Opinion | The Democrats need to stop acting scared, stop scaling back the Build Back Better, and pass the bill right now
Because the bill raises revenue from taxing millionaires, billionaires, and profitable corporations, the plan is more thanthe federal debt.
For one thing, there's nothing"moderate" about the obstructionism of Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. By limiting the bill's ability to allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, raise tax rates on billionaires, and guarantee American workers paid family and medical leave, they've positioned themselves far outside the US mainstream. This opposition to broadly popular ideas is radical, not moderate.
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