Why doesn't the Democratic party fight Trump populism with economic populism? As commentator Sonali Kolhatkar ( https://otherwords.org/progressive-economic-populism-is-a-winning-issue/ ) put it, "The re-election of Donald Trump reignited a simmering feud between the progressive and centrist wings of the Democratic Party. While centrists have cautioned against alienating 'moderate' voters, progressives have urged the party to rally around universal health care, raising wages, and other populist measures."
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) responded! At the end of April, it issued a ten-point " New Affordability Agenda ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JTJG5viBybX-b_7-W7b6pdG-P_uY0ISZ7nCaQfaIyfY/ )." Each point lists one or two caucus members who will introduce a bill. Medicare for All? The Agenda gives it first place in the introduction! "The CPC is committed to championing structural changes, including creating a path to universal healthcare with proposals to expand Medicare coverage and benefits to eventually cover everyone under a Medicare For All system,..." *But not one of the ten points mentions Medicare for All.* The only agenda point related to health care is, "Prescription drugs people can afford." The progressive caucus of the Democratic party won't campaign on Medicare for All. Worse, the caucus misleads by combining chatter for single payer in the introduction with exclusion of it from the ten points of action. My observation is late, five weeks after the caucus published the agenda. By way of an excuse, I have not found it among the chatter-tariat who have heralded the agenda. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41978): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41978 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119712382/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
