Not really sure he’s back a couple pages if you wanna ask him but in NZ college is only half free so I can’t really say much from my POV

Weird flex, none of this makes your political perspective more valid than anybody else’s

And what president has gotten s*** done in the past 20 years since you seem to be so against progressives? Which moderate president made a real difference?

Some people already made some good points here so i'll just add a few things

Defund the police

Rule enforcement is an absolute must to have a good economy. And a good economy increases socioeconomic conditions of people within that economy. We absolutely need cops if we are to bring underperforming neighborhoods up.

However we should all recognize that sending jarheads with guns to deal with mental health issues is a terrible idea that is costing innocent lives

M4A

Having the government be the negotiator for all of our medical expenses would be great. Private should still be an option for those who can afford it. Healthcare is a fundamental right why should we put a ceiling on it for people?

Schooling for all

Objectively a good move. Education is one of the biggest factors of a thriving economy. hopefully the government paying for schooling would help reign in some of the insane programs these universities are getting away with charging

Student debt remove

I'm not sure of the math on this but if the government can strike a deal with the lenders to free up the debt this could cause an economic boom. This should be sequential to schooling for all

Green new deal

Need to make sure we provide a solid transition for lost jobs. Even more importantly we need to make sure we don't jump the gun and leave ourselves with a constrained power grid. We supposedly had some blackouts in california recently because green energy hasn't yet covered our energy needs

My point is just about getting rid of existing college debt, not about making future public college free. Getting rid of existing debt wouldn’t help poor taxpayers it would only help current college graduates

it was a factually correct statement

This wasn’t a flex moron. Did you read the post I was responding to?

Well considering 12 of the past 20 years Republicons were in office, the easiest answer to your question would be Obama

peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/04/23/providing-reparations-for-victims-of-unfree-college

all you "but how will we pay for it" clowns can f*** off lmao this is the way to go.

And what progress and difference did Obama make? Obama was a moderate, he wasn’t a progressive by any means.

You asked me which president in the last 20 years got things done. And you asked which moderate. I gave you an answer smartass

I’m asking you how did Obama get more s*** done than any of those republican presidents

• 11.3 million private sector jobs added

• Brought us out of recession worse than last 3 recessions combined

• Got more Taliban leaders in 30 days than Bush/Cheney did in 6 years

• Auto Industry saved

• Bin Laden dead

• Nuclear weapons reduced by 1/3 in US & Russia

• Stock market more than doubles

• Stock market set record highs

• Creamed Bush in turning around job loss

• U.S Gross Domestic product went from steady decline to increasing every quarter of the Obama Presidency

• Ended Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

• Insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions

• Kids stay on their parent’s insurance until 26 under certain conditions

• Requires health plans to disclose how much of premium goes to patient care

• Prevents children from being denied health insurance coverage

• Cut prescription d*** cost for medi-care recipients by 50%

• Requires large employers to contribute to a national healthcare plan

• Spending growth under Obama lower than that of both Bushes, Nixon, Carter & Reagan

• Came out against SOPA

• Temporally suspended taxes on Unemployment benefits

• Nixes Keystone Pipeline

• Jail population decline for first time in decades

• Wind power growth up 39%

• Instituted the toughest Wall Street reform since Great Depression

• Passed health reform: Others tried & failed over the last 60 years

• Insurance companies can no longer drop you when you get sick

• Stimulus Plan which brought us out of the brink of financial collapse

• $100 billion to embarrassing, crumbling infrastructure: Most since Eisenhower

• $60 billion to create renewable and clean energy

• Credit Card reform stopping the most abusive credit card practices

• Huge investment into science & technology

• Quadrupled the number of openly gay judges on the federal bench

• Amped budgets at NASA & National Science Foundation

• Expanded state run health insurance to cover additional four million kids

• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – Equal pay for equal work

• Global initiative keeping nuclear material out of hands of terrorists

• Hate crimes prevention act (Matthew Shepard Act)

• FDA for first time allowed to regulate tobacco

• Eliminated scandal plagued Mineral Management Services

• Overhauled the astonishing stupidity of the student loan system

• Cancelled bloated weapons program including useless F-22

• Stopped Russia supplying $1 billion of high-tech missiles to Iran promised by Bush

• Tax cuts for small businesses

• $14 billion in federally funded loans to stimulate job creation

• Cut taxes for 95% of working families

• Passed 16 different tax cuts for American small business owners

• Fought GOP for Health benefits for 9/11 responders - He didn't forget.

