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Presidents always propose budgets and lead the party. As a voter, part of your vote is not just for the President and his/her team but their agenda.

by r00fus 4y ago

School-Cotton 4y ago
That’s the theory, but it doesn’t really work in reality. The chance of a major reform like that ever passing is very close to zero. The last big legislative reform of anything in the US was the Affordable Care Act, which, despite being a relatively modest reform by the standards of any country with a functional political system, was a once-in-a-generation effort requiring huge amounts of political capital and luck. Any serious reform to higher education would dwarf that. When I said I wasn’t aware of any serious proposals for education reform, I didn’t mean because politicians (like Sanders) don’t want them. I meant because such a reform is impossible.
- r00fus 4y ago
  You know what? I don’t care if it’s impossible. I want my politicians to get caught trying to do the right thing.
- lamontcg 4y ago
  You have a self-fulfilling prophecy which you've asserted. From my perspective the fact that so many people think exactly like you do is why those proposals don't have any chance of being treated seriously. If you all treated them seriously, they would immediately become serious and therefore possible. Cynical realism ensures that we can never solve any problems.
  - School-Cotton 4y ago
    > the fact that so many people think exactly like you do is why those proposals don't have any chance of being treated seriously No, they’re impossible because the US political system is deadlocked by design and not conducive to controversial reforms, not just because not enough people believe in them. In fact I’d argue most people believe reform in various areas is possible, as evidenced by the fact that they continue bothering to vote for congress.

Presidents always propose budgets and lead the party. As a voter, part of your vote is not just for the President and his/her team but their agenda.

by r00fus 4y ago

Presidents always propose budgets and lead the party. As a voter, part of your vote is not just for the President and his/her team but their agenda.

School-Cotton 4y ago

That’s the theory, but it doesn’t really work in reality. The chance of a major reform like that ever passing is very close to zero. The last big legislative reform of anything in the US was the Affordable Care Act, which, despite being a relatively modest reform by the standards of any country with a functional political system, was a once-in-a-generation effort requiring huge amounts of political capital and luck. Any serious reform to higher education would dwarf that. When I said I wasn’t aware of any serious proposals for education reform, I didn’t mean because politicians (like Sanders) don’t want them. I meant because such a reform is impossible.

r00fus 4y ago
You know what? I don’t care if it’s impossible. I want my politicians to get caught trying to do the right thing.
lamontcg 4y ago
You have a self-fulfilling prophecy which you've asserted. From my perspective the fact that so many people think exactly like you do is why those proposals don't have any chance of being treated seriously. If you all treated them seriously, they would immediately become serious and therefore possible. Cynical realism ensures that we can never solve any problems.
- School-Cotton 4y ago
  > the fact that so many people think exactly like you do is why those proposals don't have any chance of being treated seriously No, they’re impossible because the US political system is deadlocked by design and not conducive to controversial reforms, not just because not enough people believe in them. In fact I’d argue most people believe reform in various areas is possible, as evidenced by the fact that they continue bothering to vote for congress.