The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Classic-Xer]

(12-26-2020, 07:05 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(12-26-2020, 01:20 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(12-26-2020, 01:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(12-26-2020, 12:17 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-25-2020, 11:31 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I voted to break gridlock just like you and the Democrats and a group of pesky GOP's voted to do.

I agree that neither party is warm to the the other's agenda, so opposition is to be expected.  As long as we have the divided government model as the ideal rather than the exception it will continue to be this way.  On the other hand, the GOP has taken opposition to a whole new level, opposing everything and compromising never.  Why the need to push obvious instructional advantages further than necessary is a mystery.  They have an innate pro-GOP bias in the Senate, and structural advantage electing Presidents.  Isn't that enough?

Interesting that Classic claims to be voting against gridlock, when that is ALL that the party he votes for ever does.

A slight exaggeration.  They will vote tax cuts for the right, to increase the division of wealth.  They usually support a strong military.  That Trump went against that trend this time is unusual.  But on the whole you are correct.  They have been racist enough to oppose anything Obama proposes or to undo anything he tried to do.  As most of that was to support the American working man, they have wound up against the American working man.  That is part of why I expect a collapse of the old values.

We could also call gridlock "voting to stop the government from doing things," to keep things stagnant in place. That's what tax cuts accomplish, which rob the government of the means to change things, and just to protect the great wealth that exists. Arguably, though not always, the purpose of the strong military is the same: to protect the interests of the wealthy abroad, and/or to stop communism and other movements that threaten them; to protect the establishment and the status quo. Also, to protect the wealth of the military-industrial complex, and to stop immigration. That's what voting for Republican gridlock means, more generally-speaking.

The government doesn't need as much taxation now that it's fully embraced raising debt ceilings then borrowing and spending. It's going to be a pretty big mess when it crashes but whatever, it will be viewed as Democratic problem that most Americans will longer be directly related by then. So, the question is will you still be alive or dead by then? Oh, the other question is, if you're dead, does death grant you a pass or guarantee you a place in suffering for an entire lifetime?