is room in the current budget for most of the projects, it just requires r reallocation of current funds, including a major cut in defense spending. Currently the US spends more on healthcare per person than other countries with socialized health care. Our budget heavily subsidizes private industries all over the economic spectrum and that results in further inequality and inefficiency.
Do you have a link to the economic analysis that shows this? It's easy to say there's room in the budget.
Republicans just passed a tax cut that’s going to blow up the debt by almost $2T. They had “economic analysis” that convinced them it would benefit the economy. Nothing Democrats can do will convince them a progressive plan will fit in the budget and Republicans will do whatever they can to make sure it doesn’t work.
nancy pelosi is the WORST
nancy pelosi is the WORST
but at incoherence, she's the best
just think, when you vote dim for your rep., you vote for her
Yeah, I'm not a fan either. She's never been very impressive or persuasive in her television appearances, and I don't think she's ever been an effective spokesperson for the party. I keep reading that she's a great fundraiser for the party, but if you can't win a majority it seems to me that all that money is wasted. She should have groomed a younger, more dynamic successor, and retired several years ago, but she just keeps hanging on, hoping that the Dems can win back a majority in the House. She's a great example of a career politician who's hung on for far too long, and her usefulness ended a long time ago, imo.