So, typical Trump blathering then.
On second thought, maybe he should though because here is what we are up against from the WSJ this morning:
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Hakeem Jeffries is closing in on the Speaker's gavel, but his path to power runs directly through an expanding group of Democratic Socialists who want major policy concessions in exchange for their support. To win backing from the DSA's national organization and some local chapters, the candidates had to agree to work closely with the group once in office and caucus with other endorsed members. The DSA and the candidates will decide together on what red lines to set with Jeffries, said DSA national co-chair Ashik Siddique.
Following is just what we know about as demands:
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Demands on the table for Jeffries included wealth taxes, advancing language and votes on Medicare for All, the pro-union PRO Act, an arms embargo on Israel, raising the minimum wage and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Looking at these individually you are looking at:
- Wealth taxes: as shown in the Washington state wealth tax thread I started yesterday, this idea will migrate downwards to the middle class and rapidly. It will never just apply to the wealthy.
- Medicare for All: this is single-payer government healthcare that will destroy medicine in this country, subject everyone to extraordinary wait times for basic procedures, downgrade the quality of doctors, and cost trillions in new spending that we already can't afford.
- PRO Act: see attached image. Puts unions everywhere. Full on worker's paradise via Marx.
- Arms Embargo on Israel: sort of indifferent to this but it would degrade Israel and make them vulnerable to everyone else in the MidEast.
- Raising Minimum Wage: economic idiocy as shown everywhere it is done at the state and local level. Job killer.
- Abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement: back to open borders and anti-sovereignty so that communist ferals can take over America. Hakeem has already said the Democrats are going to pursue this, so this reason alone is enough to vote against Democrats.
