Former speaker Kevin McCarthy will retire from Congress at end of year

[PatrickforB]

8. Well...bye!

McCarthy had endured some serious public humiliation that reflects the growing dysfunction of his party. It really is a clown car, and that is sad for all of us. People are suffering, dying, don't have healthcare, don't have childcare, cannot make ends meet, and this party is goofing around with 'border walls,' abortion, repealing the Affordable Care Act (again), and other things that don't materially benefit any Americans but billionaires and corporations.

Rachel Maddow had Liz Cheney on her show last time, and that was good, but the time before she said we are in for a really bad year in 2024. She said that this does not happen to every generation but these times have been thrust upon us and we need to deal with them. How? In a democratic republic such as ours, we must fight these facist tendancies through democratic means.

In spite of polls I think Biden will win because GenZ will come out and vote. But they want real action, and it is good for all those in power to note that. They want real gun control, abortion services, more childcare subsidies, and healthcare. Republicans are also talking about cuts to Social Security and Medicare, which will cost them senior votes. For example, I am in my mid sixties and I would NEVER, EVER vote for any Republican just due to that.

Plus we want a real wealth tax, and not just 2% - it needs to be higher than that because every billionaire is a failure in tax policy. We also need to impose a stakeholder approach to corporate governance instead of giving primacy to shareholder profits. We need to get some regulatory control of home schooling too. If you saw one of the recent John Oliver shows, the guy in charge of the home school lobby fights tooth and nail against ANY regulation. This is unacceptable and hurts our children's future. It exposes them to potential abuse by sheltering them from mandatory reporting, and opens the way for substandard academic performance for a substantial percentage of our K-12 student population.

Lots of policy priorities, and Democrats MUST, MUST, MUST be aware of these and prepared to address them.