Working people want to see the Squad stand up to the establishment. Progressive leaders and leaders of major labor unions need to harness that desire and publicly urge that the Squad use their numerical balance & refuse to vote on the MUST PASS stimulus bill unless $15 is in it.— Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) March 6, 2021
"They could theoretically be doing better" is a weak criticism to start, and far too many leftists run with that all the way to "they're bad, actually."
How the hell are we supposed to accomplish anything with that type of thinking?
the thing you want her to do is technically possible
It's not, though. AOC and company can't push a button and raise the minimum wage. The best they can do is push a button that gives them some small chance to raise the minimum wage in exchange for delayed stimulus checks and unemployment funding.
This is far from an obvious decision because it's so unlikely to work.
"They could theoretically be doing better" is a weak criticism to start, and far too many leftists run with that all the way to "they're bad, actually."
How the hell are we supposed to accomplish anything with that type of thinking?
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It's not, though. AOC and company can't push a button and raise the minimum wage. The best they can do is push a button that gives them some small chance to raise the minimum wage in exchange for delayed stimulus checks and unemployment funding.
This is far from an obvious decision because it's so unlikely to work.