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I only skimmed the bill but wheneven I see both parties working together I know I need to be extra careful and look for hidden dangers because I am cynical like
by wudangmonk 4y ago
I only skimmed the bill but wheneven I see both parties working together I know I need to be extra careful and look for hidden dangers because I am cynical like that.
- mc32 4y agoIsn't it even worse when only one party sponsors or works on something? It could signal that they are completely willing to ignore the sentiments of the other half the congress represents.
- wffurr 4y ago“Other less than a quarter”.
- mc32 4y agoWell, it's more like each party has a core 25 to 30% and the rest are independent moderates and then the core of the other party --so when one party does something it's more or less representing 25 to 30% of the voting pop. So the other are 70 to 75%
- wffurr 4y agoVoting population is also typically less than half. 2020 US election was an outlier at 66.8%.
- roenxi 4y agoIf only one party wants something, the other party will loudly and thoroughly catalogue everything wrong with the idea and throw extra at it to see if the smear sticks. There'll generally be loud warnings of a problem. If they are cooperating, that means it might be something really nasty that, eg, lobby money from the military-industrialists supports.
- zugi 4y agoWhenever the media hails some great bipartisan agreement, I get briefly optimistic. Then I look into the details. Invariably I find they included the worst things from each side. Most often, our pockets are being picked.