Don’t you have to pay taxes on the 401k balance that you transfer to the Roth?

“Ending” slavery, suffrage, the New Deal, income tax, * gay rights… They were all steps to the left.

I’m not arguing that the democratic party as it stands is the vehicle to institute a just and fair society. But I did watch the Tea Party subvert and consume the republicans. It can be done to the democratic party as well. It has to be in tandem with regular wins, like how the conservatives did it.

*I can’t believe I left out Roe v Wade

I get it, but conservatism has taken over by ratcheting the country to the right. They’ve been patiently putting people in positions of power from dog catcher up to the presidency for the last forty years.

Progressives aren’t satisfied with ratcheting the country to the left. It’s all or nothing.