Abandon hope all ye who persist in believing that you are going to be saved by the Democrats. Their record is tarnished by a long line of democratic presidents notable for their subservience to corporations and billionaires. Case in point, William Jefferson Clinton who âfelt our pain,â as he kicked millions of needy families off welfare rolls, deregulated the financial behemoths and with the help of our current president signed a crime bill that made America the worldâs largest penal colony. It wasnât long (eight years) before Obama, the consummate shape shifter, gave the U.S. another first â worldâs leading producer of crude oil. His other âaccomplishmentsâ â kicking ten million people out of their homes, enacting policies that led to a significant redistribution of wealth upwards and a decline in the standard of living for people of color. Following in the footsteps of these two charlatans, enter Joe Biden who never met an oligarch he couldnât fawn over. All the ârightâ people, the mainstream media, his bros in Congress, his buddies in the fossil fuel and pharmaceutical industries and assorted billionaires are over the moon at how successfully he has unwound social reforms the overwhelming majority of Americans favor. Where do the progressives stand on the fate of their ânon-negotiableâ programs? In the usual place, on their knees gobbling about the joys of âincremental reformâ and turning their gaze away from the pain corporate gouging and billionaires in the tax-free zone are inflicting on working Americans. Take heart, our newest Democratic president is not a complete liar. The one promise he made and kept was to his wealthy benefactors â âNothing will fundamentally change.â If you believe the congressional âprogressivesâ that the porridge contained in these two bills is âhistoric legislation [that] delivers on many of the promises that Democrats made to invest in working people across America, you really should read âProgressives in Free Fall: Compromise and Capitulation.â
