So the budget already passed senate?
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My fellow Americans, Iām pleased to tell you today that Iāve signed legislation that will outlaw Republicans forever. We begin bombing in five minutes
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10 Rs will magically get struck by lightning and stop being turds?
Ah, the āFreaky Fridayā gambit.
Havent seen that one employed since aught 7
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Democratic senators also introduced amendments to the resolution. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, offered an amendment expressing support for tax increases on the nationās richest 0.1%. The measure failed after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) joined every Republican in voting no.
Maggieās vote will really help drive turnout when sheās about to lose to their self-proclaimed āTrump guyā governor in 15 months.
Christ how embarrassing to live in this shithole backwards thinking state.
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Is NH full of mega rich people? I always thought it was more hippyish like Vermont
Mostly expat Massholes dodging taxes.
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With a state motto of āLive Free or Dieā? Yeah, thatās a big ole no.
New Hampshire doesnāt get nearly enough blame for the 2000 presidential election.
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This seems really good?
It almost by definition canāt be. Bipartisan support signals that this is an agreement that will do the least damage to powerful interests, which are rarely aligned with the greater social good.
Which is not to say it will be universally bad. There will probably be a lot of projects that get funded that will do some good. But as we are all aware, the problems we are facing as a society are fucking massive and urgent. Repairing bridges and funding some environmental restoration projects are nice, but not nearly what the moment is calling for.
I think what Iām getting at is that itās pretty telling as to how beaten down we are that we can see these crumbs as being really good.
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I mean I agree itās nowhere near enough, but if they pass anything close to 3.5 trillion, with the bi partisan bill, thats 4 trillion in new spending and that is pretty good. Best thing this country has done in 30+ years.
Yeah we need the Green New Deal, M4A, and a TON of other shit, but 4 trillion aināt nothing. If it wasnāt for the fact that voting rights are getting completely curb stomped and weāre about to enter a decades+ long era where democrats at the very least canāt secure all three branches again, so best case scenario is nothing gets done for 10+ years, Iād say this is a really good sign that weāre at least passed the austerity age where politicians cried constantly about not spending money and not being able to afford shit.
Like if we got HR 1 and we actually had a future, Iād say itās super encouraging even the shitlibs are now ok with spending a ton of money and it was a huge step in the right direction, even if it still sucks and we still needed to primary 90% of them.
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also jed bartlett
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Isnāt the 3.5 trilly a Dems only bill?
Yes and presumably Manchin or Sinema will steer it into the ditch last minute for āconcessionsā.
