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Pete is a Pragmatic Progressive: (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2019 OP
K&R, Peggy. murielm99 Dec 2019 #1
I think we're more likely to do a good bit of this than we are to... IndyOp Dec 2019 #2
What is gratifying to me right now murielm99 Dec 2019 #3

IndyOp

(15,708 posts)
2. I think we're more likely to do a good bit of this than we are to...
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:42 PM
Dec 2019

implement Medicare for all or spend $16 trillion to address the climate crisis.

We 100% SHOULD have a single-payer health care system and spend $16 trillion on the climate crisis - but it is unlikely.

No matter who gets elected - it is our responsibility to push and prod and demand and protest to MOVE on all of the issues that will otherwise get stalled in Congress if we wait until a future election cycle,

murielm99

(31,436 posts)
3. What is gratifying to me right now
Tue Dec 10, 2019, 03:01 PM
Dec 2019

is happening on the state level in Illinois.

We have one of the most progressive governors in the country, and he has a Democratic super majority. Our governor is a billionaire, so they are not all bad.

GOTV people. See what Democratic leadership can accomplish in states like California and Illinois.

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