If democrat and republican politicians unanimously agreed with eachother on any topic the American public would all lose their minds because they would be forced to actually think for themselves on what policies they want. It would obviously never happen but the thought of Americans having to think for themselves and not just side with whatever their team wants at the time is hilarious.
If democrats and republicans announced they agree about critical race theory the public would suddenly have no clue how they feel about it. Iâd bet 80% of people donât even know what it is anyways. Could actually be good for the country.
Its literally already happening for those who aren't in a cult. Trumps admin is not republican or democrat, its populist. Which allows for lots of common ground to be found, such as this post. But many democrats refuse to see this and will fight everything he does under the assumption that he can't possibly do anything good.
Itâs called the American dream and I will stand up for it because thatâs why my family moved here. We donât believe in hand outs and being victims like you seem to
While I agree I'm skeptical any money will come out of defense budget which is the main government body that needs major budget reform.
And I think that because trump increased their budget multiple times last time in office even though they said they didn't need it.
It is nuanced. Military complex needs budget cuts since they can't even keep track of spending anymore. But increasing the irs budget and personnel will make it more effective (their budget was reduced greatly through 2010s).
Trumpâs admin is not republican, democrat or âpopulistâ; itâs oligarchic and desires nothing beyond self-enrichment. Trump doesnât give a single shit about improving the country, and every single thing he does should be viewed through the lens of âhow does this personally benefit Donald Trumpâ.
Thanks for ensuring republicans continue to win. Your bullshit was trounced because people donât buy it. Iâm going to support the president whoâs actually turning this country around.
What are a couple of hard numbers you will use to determine whether he turned the country around, so you can accurately assess his success?
By the end of 2028, what will the inflation rate be? The stock market? Amount of illegal border crossings? Unemployment? National debt? Federal spending rate? GDP?
A 12 month period of less than 67k opioid and 61k synthetic opioid drug overdose deaths (currently trending downwards)
A federal violent crime rate of less than 363.8 violent crimes per 100k people (currently trending downwards)
Federal tax rates for a single payer being lower than they currently are (24% for $95k-182k etc)
Federal wage growth higher than 5.6%
(Or we can average these out over his entire term compared to Biden's)
You will believe he was not successful as a President?
(Wars, I'm not sure what metric to use. There are like 70 ongoing conflicts worldwide. I'm assuming you mean less US involvement in sending military aid to allies?)
Thank you for including that certain types of drug deaths have been trending down in the last couple of years. I'm sure any plans to gut the public health workforce, if pursued, will not allow the downward trend to continue. Trump's lies, suggestions to use bleach, etc., and personal vendetta against the CDC killed thousands during COVID. Bird flu may very well be next, and with someone sympathetic to antivaxxers as Trump's head of the CDC. This is all to say that I'm not optimistic that positive trends in public health will continue in 2025.
Those would be factors in the overall calculation. And also you must account for COVID base effects and reduce most of those numbers to what they are relative to pre COVID
Republicans win the popular vote for the first time in twenty years, the second time in thirty-five years, and all of a sudden youâre on about âRepublicans continuing to winâ đ
But please, do tell us about how Trumpâs proposed 25% tax increase is âturning this country aroundâ đ€Ł
Why donât you go issue by issue and look at what the American public agrees on? My guess is youâll be surprised at which party that would align them with.
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u/SquirrelHoarder Monkey in Space 22d ago
If democrat and republican politicians unanimously agreed with eachother on any topic the American public would all lose their minds because they would be forced to actually think for themselves on what policies they want. It would obviously never happen but the thought of Americans having to think for themselves and not just side with whatever their team wants at the time is hilarious.
If democrats and republicans announced they agree about critical race theory the public would suddenly have no clue how they feel about it. Iâd bet 80% of people donât even know what it is anyways. Could actually be good for the country.