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> The Democratic base is tired of reaching across the aisle only to have their hands slapped and be met with disapproval and silence. You mean, like the Democr
by slowmovintarget 2y ago
> The Democratic base is tired of reaching across the aisle only to have their hands slapped and be met with disapproval and silence.
You mean, like the Democrats have been doing since the Obama administration? The ACA was not a bipartisan bill, it was a jam-down, and that attitude only continued. Pendulum-swing indeed.
The solution is the same one Lincoln pointed out. The people aren't fooled anymore, so if you really want to do something, you can't just shuffle the problem around for campaign donations and not actually fix it. You have to make an honest attempt to support the good of the people. At the moment, President Trump is seen as the one doing it, because the Democrats have so clearly been acting against the interests of the majority of their constituents in favor of ideological luxuries. We're done with that for a while.
- JoshTriplett 2y ago> The ACA was not a bipartisan bill, it was a jam-down No, it wasn't. It was watered down substantially.
- slowmovintarget 2y agoYes, it was: https://www.forbes.com/sites/physiciansfoundation/2014/03/26/a-look-back-at-how-the-president-was-able-to-sign-obamacare-into-law-four-years-ago/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/physiciansfoundation/2014/03/26...
- righthand 2y agoYou’re both right, it was done without Republicans but it was watered down for moderates on both sides. It was passed because it was a smart play against those opposing groups.
- righthand 2y agoYou missed my paragraph about both sides arguments. It was “jammed-in” because Democrats got tired of Republicans opposing everything. A bipartisan effort was risky that it would be altered to be undesirable. Even so it was altered to be pretty moderate overall. Either way it was jammed because of revenge tactics I’m discussing.