{"id":384016,"date":"2021-12-21T06:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T03:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/liberals-and-media-vs-will-of-the-people\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T06:37:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T03:37:21","slug":"liberals-and-media-vs-will-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/liberals-and-media-vs-will-of-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"#Liberals and media vs. will of the people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Liberals and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> vs. will of the people<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin was burned in effigy by progressive Democrats and pundits after he announced on Sunday that he would not support President Biden\u2019s Build Back Better bill. Some members of Congress sounded like this was the gravest assault on federal authority since Fort Sumter was fired on in 1861.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) raged on Twitter, \u201cWhen democracies are no longer able to address their constituents\u2019 needs and demands, authoritarians seize power.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Omar captured the Biden-era definition of authoritarianism: any politician who stands in the way of unlimited federal-deficit spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Budget Office estimated Biden\u2019s BBB plan would boost federal spending by $4.5 trillion and the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade. But according to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), \u201cOur entire democracy is on the line. So we need to get back in there &amp; get this sh-t done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AOC believes she has found the flaw in the Constitution: the US Senate. She called it \u201cvery entitled, very privileged and very protected,\u201d while the House of Representatives \u201cmost reliably delivers the actual will of the majority of people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki effectively labeled Manchin (D-W.\u2009Va.) a liar, blasting \u201ca breach of his commitments to the president.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-055.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.\" class=\"wp-image-20563529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-055.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-055.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-055.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Ilhan Omar claims democracy is failing when Democrats hold thin majorities in the House and Senate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/J. Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>lewhite, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Manchin feels betrayed by the White House: \u201cThis is not the president \u2014 this is staff. They drove some things that are absolutely inexcusable. I just got to the wit\u2019s end of what happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If progressives seem a little over-the-top, consider that they almost sneaked through a generation-sized bill with a 50-50 Senate and a razor-thin House lead (so much for \u201cdemocratic\u201d). As a histrionic Washington Post piece fretted, Manchin\u2019s decision \u201cthreatens to seriously damage Biden\u2019s presidency and deprive Democrats of .\u2009.\u2009. a once-in a generation opportunity to .\u2009.\u2009. remake the US economy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But giving perpetual child-welfare payments to any household earning less than $200,000 would be the biggest expansion of dependency since FDR created Social Security in 1935.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki \" class=\"wp-image-20563576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-058.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki ripped Sen. Joe Manchin for breaking \u201ccommitments to the president.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Susan Walsh<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Manchin is guilty of rejecting the \u201cgovernment spending as magic beans\u201d philosophy that permeates the Biden administration and its allies. Build Back Better is premised on the notion of perpetual free federal deficit spending. Sometimes that is draped as \u201cmodern monetary theory\u201d \u2014 a more intellectually respectable ploy declaring that any election winner is entitled to spend as many dollars as the government can seize or create. Media scorekeepers have sought to protect the Biden administration by ignoring the damage it inflicts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Washington media are having a fainting fit over Manchin\u2019s resistance, average Americans are getting hammered by the inflation he cited as a reason to oppose BBB. Inflation in 2021 ran at almost a 7 percent rate and the producer price index is rising at a rate of almost 10 percent. If current trends continue (or worsen), at some point in 2021, Biden will have decimated the value of the US dollar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)\" class=\"wp-image-20563530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/bovard-manchin-057.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez insists the Senate is \u201cvery entitled, very privileged and very protected.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Progressives may believe that laudatory editorials in top <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>papers will give Biden the \u201cfire insurance\u201d he needs to protect him from the ravages of inflation. But the \u201cI did that\u201d stickers showing Biden\u2019s face pointing to gasoline or other items with higher prices will sway far more voters than editorial pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By castigating Manchin and calling a 51-vote defeat \u201cundemocratic,\u201d the progressives have exposed themselves as the authoritarians they are. \u201cJust do it\u201d is their attitude \u2014 the will of the American people, and the pain they\u2019ll feel in their wallets \u2014 be damned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>James Bovard is an author of 10 books and member of USA Today\u2019s Board of Contributors.\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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