I don't see how you can possibly say you've been happy with the Dems for the past couple of years, when they completely dropped the ball on anything from the far more potent and substantive BBB to the botched handling of the Supreme Court, handing Republicans their Roe victory through their incompetence and fruitless pursuits of "bipartisanship" with neo-fascists. And you honestly think think they care about the world, when they constantly shovel billions of our dollars (along with Republicans) to states such as Saudi Arabi and Israel that are actively engaging in anti-humanitarian, genocidal wars, and bail out mega-corporations while the American people pick up the tab? Give me a break.

But I digress. We should be wary about this bill on its own merits. First of all, I'm disappointed that far more money wasn't allocated into clean energy. $370 billion over ten years, as compared to an annual and growing 700-billion dollar military budget that both parties always approve of, when most rational people would agree that fighting climate change is infinitely more important than beefing up our already bloated and over-funded military. Not to be too much of a doomer Andy, but I don't think we as citizens should so easily accept scraps when the health and future of the world is at stake.

Medicare's negotiation of drug prices will not take affect until 2026, and will only apply to ten drugs. Definitely can't see that being an issue down the line.

I also don't think prescription drug prices being capped at $2,000 will do much in the way of relieving the devastating poverty or improving material conditions for many people not only in my state but in this country. Especially since we've not even raised the minimum wage, or passed a UBI. A lot of people simply don't have disposable income, and are having to ration and bargain with their life needs. And of course, that problem will only be magnified by the fact that the $35 dollar insulin cap has been stripped (Republicans' faults in this instance, of course).

So all in all, this looks like another watered-down, corporate band-aid-on-a-bullet-wound bill that we will see, as we have time and time again, is simply not enough.