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I mean I appreciate the attempt, but politics are in a vastly different state compared to 2008. Republicans are essentially the populist far right party now, shown by their willingness to hold the public hostage so that they can get concessions in a time of crisis. Meanwhile, the liberals are in favor of big business above all else and will gladly vote to bail out companies while their attempts to help working class families is an utter joke.

I don't see an easy way out of this crisis becaus of our president, our government and our representatives failing us at every step of the way. Thankfully local governments are stepping in, but this is one of those times where you need a strong governmental response in order to ramp up production, provide guidance and prevent cities from getting destroyed due to the economic ramifications.

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One party made a $1.5 corporate tax cut their singular issue of the current President's (hint!) first term. The other party's most significant recent accomplishment was a health care reform that reduced the number of uninsured by a few (ten-ish?) million.

There may (before 2016 have been) reasons to prefer either party. But to somehow observe the current incarnations of parties and conclude that the latter puts "big business above all else" is intellectually dishonest.

The current incarnation of the Democratic Party resembles republicans of roughly 30 years ago, while the Republican Party has spun further right.

Yes, Republicans will gladly give huge corporate tax cuts. They're in the pockets of big businesses too, make no mistake. Dems may act like they give a shit, but considering they take in just as much lobbying money from billionaires and corporations, they really don't. That's why the party can hardly agree on reforming our medical system, something which is considered profoundly popular among their voting base. That's why they're willing to give concession after concession to the Republican party until they get a completely neutered bill with everything the Republicans want.

> Meanwhile, the liberals are in favor of big business above all else and will gladly vote to bail out companies while their attempts to help working class families is an utter joke.

Your definition of liberal seems very different than the typical definition.

Not really that is the reality right now. Liberals mean neo-liberals. He is spot on. May be you meant progressives.

Typical American definition maybe, but the word liberal is synonymous for big business in the rest of the world. Neoliberals are not left-wing, and the Democratic party is not left wing.

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