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Competent, predictable leadership in the executive branch would be a start.
by crooked-v 7y ago
Competent, predictable leadership in the executive branch would be a start.
- ch4s3 7y agoI guess, but that doesn't do anything to fix congress which controls spending, or bureaucratic morass among the day to day functionaries in government. Which is to say that I believe Americans writ general expect far too much from the executive.
- crooked-v 7y agoWhile that's true, a competent Presidency still would have benefited people in a variety of ways, such as realistic centralized messaging about the risks of the disease and how to prepare for it, and better oversight and support of test kit distribution. And, you know, not literally calling it a 'Democratic hoax' in the midst of people in the US being infected by the disease.
- ch4s3 7y agoI agree that messaging would be better. I guess I'm primarily concerned that our government has arrived at a place where it's systemically unable to adequately form consensus and take action quickly.