Quote (Black XistenZ @ 19 Aug 2020 16:02)
That's the nature of the contemporary Democratic party. They are a weird mix of many very young (the squad) and a few old (Bernie, Warren) politicians who are far to the left by American standards, coupled with a lot of old to middle aged pro-mainstream and pro-status quo politicians (Biden, Hillary, Harris, Obama, Pelosi, Schumer). Similarly, their electoral coalition is a weird combination of downscale minorities and upscale whites whose economic interests dont really align if you think about it. The Democratic party does indeed subscribe to some contradictory and two-faced policy positions, which is just a reflection of the deep divide among its base (and since Bernie's 2016 run also increasingly between its elected officials).
If the Biden-Clinton-Pelosi camp of the Democratic party got a chance to raise taxes, they would find a way to design them such that the white lower middle class has to carry the bulk of the burden, like they did with Obamacare. Or it would end like the Dodd-Frank act which was so overcomplex that it actually helped the large banks put away smaller banks who couldnt afford to keep up with all the red tape anymore.
Regarding Trump: going along with the "oldschool RNC style" tax cuts was one of the biggest policy mistakes of his presidency. He was completely unprepared and in over his head during his chaotic first year in office, and visibly torn between his populist instincts and his effort to get he mainstream of the party on board. He had just pulled off a hostile takeover of the Republican party, and still had to consolidate his intraparty power by forming alliances and working with the establishment/mainstream of the party. And he also had too many swamp creatures in his orbit during that time that he shouldnt have listened to...
Oh yeah, let's not forget that Bannon-style populist tax hikes on high-income earners were not even close to having a majority in Congress. Neither the Republicans in the Senate nor the ones in the House would have gone along with such a tax hike, and the Democrats were still shellshook by their loss, hated his guts and had no intention whatsoever to bail him out with their votes.
wrong. what a shitty
analysis rationalisation. he PUT those swamp creatures in there with the intention to profit, and that's what they did. his 'populist instincts' concerning the working class were always just pandering, and everyone outside the cult knew that and called it long before he told his millionaire friend "you all just got a lot richer" - after repeatedly promising that high income earners wouldn't see a dime, even be worse off.
he's STILL doing those kind of things (putting his swamp buddies in charge to deregulate the fossil fuel industry, or gut the USPS for example) as we speak, so acting like it was forced upon him or a compromise to consolidate his support within the party is pure bs. a critical thinking person wouldn't have trouble to realise that, but cultists gonna cult, i guess...