yup, that one bit the dust

[kanzeon_2040]

I'd criticized one particular program in Biden's COVID relief plan for being blatantly unconstitutional, and now several federal district courts have blocked it, and it appears DOJ will not even bother to appeal

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[matrixmann]

This is the kind of shit that Identity Politics has raised "liberals" to think like.
Simple as it is.

[kanzeon_2040]

Yup, and it makes the working class, poor, or disabled white people hate liberals.

[matrixmann]

Me too.
Although I'm not placed on the right side of politics.

[legalmoose]

That's a constant fight at my new agency, too. "People have rights; institutions don't have rights," so we can target predominantly minority institutions, but not individuals. People finally get it when I tell them that the reason they can't just send awards to women, or african-americans, or asians, or whoever, is the same thing that prevents us from sending awards to all men, or all white recipients. That finally seems to get through to them, but they still target institutions as a proxy whenever possible.

[kanzeon_2040]

It's amazingly difficult to get people to focus on universal solutions like universal basic income or Medicare for All or a federal school system ... I could go on. Instead we'll set up a complicated scheme that doesn't cover or help everybody and then tell the IRS to manage it via the tax code.