The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(01-27-2020, 09:15 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't know what county you live in, but perusal of election records show widening gaps between the candidates and parties in recent years. In rural and smaller counties, Trump did better than Romney. In urban counties, Hillary Clinton did better than Obama. So if you live in a Republican bubble, it might seem like the outcome is going to be increasing Republican support and power. But for those who live in urban areas, the outcome would seem to favor Democrats.

And I expect the population of urban areas is growing and rural areas decreasing.

Socialist means public (government) ownership of the economy. Today's Democratic Party, including its left wing, is a long way from this basic definition. Such politicians as Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders favor moving toward the Scandinavian model, which is still capitalist but with higher taxes, more social and educational programs, some public ownership, etc; in other words, people in those countries get value for their tax money, while ours is wasted on military spending, pork, drug wars, and interest on the national debt, which is ballooned by tax cuts for the rich. All thanks to Republicans and compliant Democrats.

I know what country I live in, I live in the country that would view/recognize an attempt to completely take over American industries like healthcare and energy as socialist and directly associate it with socialism. I think Bernie and AOC should pack up and move to Scandinavia to help keep them from moving away from socialism like they're doing today. I agree that our trickle down economics doesn't work as well for the big government (nanny state) trickle down believers and most of their welfare recipients these days. You keep telling me that and I haven't disagreed with your views. Yes, you have a big problem that the other side doesn't have these days. As far as the big cities, I expect them to remain in liberal hands and continue to decay and decline like they're doing now. I also expect to see matters getting worse as the rest of America begins to crack down and address issues related to do nothing blue America.