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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The logical choice was to not let trump win, to keep things moving forward and to make progress.

There are a lot of accelerationists in the crowd and they don't appreciate how bad accelerationism makes things. It's a shame.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Things weren't moving forward though, that's exactly how we lost the support of the working class. Inequality and cost of living have been going up every decade.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago
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  • Delivered immediate support for families hard-hit by the pandemic, including extending enhanced unemployment insurance benefits and eligibility for millions of Americans temporarily out of the workforce, lowering taxes for working Americans by increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit for 17 million workers, and providing $1,400 per-person checks for most Americans.
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  • Provided a historic expansion of the Child Tax Credit, leading to the lowest child poverty rate in American history in 2021.
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  • Lowered or eliminated health insurance premiums for millions of lower- and middle-income families enrolled in health insurance marketplaces, leading to record-breaking health insurance coverage nationwide.
  • Delivered more than $28 billion in emergency relief to help keep 100,000 restaurants and other food and beverage businesses open during the pandemic.
  • Powered a small business recovery and boom, including through a historic investment in the State Small Business Credit Initiative to catalyze tens of billions of dollars in private investment, and new small business financing and support, for up to 100,000 small businesses over the next decade.