Biden keeps saying he wants to be president for all Americans, but his corporatist cabinet picks show he will be president for Wall Street and Americans who are comfortable with the status quo. We need revolutionary change and instead we got “nothing will fundamentally change.”
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Janet Yellen is not from Wall Street.
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Marianne, let’s not do this. Janet Yellen is from the Brookings Institution, which is a corporatist think tank.
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So then the strategy is to criticize everything they do even before they’ve done it? What I want from a Treasury Secretary is immediate economic relief for tens of millions of people! Her words were “There is a huge amount of suffering out there. The economy needs the spending.”

Nov 24, 2020 · 11:08 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
In some cases that makes sense, but you are correct that Yellen is not one of those. She isn't great but there's a low bar for treasury secretaries. FDRs Morgenthau was *terrible* and way to the right of Yellen. She's the least offensive candidate biden could be expected to pick
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
You will be back at your all organic brunch, infused with crystal energy, before you know it. Meanwhile, just let other people do what you aren't actually willing to do - try to actually agitate for Biden to move to the left, which was what you were advising everyone to do.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
Remember when you realized you were wrong about Med4All, I think you've got another AHA moment coming. Much respect to you
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
Ryan is just a chaos agent, nothing more.
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i guess it was pretty clear from the start that marianne is a brunch liberal. it's fine to be that but don't piss on our leg and tell us it's raining
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Respectfully, we’ve learned to DISREGARD words & operate on an “only actions matter” approach. & if Yellen ACTED ON 10’s of mn suffering, she’d call for backstop on those who feed kids over pay INSANE HI Insrnce prems but then kid gets sick & Med debt results. NotSVB MILLIONAIRES
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
That’s just code talk for TARP. I don’t see Yellen pushing Biden to send monthly stimulus, which is actually what this country needs
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
Others can do that without the baggage of Yellen.
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"Let's not criticize everything Rahm Emanuel would do before they've done it." Am I doing this right Marianne?
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ProudSocialist
yes.
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