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In reply to the discussion: progressive values and democratic party politics [View all]BainsBane
(53,032 posts)Do you understand that presidents can't pass legislation by themselves, they only sign it? Would you prefer he have vetoed the healthcare bill so that preexisting conditions were still a hindrance, so that people still had lifetime caps on policies? Is that what you think he should have done? Or do you think he should have sent the army in to disband congress and run the country as a dictatorship?
It wasn't more of the same. You don't seem well informed on the matter.
How are you liking the draining the swamp? Is that the kind of change you wanted? The tiki torch mob certainly is a change, and now 788,000 dreamers are being deported, people who Obama offered a chance to. Do you think that was more of the same for those DACA recipients, or do they simply not matter to you?And how about the workers who saw their wages increase due to the overtime policy Obama implemented, which Trump is now rolling back? Or the victims of rape on college campuses who benefited from Title IX being extended to include rape as part of discrimination? How about enforcement of voting rights and DOJ Civil Rights division investigating police brutality, all of which is being repealed by Trump?
If you feel no difference between Republican and Democratic administrations, then you are extremely fortunate. The great majority of Americans don't enjoy that privilege.