Sirota: The corruption behind the reconciliation bill

In this post he exposes the establishment Democorps lying spin and reveals what's really going on. They are receiving bribes to sabotage the reconciliation bill, plain and simple. And they're trying to spin that the progressives are the bad guys, since they are still committed to not pass the corporate give-away infrastructure bill unless and until the reconciliation bill is also passed. 

The problem is that the Democorps are whittling away key provisions from the reconciliation bill. Biden is reportedly telling them to go ahead, whittle away. For example: "Tax measures have been trimmed, prescription drug pricing provisions have been voted down, threats against climate programs have been made." Sirota provides details about the exact amount of bribery from and to whom, something the corporate media never reports. Meanwhile, yet another tax break is being inserted in the form of reinstating the SALT deduction. 

It is disgusting that the Dem Party has become so corrupt as to favor corporations and the rich over the needs of we the people and the planet. Yes, politics has always been a messy business that requires compromise. But it has been distorted into compromising with big money so that it gets what it wants while the rest of us are doled out scraps at best. 

In these hard economic times, and given the indisputable climate crisis, we the people cannot, indeed must not, settle for what they'll give us. We must demand better for us and our world. We must continue to support the progressives who are holding the line on passing the reconciliation bill with the infrastructure bill. And we must also demand of them to fight back against the Democorps who are trying to gut it, and to stand firm on the original proposals and $3.5 trillion price tag. Recall that the latter already has been compromised down and that's as far as we go. 

For once we must force the Democorps to concede now that we have the power to accomplish it. It's up to us. As Thom Hartmann always says: Tag, you're it. Get busy and citizen lobby till the cows come home.