How is my mention of the historical fact of Democrats rallying to stop Bernie relevant to his opinion as stated on "Meet The Press"? There is absolutely no connection there.
What happened to the Biden who said that Republicans were going to work with him? That they would come to their senses? It was just bluster, everyone who bothers to pay any attention at all knows that if the Democrats had 52 senators, they'd have three or four holdouts, or a litany of other excuses for why nothing is going to get done. The Democrats are no longer a party insofar as a cohesive political organization with the means to impose discipline their members - it's just a brand that increasingly fewer and fewer people are interested in buying. The shit is completely out of gas and the Democrats are at least as culpable as the Republicans of standing in the way of progress. A completely hollow, rotten institution which is a an election cycle or two away from being in a permanent minority at the federal level, something they have taken exactly no action to stop. It doesn't matter, because they will continue to fundraise off of the loss of abortion rights, the end of the minimum wage, and whatever other revanchist insanity the Republicans have in store. Hence the Iron Law of Institutions.
Biden could absolutely impose price controls on gasoline - Nixon did just that in 1971. He's not going to because he's a senile old gargoyle who only understands things through the lens of his century in the Senate. All this shit about "not having the votes" is just the same defeatist rhetoric that the Democrats always resort to when they're in power. Just complete loser shit.
I disagree on a few points because:
1) I worry you are moving the goal posts or pretending not to understand what we are discussing:
A) Manysnakes "
it’s pretty obvious that they had absolutely no plans other than [blocking Bernie] and have not been able to come up with anything in the two years since." (maybe I read this wrong?).
B) Bernie, "Biden had a plan to challenge the wealthy and powerful and it was sabotaged by 2 members"
C) Manysnakes, "What does this have to do with what I said?"
D)It obviously relates as you accused Biden of have zero plans other than blocking Bernie. Bernie says otherwise.
2) You are holding two opposing opinions at the same time:
A) Dems are a cohesive group who worked together to block Bernie from getting power.
B) Dems aren't even a party because
only 96% of Dem Senators vote with the president and the House easily passes all his ideas. The two key hold-outs in the Senate are evidence that the entire party has failed.
3)Dems are as responsible as Republicans.
A) How can anyone make this accusation with a straight face. Are you watching the Jan 6 investigation hearings? The two parties are equally bad?
B) Have you forgotten what McConnell's role in the Senate is?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/05/mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-obstructionhttps://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/2014-election-mitch-mcconnells-barack-obama-confrontation-1101544) Impose price controls on gas:
A) I agree with limiting profit on oil, hell, I'd back only allowing state owned oil companies (Norway's state owned oil company seems to have worked well for the country and Canada getting rid of theirs only enriched American and Chinese oil companies). BUT a price control would be political suicide. The complaints of "socialism" when it comes to wearing a mask were insane. Actually setting the price of goods would set the right wing machine into overdrive.
B) How did the Nixon's attempt to engage in price control work when Nixon tried it out? What actually happens in these moments?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nixon-fight-inflation-price-controls-stagflation-gas-shortages-biden-democrats-reconciliation-bill-federal-reserve-11628885071 (I think the WSJ is obviously biased... so I am open to better sources/evolutions).
C) I disagree we should be making it easier to drive from place to place. And, this comes out as harsh, but Americans need to learn how to walk and ride their bikes. Out of all the places I've lived, Americans are the absolute best at coming up with lame excuses not to have to move their bodies.
C2) The disconnect between work and home was a horrible mistake and this is an opportunity to change it. Cheap low density suburban housing was a huge mistake and we are paying the costs.
C3) The correct solution is to let the suburbs die, while lowering cost of housing in cities (or turning the suburbs into cities)