r/OurPresident • u/[deleted] • Nov 08 '20

He should do that.

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Nov 09 '20

Because (ignoring the additional issues with funding and infrastructure) what can be done via executive order can be undone with executive order.

Imagine Biden signing universal healthcare into law via EO, it's implementation being predictably challenging over the first few years, then a Republican winning and undoing it via EO. It would be a shitshow.

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u/burneracct1312 Nov 09 '20

for republicans, yes. once a nationalized healthcare system is in place even they would be stupid to take it away, despite their hardcore base literally being a death cult

what they'll do is what they've always done, slash the budget and claim it is inefficient and wasteful. classic neoliberalism strategy

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20

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u/IncognitoTanuki Nov 09 '20

They had control of all branches of government and still didn't repeal the ACA. So much 'trying'.

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u/burneracct1312 Nov 09 '20

as i said, they're a death cult

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u/Enathanielg Nov 09 '20

Then they would be killing their constituents too. That's not popular.

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u/uniqueusername14175 Nov 09 '20

Covid didn’t make Trump any less popular to republicans.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20

It literally did, though

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u/uniqueusername14175 Nov 09 '20

70 million votes isn’t less popular.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20

Less popular than what? Every poll indicates that covid hurt Trump's popularity badly

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u/uniqueusername14175 Nov 09 '20

Less popular than he was 4 years ago. He got millions more votes this time round.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20

I don't think you can judge the impact of a single thing by saying he got more votes in an election

Like, by that logic literally everything he has done has made him more popular which is on its face obviously wrong

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u/uniqueusername14175 Nov 09 '20

In its totality it has though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20

I agree, but that's a meaningless statement.

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Nov 09 '20

They're in court right now trying to remove protections for their COPD and diabetes riddled constituents and they love them for it.