16th July 2020, 6:04 PM
I have to give credit to Biden's team for agreeing to alter their platform and develop plans with progressives. I didn't expect that Biden was going to even try to appeal to the left, so this is a pleasent surprise.
Now, the healthcare stuff is rather token and underwhelming, but the "save the planet" stuff is very nice. I hate that apparently behind the scenes Bernie's team has been unable to budge Biden on certain realities about what needs to be done to change policing in this country, but ONE solid platform means I can actually get (cautiously) excited about Biden rather than JUST voting "not Trump".
I'll concede this point. Biden at long last has a policy I can really get excited about. It's not the full green new deal, but it's definitely progressive. Now we just need to see if Biden will keep his word. (For once...)
If Biden's plan is the most progressive since FDR, it's an indictment of American politics going back for decades, that's for sure.
Now, the healthcare stuff is rather token and underwhelming, but the "save the planet" stuff is very nice. I hate that apparently behind the scenes Bernie's team has been unable to budge Biden on certain realities about what needs to be done to change policing in this country, but ONE solid platform means I can actually get (cautiously) excited about Biden rather than JUST voting "not Trump".
I'll concede this point. Biden at long last has a policy I can really get excited about. It's not the full green new deal, but it's definitely progressive. Now we just need to see if Biden will keep his word. (For once...)
If Biden's plan is the most progressive since FDR, it's an indictment of American politics going back for decades, that's for sure.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)