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Sanders warns Biden: address working-class fears or risk losing to demagogue

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Solving the giant economic abyss between those who make it and those who don't would save democracy. Because the consequences of losing out are so dire and the competition is so fierce, everything feels life or death. So many problems would be solved if people didn't feel like they were constantly battle other people just to survive economically.

Biden has done lots of things for the working class, from student loan forgiveness to lower drug prices to reducing unemployment and inflation.

I just don't understand the impulse that says "sure, he's done a lot of boring positive things, but if he doesn't make every day Christmas I'm going to let the guy win who despises me and stands for everything I hate."

I just don't know what Biden can possibly accomplish that will satisfy someone who can't even seen to look out for their own best interests. A progressive doesn't have to love Biden, or even like him, to know that he is a far better choice than the alternative.

Student loan forgiveness is no gift to the working class - it's a gift to students.

Biden threw the borders open to invasion. This will

a) drive wages down (immediately for lower-wage workers) and

b) allocate government resources (insurance, pay, unemployment, MEDICAID, welfare etc.) for the new migrants rather than for U.S. citizens who otherwise would receive them.

By moving masses of migrants into areas, Biden also hopes to later grant them fast-track US citizenship on the (mistaken) assumption that most will vote Democratic.

Biden is a Democratic Party dumpster fire.

Lower-wage workers have actually had the most wage growth since 2020

https://www.nber.org/digest/20235/pandemic-related-shifts-lo...

The border situation is exactly the same as it was under the previous two administration (other than unnecessary cruel policies). Immigration is broken at the legislative level. At least Biden passed the infrastructure act that is a huge investment in our country.

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