For instance, you mentioned rent strike. People are simply not going to do that en masse. You have scores of people barely surviving before the pandemic hit, and they're now drawing on whatever reserves they have. What's the difference between a rent strike or not paying rent because you don't have the money in the first place? When the first eviction letters get sent over the summer, spreading potential carriers to have to move with relatives that may be doing a bit better or becoming homeless, getting more people sick.
You really don't think they'll extend the moratorium on evictions? You say people won't do it en masse but they already did all on their own - somewhere between 20% and a third of Americans didn't pay May's rent. If that's the number of people that do it SPONTANEOUSLY, imagine what happens if there's a bandwagon effect.
That's not a rent strike, that's people on their own making a choice between paying rent or paying for food. People by and large's aren't looking to make a statement with not paying rent, they don't have a choice.
The fact that they're pushing COBRA subsidies over getting people signed up for Medicaid, or even ACA expansion is such a terrible policy (And the most expensive!) shows they're so scared of the health industry that this current Dem leadership is never going to improve the status quo.
Fair point. But MediCal is pretty good already so you should convince Newsom to do the expansion all on his own instead of waiting for Trump to get on board. I mean what a fucking fantasy![/quote]
Newsome just pushed a budget slashing Medi-cal benefits because of the current budget deficit. That's the issue, you need your actual leaders to lead at all fronts. Pelosi should know what her own governor needs to fund the state, and she's not pushing for enough funding.
If it's a messaging bill, they're showing what they're messaging, and that's they don't want to use federal government as the tool it needs to be.
Are you even listening to yourself? The good bill that won't make it past the Senate isn't perfect so they should have passed an even better bill that won't survive the house Republicans? You're just jerking yourself off, and without any awareness that California progressivism is pretty far removed from where the rest of the nation is at.
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First, I don't think it's a good bill. I'm indifferent to it. And 2nd, if the bill has no chance of passing, then fuck, yes, put in what you think will advance your priorities. This isn't California progressivism, or whatever you want to call it, when there's Republican senators like Josh Hawley and Marco Rubio supporting some version of it.
The current Heroes act had 1 republican voting for it and 14 Democrats in the house voting against it. They could have put anything they wanted, and still have the same percentages. If you're asking me to give a fuck about it, then I'll tell you what I think what's wrong with it. If you're whining that they couldn't pass something that will be better, I don't know where that comes from, You'd think Blue Dogs Dems are going to fight against getting more money to their communities right now?
