Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP

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6. Pramily Jayapal has said she'd prefer passing nothing to settling

for less than her subgroup wants.

Nothing.

Achieve nothing.

Go into the 2022 election having failed dramatically to come through on our promises to the electorate.

In the reconciliation bill alone that could mean:
No to any extended child income tax credit (currently $250-300/mo) lifting millions out of poverty.
No to any big climate programs.
No to 2 years of free community college.
No to any universal pre-K and child care assistance for 0-5.
No to any Medicare expansion to dental, vision, and hearing.
No to any prescription drug price cut.
No to any paid family and medical leave.
No to funding of small business loans for those formerly incarcerated.
No to funding local intervention programs to combat domestic violence
No to many, many other provisions.

This is something we need to be aware of. The biggest difference between those on the far left and other Democrats isn't in what we want but that the far left can be willng to lose everything, and sees that as a virtue. Just as some in the Progressive caucus -- making $174,000/year -- felt it would be wrong to raise the minimum wage to $12 from $7.25 and preferred no increase at all to settling for less than $15. (Full time on $7.25 is @$14,500/yr.)