Working across the aisle is not inherently a problem
This is spot on.
Working across the aisle is not inherently a problem. The problem is when you make compromises that hurt the people you are supposed to represent.
Too often, that is what happens when our elected officials talk about “bipartisan solutions.” What they really mean is “we sold you out to protect corporate interests.” Chris Coons has taken nearly half a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry so far this election, and he is currently sponsoring a *bipartisan* bill that would strengthen pharmaceutical company monopolies and keep drug prices high.
I don’t agree with that. I think our Senators should work for US, not the pharmaceutical companies. That’s why I’m refusing all corporate pac, pharma executive, and lobbyist money. – Jessica Scarene
Coons tries to frame his *bipartisanship* as “good governemnt” when it actually only good for his corporate constituents. Coons style bipartisanship has nothing to do with good government and everything to do with wrapping up corporate welfare in the flag and demanding everyone salute.
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It is interesting to me that this seems to have rustled Coons a bit. Instead of the carbon copy “this challenge ain’t shit” he’s been sending out, the Coons camp actually attempted to defend itself:
“Chris is a leading voice in the Senate to bring down out-of-control prescription drug costs…”
LOL!
At this point I think I hate Coons more then Carper, both are in the pocket of Big Pharma, both are mum about the cost of insulin. How incredibly nervy is it to claim he wants to bring down the cost of drugs in America, if anything he’s cheering on price increases.
If you study the Senate proposal for drug pricing you’ll soon realize it’s not at all patient-based; it’s a budgetary approach designed to save the government money, much as the ACA itself was. The House plan just cuts to the chase and lets Medicare negotiate drug prices, just as every other industrialized nation’s government does.
Coons and the Senate know that real Americans don’t care about prescription drug costs. They care about keeping top marginal tax rates low.
The only way working across the aisle is legitimate is if your goal is to bring them across to your side. Chris Coons is sofa surfing on their side.