- by New Deal democrat
From Avika M. Cohen, “Litigation Disaster tour guide”:
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Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or we'll hurt people who need ACA subsidies.”
There is every reason to believe that the Dems will cave. And if they don't, Republicans will run on "we put up a bill to extend the subsidies, the Dems filibustered it because they want to kill babies, they own the expiration"
Which will make vulnerable Dems even more likely to cave.
Thing is, when you teach a bully that they can get what they want by bullying, they don't just stop.
They go back to that well over and over again.
There are certain fights that you need to either never pick in the first place or be certain you're willing to see all the way through.
The shutdown was one of them.
How many clients have we had the "if you're going to do this you need to be willing to see it through, because here's what happens if you start it and then buckle, please factor that into your decision about whether you want to start" conversation with? We're lucky to have so many who get it.
This was one of the constant lessons of SuperNanny. How often, following SuperNanny’s instructions, would the parents put a spoiled toddler to bed despite the child’s crying, and then after 15 or 20 minutes of continued shieking, mom (usually) couldn’t stand it any more, and run to the toddler’s bedroom door. Sometimes SuperNanny would have to physically intervene to talk them out of it, because it was the worst thing they could do.
