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If this was passed in 2017 to go into effect during the next presidential term, wouldn't that only work as a time bomb for Biden's presidency if Trump didn't ex
by _heimdall 1y ago
If this was passed in 2017 to go into effect during the next presidential term, wouldn't that only work as a time bomb for Biden's presidency if Trump didn't expect to win a second consecutive term?
Given the history of prior presidents winning 2 consecutive terms, it seems like Trump could have reasonably expected a 2022/2023 tax change to be his problem.
- kenjackson 1y agoNo. It’s after re-election. Bad news late in your second term isn’t that big of a deal, unless you care about legacy.
- _heimdall 1y agoMost presidents care about legacy, at least to me it seems like trump holds that as a higher priority than most.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoTrump seems to care what people think today, every day. He doesn't seem like someone who puts a lot of thought into the future.
- b112 1y agoYou know, I wonder if that's a sad but valuable trait for a politician. Public opinion can change daily, and external events can appear with no warning. These things can make a prior path of action vanish, or even make it madness to pursue. If you try to plan everything long term, I bet you hit a lot of disappoint as a politician. If you only see today, then you're not fighting for things that are now not possible. I imagine one would be far less stressed as a result. And maybe more popular than otherwise.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoSome problems require years or even decades to address. Consider how quickly a COVID vaccine was developed, yet it depended upon many years of quietly studying SARS and R&D around MRNA. Or consider trying to address developing or maintaining infrastructure. A chaotic politican whose mind is changed by the last person they spoke with won't do well facing serious long term problems. It gets worse if the only things they consistently stand for is their own power, personal wealth, their sycophants, and their grade-school-level (mis)understanding of complex matters.
- Braxton1980 1y ago>me it seems like trump holds that as a higher priority than most Why?
- _heimdall 1y agoHe seems to care immensely about being viewed as the "winner" and the "best" at everything. I also have to assume that anyone interested in slapping their name in big gold letters on as many buildings as possible is interested in the perception of legacy.
- Braxton1980 1y agoI misinterpreted your original comment. I thought you meant he would act as the ideal benevolent leader to obtain this perception
- _heimdall 1y agoHah, oh yeah I could see reading it that way being very confusing! Trump and benevolent don't belong in the same dictionary.
- adgjlsfhk1 1y agoif you retain power, you can fix it. the US government currently has the significant problem that one party campaigns on the government being dysfunctional, so they do their best to make it so.
- antif 1y agoSo.. criminal racketeering?
- _heimdall 1y agoBut what would trump have done if he retained the presidency and lost congress? That's also been pretty common over the last few decades if I'm mistaken, a president with one or both sides of Congress is reelected but Congress flips to the opposition party.
- devmor 1y agoI would suppose that the Democrats would remove the policy regardless of who was in charge.
- Braxton1980 1y agoHow?