The Dems Brahmin problem, Ukraine mineral deal is only fair and other commentary

“The Democrats have become and remain today a ‘Brahmin Left’ party,” grumbles The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira — “increasingly bereft of working-class voters and increasingly dominated by highly educated voters and elites.”This “Brahminization” “presents existential dangers to the party.”Some Dems think fixing it is “just a matter of playing the economic populist card,” but “much stronger medicine is needed.”Specifically, “a class traitor — a politician who’s not afraid to ask Democrats who the social justice they prize so highly is really for.”“Such a politician might actually be able to remake the party and face down the Brahmin Left dead-enders.But is such a politician or politicians out there in the Democratic ranks? I’ve got my doubts.”US and Ukrainian negotiators last week “likely discussed President Trump’s proposed deal for Ukrainian minerals in return for continued economic and military support,” suggests Mark T.

Kimmitt at The Wall Street Journal.“Seeking to recoup some of the funds provided to Ukraine is both reasonable and fiscally imperative.”“Throughout history, wars have been financed with borrowed money,” and Washington is now $37 trillion in debt, which imperils “the defense budget and, by extension, American defense.”Even as “foreign countries maintain cradle-to-grave welfare systems, the US bears by far the heaviest defense burden” in protecting Europe.“Any expectation that US taxpayers .

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fully fund Ukraine’s war is unreasonable.” We no longer have “the luxury of offering a blank check to the Ukrainian war effort.”  Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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