The Most Blatant Corruption in U.S. History (w/ Catherine Rampell) | The Bulwark Podcast

Scandanavia does not have a welfare state. Anyone who would refer to those states as welfare states need to pull their heads out of Reagan's arse! The healthiest societies with the strongest economies in the world are all either governed by Social Democrats, or adhere to strong social democratic policies. There is nothing about social democracy that has a serious conflict with capitalism. As a citizen of another country, I find it terribly sad that even well educated citizens of the US do not have a basic understanding of Democratic Socialism that has not been half baked by Reaganist clap trap!

Bulwark must be crushing given the new hires, and I'm happy for you guys.

Cool beans Tim!

Head Start and Free School Lunch are 2 of my favorite programs. The return on a relatively small investment is well documented and undisputed. The breakfast and lunch at school are the only meals some kids get. The benefits of early education and nutrition are immense. But then again Trump doesn't care, nor does anyone else in this regime. 🤯🤯🤯

It seems like people are making much ado about nothing when it comes to Mamdani’s grocery store proposal. It’s just a pilot program to have one store in each borough. If it works then that’s seems like a great thing to expand and if it fails then who cares? He’s not saying that he’s going to become mayor and immediately seize all private grocery stores and have the city run them, which is exactly how opponents have characterized the plan. I think if most regular people knew what he’s actually proposing they would realize that it’s a very small thing. Additionally, the stores would all be located in food deserts. In my opinion it’s providing a trial run to see if grocery stores located in areas where there is a need for such stores and typically has lower income residents can give those residents access to healthier food options at a lower cost. To all the companies and owners that are opponents of this plan I’d say this, “These 5 stores are going into areas where there is a demonstrable need which you have decided, for whatever reasons, to not fill. If you believe that you can provide quality food at a reasonable price reasonable cost in a better and more efficient the city would love to work with you to identify other, similar locations that are underserved and do everything we can to streamline the licensing and building process for you to open stores in those locations. “

Wow. THAT. Is a visor.

Howard Buttlick is embarrassing. He wins the gold medal for best suck up in the cabinet.

Very nice to see Ms Rampell joining forces here! Cancelled my Post a few years ago and follow her elsewhere, and love to see independent media crossing over and joining in any and all ways

What’s wrong with taxing the rich we have all been brainwashed to think there’s something wrong with Tax in the rich.

Thank you so much for adding Catherine xx I am trying to understand the economy more in these times. I am a person on SSDI who worked for 35 years and then got sick. I rely on SNAP and I am terrified. I also want people to understand worked in the mental health field and still received SNAP benefits and LIHEAP assistance. People do not understand how many people who work receive these benefits.