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Bernie Sanders criticizes the Democratic Party for neglecting the working class, leading to their recent election losses.

He highlights issues like economic inequality, job displacement, healthcare costs, and foreign policy as key concerns for the American people.

Sanders questions whether the Democratic leadership will address these issues or remain beholden to big money interests.

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Democrats passed the ACA without any Republican support. They should have passed MFA then. It was terrible and made my life much harder at the time. It's better now, but barely. My wife has a low paying government job and her health insurance costs went up significantly more than her 2% raise. Both of us took cuts in net pay while food, property taxes and seemingly everything else went up. What have Dems done about housing, pay, taxes, food costs in the last term? Nothing. Oh, Biden got one drug to be cheaper. But I'm not a diabetic. Yet.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't have any student debt?

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I only have an associate's degree which was very affordable and I worked thru school but I guess I get to help pay for those who took on a lot more debt. If that had been on the table maybe I'd have gotten more education.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is temporarily embarrassed millionaire rhetoric. This is the reason the DNC gets away with platforming milquetoast horseshit in the first place.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

S'all about getting yours, eh?

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When you're struggling to feed your kids, yeah, mine is on the list. That doesn't mean I don't help other people but our government taxes the struggling and literally sets cash on fire as a thank you.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Reduction in access to abortion and contraceptives will only increase the number of people in this country struggling to feed kids. We could also talk about school lunch programs and support services in general.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I constantly bring up school lunch programs but I get downvoted on sites like this because I choose unpopular context. For example, Biden spent money on something, I say - he could have funded school lunches, but instead lunch ladies get to go back to collecting food debt.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

President Biden included funding to expand the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in the his Fiscal Year 2024 budget.

The budget earmarks over $15 billion in funds to allow more school districts to take advantage of CEP, which allows schools that have a high percentage of low-income students serve universal free meals.

The White House has advocated for the expansion of universal free meals at school and aims to provide free school meals to 9 million more students by 2032 as part of its National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. [March 2023]

They also apparently made them more nutritious.