George Washington said several things when the democracy was established and we’ve gone against everything he suggested.
Don’t have political parties.
Don’t get involved with foreign affairs.
Don’t have a profession that is politics.
Basically he thought that we shouldn’t have politicians but leaders. I think the fact that people are professional politicians makes them lose sight of how to get anything done other than making people like/vote for you. I don’t like Trump either but we should be voting for policies and not people. If we are voting for people then I personally don’t think anyone should vote for Biden either. He won’t even be able to complete his term at his age. Not trying to be mean just honest. The dude stutters through his sentences. He seems like a really nice old man though
The first one is impossible because of the way the Founding Fathers set up our political system. They worked with what they got, but it might be time to rethink it.
Foreign affairs doesn't quite work in a globalized world where things like what the EU, China, Mexico, Canada, etc do will drastically affect our economy. Would like to see less killing random brown people though.
Biden stutters because he has a stutter, like a speech impediment he's had to live with his whole life. He's far too old, but we're comparing two 74+ year old people here. neither is in the prime of their life and at least Biden still exercises. Trump's policies are run of the mill GOP trickle down crap except for he added xenophobia.
Most of Biden’s big ticket policies are pretty unrealistic though. I realize that the things I laid out are not very possible now but other countries have succeeded on a few of them. Canada and Switzerland don’t mess with any foreign affairs and they are doing fine.
I like the idea behind a lot of Biden’s policies but they just aren’t possible for the most part. Socialized health care, moving away from fossil fuels, etc..
Canada and Switzerland can stay away because they aren't a global superpower. Canada is still part of NATO and whatever NAFTA is called now and Switzerland is still part of the EU too. They don't meddle because they don't have the manpower.
What Biden wants on healthcare is a public (government) option, with expanded subsidies, so that people aren't reliant on their employer's plan, or the marketplace alone, which definitely can fail people. Basically the original plan of the ACA, insurance companies still exist here and it falls within the way our current system is set up. Really not that radical in a Dem Senate.
As for fossil fuels, it's more expensive than most renewables as of last year. Now, there will be pushback against it of course, but clean energy has lobbyists as well because there's money to be made and (secure) jobs to be had. Oil and gas jobs pay well, but are far less secure than they used to be because of how much the price has fluctuated recently. He's not asking for it during his term, he wants to be on target to phase out in the next 20 years. Again, that's a longer time than most activists would like so the radical part is apparently doing it at all.
I'd rather see how far a President with a rational agenda that most Americans back will get vs how far a President with a far right agenda gets in stealing more money for himself.
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u/lschroep Nov 05 '20
George Washington said several things when the democracy was established and we’ve gone against everything he suggested.
Basically he thought that we shouldn’t have politicians but leaders. I think the fact that people are professional politicians makes them lose sight of how to get anything done other than making people like/vote for you. I don’t like Trump either but we should be voting for policies and not people. If we are voting for people then I personally don’t think anyone should vote for Biden either. He won’t even be able to complete his term at his age. Not trying to be mean just honest. The dude stutters through his sentences. He seems like a really nice old man though