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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•11 days agoThey accept the framing and vote for austerity, so yes, they are complicit in this dynamic.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink6•edit-211 days agoThe bulk of them do not, so no. You did see some of that in the last few years because the Democrats never had anything more than a very narrow majority in the Senate, so one or two being bought off could prevent a budget from passing.
They accept the framing and vote for austerity, so yes, they are complicit in this dynamic.
The bulk of them do not, so no. You did see some of that in the last few years because the Democrats never had anything more than a very narrow majority in the Senate, so one or two being bought off could prevent a budget from passing.