What *would* it take to prevent horrific legislation such as the Tax Scam Bill?
In light of the posted article about Democrats not doing enough to prevent the Tax Scam Bill from (potentially) passing, I can't help but think there's very little that would have done the trick (that includes marching in the streets carrying signs). What might have done the trick is very difficult to organize, even in this age of social media, and it's also something most can't afford to do. What I'm referring to is some sort of national strike, something that would shock the economy.
Such as if people, en masse, didn't go to work for a week or month, or didn't do any shopping for an entire weekend (that may not sound like much, but if tens of millions of people didn't do a lick of shopping - including gas purchases - for an entire weekend, it would send shock waves).
As I said, though, that's tough to organize and not something many can afford to do. Also, it would negatively impact some good people, including the strikers themselves in some cases.
So, short of that, the only answer is to GOTV. We have to outnumber the deplorables at the polls. We can't rely on them seeing the error of their ways. Even their suffering as a result of Republican legislation won't be linked, in their minds, to said legislation. They'll blame Democrats, especially those uppity women and persons of color. We simply have to outnumber them. We have to reach out to those who aren't engaged in politics, who don't vote. And we have to raise holy hell over race-based voter suppression and gerrymandering.
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