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Alternatively: we need to rein in the powers of the presidency. Right now we've got a dynamic of "the president says what to do and the legislature obeys" (or,
by duskwuff 2y ago
Alternatively: we need to rein in the powers of the presidency. Right now we've got a dynamic of "the president says what to do and the legislature obeys" (or, recently, "the president does stuff on his own"); we might be better off with "Congress decides what to do and the president makes it happen".
- llm_trw 2y agoCalifornia has half the population of Germany and twice the GPD. We can't pretend the US is some dinky country in Europe that can be ruled the same way.
- beardedwizard 2y agoHow long will California maintain GDP dominance when major parts of business are in the pocket of Trump? Won't they just pack up and leave, tanking Californias economy with it?
- llm_trw 2y agoLonger than Germany at the rate things are going in Germany.
- mdemare 2y agoHalf the population, and the same GDP.
- SubiculumCode 2y agoThe problem is that the president can direct funding to primary a congressman. There are ways to make that harder to do, but they have to try
- dragonwriter 2y agoOh, so Congress makes law and the President sees that the law is faithfully executed? We should definitely amend the Constitution to include that.