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B402, Since your Trump/McConnell destroyed the relative independence of your SCOTUS, corporations have become extraordinarily more politically powerful. As you know corporations and their CEOs are obscenely wealthy. As wealthy as they are largely thanks to Republican policy, always more pro-corporation than Democrats are even now. Then came Citizens United in 2010 .. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained . So think. You tell us how politically irresponsible and incompetent would it have been for the Democrats not to have run with that tide. Dems are not as stupidly shortsighted as your Repubs. And how the money is used matters. Say you take corporate money in return for loosening government public health regulations, or to cut corporate tax and accountability measures. Or to create a dirtier and more dangerous atmosphere. You could take corporate money and use some of it to buy Bitcoin to boost your strategic reserve .. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=175891381 . OR say you take corporate money and use it for very important publicly worthy reasons, like fighting discrimination. Or disease. It matters what the money is used for. See:

B402, I suspect, firstly, it is because you do not understand complex problems that you cannot deal...
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Att: B402 -- Is Big Business the Democrats’ New Best Friend?
"B402 - Biden Has Already Done More for Rural America Than Trump Ever Did"
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[...]Mr. McConnell and his colleagues have in turn said companies would “invite serious consequences if they become a vehicle for far-left mobs.”
P - For some, it may seem odd to see Republicans and big businesses hurling insults at and threatening each other. Republicans have, for a century or so, supported business-friendly policies and free markets, including the right of companies to use their money and clout to influence government policy.
P - It might seem even more strange to see Democrats teaming up with big business. But Democrats, especially the more progressive members of Congress who made their careers bashing big business and corporate money in politics, may need to rethink their friends, too. Big business has become one of the most powerful forces in the country to advance social equity issues.
P - Companies from Netflix to Citigroup got behind Black Lives Matter last summer; boycotts, including by the National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game, pushed North Carolina to repeal a law preventing transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity; and now, companies are speaking out against efforts that disproportionally suppress minority votes.
P - While business still gives more money to Republicans than Democrats, in recent election cycles an increasing amount of corporate money has been moving toward Democrats .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/16/new-sort-activist-sort-left-big-business/ . When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently began backing a few more Democrats .. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/us-chamber-of-commerce/totals?id=D000019798 , Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, accused the trade group of purging “most, if not all, of its real Republicans in top ranks.”
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B402, Smugness in the satisfaction you are basically doing the right thing. Not getting everything right to everyone's satisfaction, still, on balance, getting more things right than wrong. Smugness from knowing fighting for the right of woman to have access to safe abortion procedures is a good thing. Smugness in knowing taking measures to protect against climate change is the very best thing. In fighting over decades for rational gun control policies and for decent and affordable healthcare for all. For a fair safety net for the most vulnerable. Being champions of Social Security and SNAP programs. Yes Democrats have plenty of reasons for smugness.

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As for your "Dems sold out to the corporations, its been down hill ever since it's not bright. One, downtrends for the middle-class started long before Democrats started taking more corporate cash. Two, am guessing that contention of yours would not be supported by any real amount of evidence. I think the evidence would prove your statement wrong in itself. Correlation is not causation, remember.

Too bad you don't pay an iHub sub. Guess all this is not real important to you, still a search
function comes in handy. Then again you probably don't use it in Happy Hour either, eh.

"Blaming the plight of middle class in America solely on the dems is idiocy"

I say it is.