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Hortensis

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13. Celerity, we ARE the family leave people. Of course. Biden ran on that,

Reply to Celerity (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 09:26 AM

Oct 2021

remember? It's a really big issue with us. Most of our candidates did. Also all the many other things in THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S BIDEN PLAN.

I share the frustrations of democracy, but when the Republicans are close to carrying off a putsch and installing a vicious dictator is exactly the wrong time for anyone to let losing some of the provisions n our bills destroy their commitment to saving the democracy that makes progressive action possible.

People need keep in mind that if we lose, there will be no next time. We lose everything, and what they impose instead will make today seem like the end of America's golden era it was.

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Manchin singlehandedly denied families paid leave. Why would a Democrat oppose such a basic measure? [View all] Celerity Oct 2021 OP

Because he's not really a Democrat elias7 Oct 2021 #1

Your points are well made. However, if he left the party formally, we would lose the Senate. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2021 #2

Which makes me like his face even less (if that is possible) elias7 Oct 2021 #18

THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Oct 2021 #6

Tell me how the Republicans control the Senate without having the numbers to control the Senate. Efilroft Sul Oct 2021 #17

He's one of our few conservative Democrats and claims small business Hortensis Oct 2021 #3

Manchin is full of (fill in the blank) & once again he is hurting the poorest workers & PoC the most Celerity Oct 2021 #9

Celerity, we ARE the family leave people. Of course. Biden ran on that, Hortensis Oct 2021 #13

If we could just get it in for 4 weeks for now, then I rate the bill is about as good as we can hope Celerity Oct 2021 #15

Either one of two things are behind his and Sinema's actions, duforsure Oct 2021 #4

Or he thinks small business can't afford it...sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one. Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #7

If it can be done in Europe, Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #8

it's paid for by the government & the government outlays are paid for by tax raises on the wealthy Celerity Oct 2021 #16

I'll go with bribery. bamagal62 Oct 2021 #14

Corporate America owns him, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #5

It would cost the energy industry a lot of money nt doc03 Oct 2021 #10

He's over 70 and it will never impact him personally Generic Brad Oct 2021 #11

He's a bad man. Only a bad man would do such a thing. Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2021 #12