A 10-point platform for common sense Democrats
As MAGA pulled the GOP to the right, the “socialists” will try to pull the Democrats to the left, along with the "progressives."
Democrats are doing a giddy victory jig, and who can blame them?
MAGA, of course, but even President Donald J. Trump — did you notice? — didn’t drag out his shopworn “rigged” malarky [Joe Biden reference] this time. And the fears of bed-wetting Democrats of feds interfering with elections proved to be a mirage. (I am not saying it wasn’t wise to have lawyers standing by, because, well, you just don’t know.)
Since his dramatic re-election in 2024, I have been trying to talk my progressive friends off the ledge, trying to convince them that America is a self-correcting democracy from center Left to center Right, and sometimes maybe a smidge more extreme.
What would counter balance Trump’s revenge tour, the Chancellor of the Stu-niversity opined?
Two things.
1- A U.S. Supreme Court that would not let him run amok. Yes, he has won some decisions there, but he has lost others.
Yes, the Supremes have had a conservative supermajority since 2020, but it tilted left for much of seven decades before that. Elections have consequences.
2- Because elections have consequences, and because Trump was destined to go too far, almost since his election I have been predicting the Dems would take back the House of Representatives.
Why? Mainly history. In all but three elections in 100 years, the President's party has lost seats in the midterm elections. Added to history was Trump’s shall we say erratic behavior. Or chaotic. Or corrupt. Or cruel.
Whatever.
He got extreme and he got his butt kicked after he told voters to pretend he was on the ballot. They did. ☹️
The GOP lost, which means we won’t be getting the $5,000 he promised each American if Republicans won, in the most blatant case of direct, and illegal, bribery to influence an election. I mean, he just said it out loud.
Whatever.
So now it’s the Democrats turn.
As MAGA pulled the GOP to the right, the “socialists” will try to pull the Democrats to the left, along with the "progressives." Even moderate Democrats admit the party, when it gets a lot of power, tends to go bat shit. The Dems need to serve Americans, not its left flank.
“Democratic socialist’ notions, such as disbanding the U.S. Senate (it is in their platform), is actually an attack on the Constitution (and maybe not so important now that Dems control it).
As a moderate Democrat, here is my to-do list for my party, in order to make most Americans happy, and to keep its hand on the wheel of state.
I am deliberately not ranking them in order of importance.
I am inviting you to do that, and I also invite you to made additions or subtractions, because this blog believes in democracy and free speech. But not stupid speech.
- Fix Social Security. It’s easy. Just remove the damn income cap.
- Increase medical insurance coverage.
- Raise the minimum wage.
- Release the Epstein files, all of them. Now!
- Reduce the stupendous national debt. Raise some taxes, reduce some spending.
- Add to housing stock to increase supply and reduce costs.
- Exempt first $50,000 of wages from income tax. Increase tax on the top 5%.
- Ban stock trading by elected officials.
- Create guard rails for data centers, but do not prohibit them.
- Create guard rails for AI without prohibiting it.
OK. Have your say.
