Chuck Schumer scored a massive victory over the republicans by *checks notes* making them rename their bill
Out of curiosity, what is stopping a politician from accepting copious amounts of lobbying "donations" then just saying "thanks for the money, dickheads" and making laws against the corp?
If one can do that, I might get into politics.
I don't think there's anything stopping that, except they probably wouldn't give copious amounts right away. Give you a little, see if you dance for them, and then if your did, more money. Can't give you the gravy train early, you might do what you're planning on doing, even!
This is about corporate money, not policy. They guy refused corporate funding. So now you're talking about a new generation of politician that can't be bought. Is it any mystery that a person earns millions as a senator or house member?
Senators only make 174k. I say only because they all end up millionaires. How does that add up?
They want to keep getting paid, this guy throws a wrench into that system.
You had me at "throwing wrenches"
Well....if you can dodge a wrench!
If you refuse corporate money, your policies will stop being corporate policies (otherwise there is no point in not taking the money). This is also why the billionaires and their prostitutes in the political sphere are so scared.
Principally someone who makes 174k can definitely safe up enough money to become a millionaire over a period of for instance 20 years.
Refusing corporate money IS a policy.
Always vote blue so, Maintain the status quo!
Now that a nominee isn't a centrist, centrists have dropped the "blue no matter who" facade to demonstrate that "party unity my ass" is what they always were.
I'm not a usaian so I might be missing something but isn't the most radical thing this guy has said something like: "I think people who have literally too much money to spend should have too much money to spend (smaller) so we can feed people and give them medical care"?
Does the mayor of new york even have the power to move on that? I would've assumed they like direct bureaucracy providing infrastructure and chair council meetings and shit.
It's pretty cringe to see handwringing over this guy make it all the way over the Pacific. He's a mayoral candidate, for people outside his council area or whatever isn't this a huge nothingburger?
The NYC mayor is pretty powerful in terms of both budget and political sway: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23626980
He is wants to introduce state ran grocery stores with lower prices than chain stores, freeze rents for some people, and give people free childcare. So like basic human empathy stuff. Its still treating the symptoms of capitalism but its treating them as directly and effectively as possible. His platform isn't that radical, but any concessions to the working class that doesn't make someone a buck will always be faced with hard opposition by those who benefit from the status quo.
The establishment is worried that his success will spark a wave of actual progressive candidates instead of do-nothings who talk a weak opposition game and then cave under the slightest pressure.
It was extremely funny to watch the usa Democrats go from "trump is literally a fascist he will destroy America" to "welp, vote in four years folks. Follow evil directions until then".
Unless there's weapons to sell to a genocidal regime.
Centrists will never back down on that one.
Of course it was. If the party wasn't promoting garbage candidates, they wouldn't need to rely on such a thing to try to take your vote for granted because people would happily vote for candidates they think will actually help them.
