AOC is right on! (#4443)

      Last night on Rachel Maddow's show Alexandria Ocasio Cortez spelled out that the vision of Joe Biden's infrastructure plan was encompassing the problems we face but she took some issue with the amount he is asking for to accomplish the goal. Instead of 2.25 trillion over 8 years she advocates and explains that 10 trillion over 10 years is the amount we need. Not to get into the weeds on this here, she did reason her conclusion based upon the logic of the cost of fixing problems in whole not in part. It was a masterful stroke of intellect she displayed as well as a command of the issues. Even Rachel, herself no novice to logic, was happily taken aback by Alexandria's argument.
     Then followed by Lawrence O'Donnell who picked up the hot potato and put Pete Buttigieg on the spot asking him what he thought of AOC's proposed amount and he like the young wise man he is showing himself to be explained that the infrastructure bill could always be improved upon. That even heavy moderate Joe Manchin was for 4 trillion in infrastructure spending along with taxing the wealthy, AOC made a strong argument for progressives to expand the infrastructure bill beyond Joe Biden's initial ask. I am well pleased with AOC as she is showing her intellect in a very profound and convincing way. We need a major overhaul of so many of our societal paradigms and being shy about proposing big numbers is not needed.
     From waitress serving others to president of the United States, I can easily see her future at this pace. But that is the future and the now is where we are at. I hope the House is as giddy about proposing true legislation of solutions that mirror the real problems that we face and my gut tells me that Nancy Pelosi is like me, ready to create new paradigms to solve old problems. The next few months are truly going to be exciting to be part of and that is how life should be lived. Making the impossible possible and then making more impossible possible. We have it within us we Americans to finally overcome the failures of republican leadership in working to implement a working middle poor class friendly agenda.