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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
The Democrats are now the party of Free trade, I find it hilarious that people continue to cling to the notion that the "Brand Name" of their political party is correct. Hate to break it to you, but the Democrats are picking your pocket just as much as the GOP is today. I know the Democrats say "WE LOVE POOR PEOPLE TM", but actions speak louder than words.
I'm sure you will have some snarky complaints about Trump or something like that, but look no further than Chicago which has been ruled by the Dems for 70 years and left giant swaths of the city behind with nary an attempt to correct that mess.
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Oh lord, please don't normalize Trump. He is NOT NORMAL. He is like no corrupt Democrat or Republican we've seen EVER. He colluded with a foreign power to win an election. He is a sexual predator who supports other sexual predators for office. He equates neo-nazis with protestors. He doesn't believe in the rule of law or the free press. Not normal. And not snarky. SCARY.
Otherwise, I couldn't agree more that Democrats have lost all credibility after Clinton, and racism in both parties has left behind people of color. What the Democratic party needs is a progressive wave to purge the neoliberals and replace them with defenders of social justice and stewards of planet earth.
"Loving the poor" is really just giving people the opportunity to get ahead with some basic essentials - affordable health care and college and equal opportunity under the law. Upward mobility is in fact the cornerstone of liberal democracy.
Since Reagan cut the highest marginal tax rate from 70% to 50% in 1981, and then to 28% by 1987(!), that cornerstone has eroded. So far from picking pockets, the GOP has actually sacrificed the public good for wealthy interests.
Whenever we drop the highest marginal tax rate and deregulate Wall Street, we witness massive inequality followed by some great economic shock: Great Depression, recession of early 90s, and the Great Recession. These were not natural corrections - they were a direct result of plutocratic policies - and so too is the rise of Trumpian fascism.