• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Only in America. Other counties campaign for a few weeks. The US turns it into a 12 month fund raising and media spectacular, with primaries at the halfway point.

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      4 months ago

      A while back, HR 1 For the People Act promised to remedy much of the issue but it never got a vote in the senate because Republicans held the Senate Speaker until the next congress was formed.

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        4 months ago

        And because, having gotten back in power, Dem leadership didn’t take it up again as they too are getting rich from the current system.

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          Same reason Biden is talking about a potential tax on the rich but won’t ever be caught talking about repealing the Trump tax raise on the working class that actually happened.