Don't criticise Biden...he has to beat trump
Back to the comfort zone of pre 2016
It's like people forget that these politicians work for the people. The idea of putting a politicians face on a flag is symptomatic of people forgetting that these people work for us. There should be a debate of ideas and policies (with people crossing party lines) and those debates should be public and passionate. This "our side" vs. "their side" while putting "our person" on a pedestal is nonsense and destructive.
Who would realistically replace her ?
The Dems are not capable of replacing an 80 year old woman?
Her age isn't the issue. Who would replace the gravitas she brings to the table.
This is self-fulfilling in the end - no-one gets promoted because they don't have her experience, and no-one gets the experience because no-one gets promoted. This is why people never stick around in the House.
The Dems don't seem to want any one else because they know she can get things done in terms of dealing with the various factions and the house Rs. There really is no other Dem who has that level of experience and skillset at the moment.
She's a great fund-raiser apparently. They should give it to Katie Porter. Someone that understands and will fight for the people rather than what their donors want.
That's not what the speaker is for though. Its to deal with the internal machinations of the house - how to wrangle votes and work with the Senate and President.
The last three republican speakers, a child molester, a crying tobacco lobbyist and a rich dude who ran for the hills as soon as the tax cuts were signed. What you are saying sounds good but it gets the Dems nowhere fast.
The whole Trump cult goes against one of their god's commandments - thou shalt not worship false idols (most common translation).
They should but don't. What we confuse for incompetence usually is fully intentional.
Good point. They work for the people/companies that fund their campaigns.
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This was apparently a scam.
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tbf I think it's the SF city government that have made a mess of things up there. Pelosi, while she might have pull, doesn't get to vote in local decisions such as taxes, decisions on homeless matters, etc.
Tech companies have been ruining the city for 20 years now. Not surprising things are so expensive and homelessness is up.
I know he is talking about medical insurance but is car insurance mandatory in US or not?
Is mandatory
Is distraction.
Porter is a national treasure. I wish she would run for president.
I would have her be speaker of the house today. Its people like her that need to be in leadership instead or Reaganites like Pelosi and Schumer.
This is an aside to the thread, but how can tech companies be ruining the city? Is bringing in a lot of high-earning tech jobs a malady? Or are they (tech companies) in charge instead of the mayor and councillors? Are finance jobs ruining New York, is Hollywood ruining LA?
This has been a somewhat unique problem in the Silicon Valley / Bay Area since the dot com boom of the late 90s. When large amounts of venture capital money get dumped into a geographic area, real estate costs skyrocket while wages for a vast majority of people who aren't tech workers (ie. a majority of San Francisco and Oakland) don't budge. This prices normal people out of affordable housing and widens the gap between the haves (a minority) and have nots (the sizeable majority), thereby ruining the value of continuing to live in SF. Boston is the number 3 city for VC money and is also experiencing a similar problem. When housing is too expensive, people obviously can't be happy (or content) living there, which ruins the entire experience of in living in such cities.
Saying "tech companies are ruining the city" is overly simplistic and completely misses the point. What else are tech companies and venture capital funded startups supposed to do?
Tech companies are the problem, but the solutions are up to local governments.
