Matthew Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 (edited) 5 hours ago, User said: the people he appointed were more political connections The federal bureaucracy is less than 1% political patronage positions. Most are merit-based. And one thing trump has never yet learned is that the great superpower of the exectuve branch vs Congress is in the depth of professional expertise housed within the hundreds of agencies he oversees. Congress does not have thousands of policy experts and must rely on the executive branch for many details of policy-making. And just because he's cutting people and ending agencies by exective action doesn't mean he's eliminating the laws that those agencies were charged with enforcing. 5 hours ago, User said: You guys throw around the term billionaire like it is a pejorative. These are successful people who are sacrificing their time to work for us and put their talents to use. Propaganda is so effective. Billionaires paying millionaires to convince lowly schlubs that the billionaires and corporations are the good guys and that poor people and immigrants are the bad guys. Seeing grown adults debase themselves parroting the propaganda is the saddest indictment of humanity's failed capacity to learn. 5 hours ago, User said: It is no more a show or culture war Of course it is. The EOs were largely theatrics. There is only so much policymaking that trump can do by just f*cking around within the bureaucracy with Elon musk without actually changing the laws. Making a law is hard and requires deftness and collaborate leadership that trump shows no evidence of possessing. It's the president's de facto job to lead legislative initiatives. The clock is ticking. He's got two years to get some laws passed before republicans likely lose complete control of Congress. 5 hours ago, User said: It was an across the board rate cut that the vast majority benefited from. Riiight. Well your sophistry and wishful thinking notwithstanding, most people aren't going to find that believable. But I do notice how you're not disagreeing with my actual point. 5 hours ago, User said: Like what, which promises? Well, for example his rhetoric about sealing the border, mass deportations, lowering food prices, tax cuts for workers, protect medicare and social security. Edited February 13 by Matthew 1 Quote
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