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Dayne Goodwin via Marxism wrote:
AOC blasts 'shameful' $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill for bailing out corporations
She raised some correct points in her rant. But don't let her empty theatrics ("blast") fool you. She didn't shame anyone but herself. She voted for that bill.
Instead of mobilizing 'the squad' and sympathetic Republicans to work against the bill including stalling it while the public is made aware of its many shortcomings, the so-called progressives gave grandstanding speeches like AOC's aforementioned speech. Instead of voting against the bill and being in a position to say she was looking out for her constituents' interests (even if the bill passed it wouldn't have been because of her), she now joins Tulsi Gabbard, Ayanna Pressley, Ro Khanna, Elizabeth Warren, Ilhan Omar, "and anyone else who wants to call themselves a progressive" (as Jimmy Dore said) in voting for this massive big business bailout bill that is the largest wealth transfer. That one-time $1,200 check some Americans will get won't purchase what Americans need and deserve.
Jimmy Dore has been making YouTube videos on this recently (https://www.youtube.com/user/TYTComedy/videos is his channel) including pointing out how shameful it is to think that AOC's arm-waving speech is in any way comparable to Congressional votes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfOPSq705To), how California's 3-month mortgage payment moratorium is going to be followed by allowing banks to demand all of those unpaid payments on month 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQmn9o6NZVo) meaning that in month 4 one owes the unpaid 3 payments plus the regular monthly payment -- 4X their regular mortgage payment in one lump sum.
And, as Dore has been explicitly clear, "It is stunning to watch progressive media fall down on this". Very few news and/or commentary outlets are covering what a bad bill this is for the 99% and how things look very bad for a lot of Americans in the short-term future. One notable example: Democracy Now! earned a reputation for championing progressive politics during the run-up to the 2003 US/UK-led invasion of Iraq. DN has squandered all of that good will in recent years as Amy Goodman uncritically repeated Russiagate lies, echoed talk of the alleged gas attack in Douma that now 4 OPCW scientists say did not happen, and DN lost critical voices like former DN reporter Aaron Maté (who has tweeted about why he left DN and talked on Jimmy Dore's show about why he left DN).
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