Cont: The Biden Presidency (3)

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Bob001 said:
Not necessarily. People who work together might car pool. Public transportation isn't great, but in a lot of areas it is available, particularly for people who work daytime weekday jobs. And we've seen during the pandemic that a lot of people can work at home. Suppose somebody suddenly lost his license or wrecked his car? I suspect he'd find ways to get around.
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Public transportation could and should be better. Want to make a difference in fuel consumption and costs? Then increase residential density and improve public transportation. The original EV.
 
Venom said:
tweaked.
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It is truly telling how polls will show that most people, disagree with the direction of the country, disagree with Biden's handling of the economy or international issues, while on the same polls agreeing with every single thing he's doing about them by large margins.
 
tyr_13 said:
It is truly telling how polls will show that most people, disagree with the direction of the country, disagree with Biden's handling of the economy or international issues, while on the same polls agreeing with every single thing he's doing about them by large margins.
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There was a recent poll on "What has Biden done that you agree wit?" and supposedly, "Nothing" was the most popular answer.

I wonder, considering there are republican politicians boasting about how their constituents are going to benefit from some specific aspect of the infrastructure bill, even though they voted against it.

More than half of the country doesn't think the infrastructure bill was a good thing? Yeah, right.

Either they are lying or they are idiots.
 
pgwenthold said:
There was a recent poll on "What has Biden done that you agree wit?" and supposedly, "Nothing" was the most popular answer.

I wonder, considering there are republican politicians boasting about how their constituents are going to benefit from some specific aspect of the infrastructure bill, even though they voted against it.

More than half of the country doesn't think the infrastructure bill was a good thing? Yeah, right.

Either they are lying or they are idiots.
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What makes you think they're not both?
 
Aridas said:
There is a third option in play, though, I think, that involves gullibility and information control.
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Which could be a subset under 'stupid' as information is easily obtained if it's looked for by those not living in an echo chamber.
 
tyr_13 said:
It is truly telling how polls will show that most people, disagree with the direction of the country, disagree with Biden's handling of the economy or international issues, while on the same polls agreeing with every single thing he's doing about them by large margins.
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What does that mean? That we should follow the party devoid of answers outside of tax cuts and blaming evey problem on the Democrats? Biden came into office with solutions that have been obstructed by the Republican party and two Democrats.

I agree with citizens who say we're not going in the right direction. We haven't been for 11 years. Presidents without a Congress willing to make changes can do little.

The problem isn't Biden. It's McConnell.
 
acbytesla said:
What does that mean? That we should follow the party devoid of answers outside of tax cuts and blaming evey problem on the Democrats? Biden came into office with solutions that have been obstructed by the Republican party and two Democrats.

I agree with citizens who say we're not going in the right direction. We haven't been for 11 years. Presidents without a Congress willing to make changes can do little.

The problem isn't Biden. It's McConnell.
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The problem isn't just McConnell. It's the infrastructure that put and keeps him in power without real consequences for the harm that he and the rest have and are causing.
 
Aridas said:
The problem isn't just McConnell. It's the infrastructure that put and keeps him in power without real consequences for the harm that he and the rest have and are causing.
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I agree 100 percent. The structure of the American government is a failure for most of us.
 
Aridas said:
The problem isn't just McConnell. It's the infrastructure that put and keeps him in power without real consequences for the harm that he and the rest have and are causing.
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I also agree. The need for accountability is... to quote a former president that hasn't been... bigly.
 
dudalb said:
If the Ukraine falls, Biden's numbers are going to crater.
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I suspect the right wing in this country is going to have a lot of trouble scoring political points about the Ukraine situation, no matter how badly managed by Biden, while the MAGA base is so loudly and gratuitously cheerleading for Putin.

Normally the opposition party could make a lot of hay in such a scenario, but I think the public is very aware on how divided the right is on the issue.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
I suspect the right wing in this country is going to have a lot of trouble scoring political points about the Ukraine situation, no matter how badly managed by Biden, while the MAGA base is so loudly and gratuitously cheerleading for Putin.

Normally the opposition party could make a lot of hay in such a scenario, but I think the public is very aware on how divided the right is on the issue.
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Maybe, but I would not bank on the Putin cheerleaders not reversing their course and claiming, like their fearless leader, that they have always thought that way. And after all, as we see in interviews of truck protestors and other MAGA sorts, a significant number are unaware when they say opposite things at the same time. Morons will do what they do, and other morons will follow.
 
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thaiboxerken said:
It's an inevitable fate for any country that worships at the altar of capitalism.
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I strongly believe in capitalism. But it has inherent flaws that must be dealt with. The problem is unfettered capitalism. It must be augmented by good government.
 
acbytesla said:
I strongly believe in capitalism. But it has inherent flaws that must be dealt with. The problem is unfettered capitalism. It must be augmented by good government.
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I agree, but I also believe capitalism's goal is to make money, no matter what. Because of that, government regulation/augmentation, will always come to an end.
 
bruto said:
Maybe, but I would not bank on the Putin cheerleaders not reversing their course and claiming, like their fearless leader, that they have always thought that way. And after all, as we see in interviews of truck protestors and other MAGA sorts, a significant number are unaware when they say opposite things at the same time.
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You mean like this?

He said-he said: 10 times that Trump has contradicted Trump
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bruto said:
Morons will do what they do, and other morons will follow.
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You mean like this? WARNING: Exposure to this may produce brain bleed.

 
Something the Biden admin doesn’t get much credit for and you don’t hear about much: they have been really good about acquiring and distributing the monoclonal antibody treatments and the newer antivirals. They’ve also been very active in coming out with the “test-treat” -test positive; get treatment on the spot- initiative which should be rolling out soon.

Kudos for that.
 
thaiboxerken said:
It's an inevitable fate for any country that worships at the altar of capitalism.
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Technically we could have a more representative government and could reduce the pressure on politicians to bend to lobbyists. We could limit funding and control the election ads and so on a bit better.

But the country is so based on the setup of the senate (and slavery) and then the post civil war amendments, that it was guaranteed a minority (GOP) can run the country even if they do not get the president. Even there the electoral college ruins it for a popular leader. The winner taka all rule should be tossed. It would need an amendment.
 
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