Robert Reich: Perhaps it’s time to kick Joe Manchin out of the Democratic party

The Guardian ^ | 07/20/2022 | Robert Reich

[SeekAndFind]

At every opportunity, Manchin has sabotaged Democrats’ agenda. What’s going on here? It’s spelled m-o-n-e-y

After putting a final spear through the heart of what remained of Biden’s and the Democrat’s domestic agenda, West Virginia’s Democratic senator Joe Manchin now rejects any tax increases on big corporations or the wealthy – until inflation is no longer a problem.

This is rich, in every sense of the word. Raising taxes on big American corporations and the wealthy would not fuel inflation. It would slow inflation by reducing demand – and do it in a way that wouldn’t hurt lower-income Americans (such as those living in, say, West Virginia).

Manchin’s state is one of the poorest in America. West Virginia ranks 45th in education, 47th in healthcare, 48th in overall prosperity and 50th in infrastructure.

Tax revenue from corporations and billionaires could be used to rebuild West Virginia, among other places that need investment around America.

But Manchin doesn’t seem to give a cluck. After all, the Democrats’ agenda – which Manchin has obliterated – included pre-K education, free community college, child subsidies, Medicare dental and vision benefits, paid family leave, elder care, and much else – all of enormous value to West Virginia. (On a per-person basis, West Virginians would have benefitted more than the residents of all but two other states.)

It’s not as if Manchin has championed anything else Democrats have sought. Remember Manchin’s “bipartisan compromise” on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act? Nothing came of it, of course.

Nothing has come of any of the fig leaves Manchin has conjured to cover his unrelenting opposition to every other Democratic goal.

Few if any American-based global corporations or billionaires reside in West Virginia, but lots of money flows to Manchin from corporations and billionaires residing elsewhere.

[al baby]

Ever-time i see that dudes name i hear Rushs Voice BTW Rush died on my birthday miss him

[beethovenfan]

Dwarf tossing, anyone?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#53: "This “saving the Earth” obsession is worship of a false idol."

Yep. Gaia-ism.

And God spake all these words, saying,

²I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

³ Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

⁴ Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

⁵ Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

— Exodus 20

[lewislynn]

Corporations don’t pay taxes dumbass, corporations COLLECT taxes - from “consumers

Using that flawed logic you could say consumers don't pay the taxes either, they collect taxes from their (corporate?) employer(s)

If businesses (not all businesses are corporations) can simply raise their prices in accordance with tax increases. What's stopping them from raising prices anytime they want more profit?

[Taxman]

YUP!

[MIchaelTArchangel]

There are several physical aisles in both the House and the Senate. The Democrats will reach across the physical aisle to other Democrats but not across the ideological aisle to non-Democrats.

[PGalt]

Totalitarian ‘rats identify more witn Charles Manson types.

[Skeptical constituent]

“Raising taxes on big American corporations and the wealthy would not fuel inflation. It would slow inflation by reducing demand – and do it in a way that wouldn’t hurt lower-income Americans.” How does this man have an economics degree? Increased taxes on corporations and the “rich” are passed on to the consumer, which is us, by way of higher prices. The very definition of “inflation”. Jeez!

[jimmygrace]

Hey Reich! Why don’t you just kill him with a crossbow like you did to your old man! oh, sorry, wrong dwarf...

[wiley]

Good stuff here.

[DMD13]

Please kick him out Robert “NIMBY” Reich.

He is a total hypocrite. He used to wring his hands about the lack of access to affordable housing in California yet, when the city of Berkeley wanted to build affordable housing, he protested it and they canceled the project.

[higgmeister]

It’s time to outlaw the Democrat party and ship them all to cold storage in a MAGA prison on the Artic Ice Cap.

[max americana]

and they also have to deal with Sinema who doesn’t really vote with their rank and file ideology..

[TakebackGOP]

Hannity used to be friends with him.

[Jim Noble]

“ They were decent guys in the nineties”

Nope.

[Phlap]

Were the dumb dems to kick Joe out, Mitch would be leader again without the midterms. Good idea Rob.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

[blackdog]

Uhmmmm......he’s a voted in representative for his state. That means kicking the population of the state out of the democrat party. Well, on the other hand they did that anyway I suppose?

[momincombatboots]

He co authored the most anti 2A legislation in memory under Obama. What is his record on J6? That is it pellet gives him enough leash to have a record. He is a useful dem tool. Gives cover to bipartisan power grabs and spending.