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In reply to the discussion: Yesterday, Elizabeth Warren assumed control of the Democratic Party [View all]joshcryer
(62,280 posts)I would not be surprised if Wyden made an incorrect vote. Just like I am not surprised when Warren makes an incorrect vote. Or Sanders. Or Clinton. Or anyone. There are reasons behind the votes. I know that Wyden could easily be smeared by his efforts to expand logging in Oregon. If someone looked at the legislation myopically, and wanted to smear him. Any rational person would look at the full picture, though, they'd see the environmental orgs in Oregon supported it, and saw that it was the most significant protector of old growth forests in history, stuff like that.
I'm merely pointing out how one can slam Wyden without it actually reflecting reality. We have that as a common occurrence with many other Democrats.
Say, Democrats say they want to lower the corporate tax rate but close the tax loopholes. The corporate tax rate is higher than Germany! One of the highest in the world! But, here's the key, if Democrats say they want to lower it and close the loopholes, they're corporate neocon fascist corporate apologists. Without any consideration that by closing the loopholes everyone wins and revenues go up!
The Democrats cannot even approach this natural, common damn sense, logical approach to corporations hiding their profits overseas, because, far be it for the US to have a corporate tax rate comparable to Germany... that's how utterly ridiculous our politics has become. And this is where Republicans win. Because we're too afraid to close the loopholes in exchange for tax cuts, we're gutless, evil, corporate whores. At least, that's the Republican narrative. In reality they neither want the tax cuts (because they don't matter to megacorps who can exploit the loopholes) and in reality they cherish the loopholes existing in the first place! That's why we lose. Ta da, we eat our own over a simple, common sense, natural solution to an economic problem, and the Republicans control the narrative the entire time.