• Orders for durable goods increase

• Appointed first Latina to Supreme Court

• Ryan White AIDS Treatment Act

• Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president

• Expanded loan program for small businesses

• Increased funding for National Parks and Forests

• Led effort to phase out whaling

• Funding for high speed broadband internet access to students K-12

• $26 billion to states saving 160,000 teacher jobs among other things

• Helped rebuild schools in New Orleans

• Doubled research funds for cleaner fuel

• $2 billion to solar power

• Raised fuel economy standards

• Cash for clunkers

• Limited mercury emissions

• Eliminated oil company liability caps for oil spills

• Ordered BP to provide $20 billion liability fund for damages from spill

• Mandated new safety rules for offshore drilling

• World opinion of US improves significantly since Obama takes office

• Visited more countries in first year than any other president

• Return rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba

• Renewed loan guarantees to Israel

• Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civilians

• Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade

• Authorized Clinton’s mission getting 2 prisoners released from Korea

• Nuclear arms agreement with India

• Agreement with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange

• Cut salaries of senior White House officials

• Prevented congress from receiving cost of living pay raise

• Cancelled contracts for 28 White House helicopters saving $11.2 billion

• Return tax payer money for White House refurbishing

• Established a Patient’s Bill of Rights

• Expanded vaccinations program

• New homes sales see biggest jump in 47 years

• Extended benefit for same-sex partners of federal employees

• Same-sex partners assured visitation & healthcare decision rights

• $8 billion to establish smart power grid

• $13 billion for high-speed rail in 13 major US corridors

• Major expansion of AmeriCorps

• Committed US to almost 5 million charging station by 2015

• Expanding broadband internet

• Improved benefits for veterans

• New and improved hiring policy for veterans

• Donated Peace Prize award money

• Ended media blackout on war casualties

• Increased access to PTSD treatment for soldiers and veterans

• Reconstruction of military to reflect modern-day threats & technology

• Ended torture

• Recommitted the U.S. to full compliance to the Geneva Conventions

• Cut missile defense system by $1.4 billion

• Increased pay benefits to military personnel

• Began draw-down of war in Afghanistan

• Ordered Seal operation to free of US captain held by pirates

• Negotiated nuclear arms agreement with Australia, India, & Russia

• Increased Navy patrol of Somali coast

• Provided $210 Million for building and upgrading fire stations

• Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act

• Ordered extensive review of hurricane & natural disaster preparedness

• Edward Kennedy Serve America Act: Expands national volunteer program

• Removed restrictions and provided support of embryonic stem cell research

• Manned missions to Mars & asteroids rather than just returning to moon

• Worked with international allies on International Space Station

• Used private sector to improve space flight

• Used Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research

• Established consumer tax credit for plug-in hybrid cars

• For first time in 13 years America’s dependence on foreign oil below 50%

• Tax breaks to promote public transit

• Extended and indexed the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch

• Income floor for medical expense deductions for individuals 65 & older

• Health insurance tax credits & subsidies for incomes to 4x poverty level

• Accelerated tax benefits for donations to Haiti earthquake relief

• Income tax rates for highest earners will change from 35% to 39.6%

• Capital gains tax for highest earners will change from 15% to 20%

• Tax increase for corporations with assets of at least $1 billion

• Closed offshore tax safe havens, tax credit loopholes

• Tax bills hit lowest level since 1950

• Tax refunds up 10 percent due to stimulus

• Imposed limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House

• Limits White House aides working for lobbyists after tenure in office

• Independent watchdogs call Obama’s record on ethic Unprecedented

• Closed lobbyist loopholes with respect to the Recovery Act

• Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees

• DOD will film all interrogations

• White House voluntary disclosure policy

• $5,000 tax credit for every new worker hired

• Jobs for Main Street Act

• Under Obama American clean energy industry creates 2.7 million jobs & expanding rapidly

• Created more jobs in 2009 than Bush in his entire presidency

• CBO found 3.7 Million jobs created by stimulus (May 2010)

• 682,370 jobs created under Recovery Act Between Jan. & March, 2010

• National Export Initiative – designed to double US exports

• Federal deficit shrank 8% year-on-year

• Wall St reform designed to end taxpayer bailouts

• Gets 47 nations to agree to 4 years non-proliferation efforts

• Forced airlines to disclose prices upfront

• 25 Billion settlement against banking industry

• Opposes NC Gay Marriage Amendment

• Helped clean out weapons-usable uranium from 6 countries:

Mexico, Chile, Romania, Serbia, Libya, and Turkey

• Number of oil rigs in US oil fields has quadrupled in past three years

• US now has more rigs at work than the rest of the world put together

• First time since 1949 we now export more gas than we import

• Rescued hostages held by Somalian Pirates with precision mission

• Appointed record number of women judges to federal bench

• Makes health insurance available to seasonal firefighters

• Establishes relations with Cuba for first time in over a half century

• Brokers historic deal with Iran to prevent them from developing and producing nuclear weapons and prevent another senseless war

• 73 straight months of private sector jobs growth

• Procures historic international cap and trade climate agreement climate agreement with China

• Reduced veteran homelessness over 50% in last two years

I’m not looking for copy pasted bullshit, I wanna know tangible progressive policy that Obama pushed. I’ll give you Obamacare

I never called Obama a “progressive”

And “progressive policy” is just a buzzword for boogeyman proposals from immature people who have no idea how government works and think capitalism is cause of all their problems

This is the most ironic thing I’ve ever read considering your username is OPEN THE BORDERS

the main argument against most of these is that they'd cost money or require more taxation but the govt already pisses away so much money in the first place that it wouldn't hurt to put it towards something useful

the defund the police thing is kind of a meme because it would be a more gradual process than it implies which has led to a lot of confusion on the issue

I define progressivism as someone who actually does things. Because the definition of progress is: forward or onward movement toward a destination

Progress isn’t slogans like GND/M4A it’s real, feasible, attainable legislature that will actually impact people’s lives

And why exactly is Medicare for all so unattainable to you?

impact peoples lives like how obama's drone strikes did?

More people would’ve died without the drone strikes than with them.

slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/04/u-s-drone-strikes-civilian-casualties-would-be-much-higher-without-them.html

lmfaooooooooooo

the perfect encapsulation of liberal brain disease in a single post.

Because going directly from the current state of US healthcare to a single payer system is 1.) not feasible and 2.) would never get through Congress, even with a dem majority.

Pete’s Medicare for All who want it, or Biden’s BidenCare public option are two good ways of organically achieving universal coverage. And if the fovernmen provided healthcare is better like people think it will be, it will either 1.) push big healthcare to up the quality for lower costs or 2.) phase out private insurance entirely.