An increased $3.7 trillion infrastructure bill that begins to lift more from the bottom is a strong step. More is needed, but this is the result of activism, @USProgressives & a President who’s concerned about those at the bottom.
Let’s do the same with protecting the infrastructure of our democracy & end the filibuster, pass the For the People Act, the Voting Rights Restoration Act & $15/hr. I want to remind Democrats of some history…
FDR passed major legislations for the New Deal, but to do it he chose not to address civil rights, voting rights & discrimination. For instance, agricultural workers could not pay into Social Security which excluded 50% of women & a majority of Black people for more than 19 yrs.
Maybe FDR had to do that then, but we can’t do this today. We can’t pass an infrastructure bill but leave voting rights & living wages unaddressed. To do that would be to take steps forward & backward at the same time.
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