What the US needed was a pull-out-the-stops wartime operation. What we got was a lot of hot air and heel-dragging excuses. After all of these years, it’s more than clear what side our ‘leadership’ is beholding to.
We had proposals for much better legislation than we got — but not one Republican would vote for it, so we needed to get Joe Manchin, an actual coal baron, to decide what he’d be willing to accept.
What the US needed was a pull-out-the-stops wartime operation. What we got was a lot of hot air and heel-dragging excuses. After all of these years, it’s more than clear what side our ‘leadership’ is beholding to.
We had proposals for much better legislation than we got — but not one Republican would vote for it, so we needed to get Joe Manchin, an actual coal baron, to decide what he’d be willing to accept.