BdL on BE

[Max Sawicky]

. . .
This is precisely where BE (as far as I can tell), and myself, and perhaps
the progressives Max is talking about split off from the Dems.  The Dems
want to win, so they will abandon the single working poor, and champion
other measures I would vociferously oppose, in order to try to win the
election.  I'd rather take a principled stand and lose (at least initially)
in an effort to try to either move the Dems left or create a legitimate
progressive political movement. . . .

mbs: the Dems are weak on the poor, working, child-rearing,
or otherwise.  The exaltation of children is something that
gets universal lip service but limited follow-up.  The Dems
don't really neglect anybody altogether.  They 'target' by
seeking little bits for everything imaginable.  The over-
arching problem, IMO, is failure to think big, take a
principled intellectual stand rather than pander, and
focus on class.

Question for Max: did this group merely criticize the kiddie-credit for not
going far enough, or actually OPPOSE it on those grouds?

They didn't say it was bad, in and of itself.
They thought it wasn't great politics, in comparison
to other measures that had less substance but, in their
view, greater political appeal.

mbs