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These checks and balances failed long before Trump started abusing the system
by sampli 2mo ago
These checks and balances failed long before Trump started abusing the system
- sbseitz 2mo agoNot to this extent!
- buellerbueller 2mo agoYes, sadly, several decades ago, one of the parties started running on the platform of "the government is broken" and to help the electability of said platform, they kept breaking the government.
- fwip 2mo agoLook, I vote blue too, but you can't ignore that the Democrats have also pushed the slider further and further toward executive power every chance they get. Well, I guess I can't tell you what to do, so I suppose you can.
- buellerbueller 2mo agoI don't "vote blue." I vote for whichever candidate offers the most realistic solutions to the problem at hand. At times this may be "blue" but not necessarily. I have also voted 3rd party and skipped voting for a specific role alotgether. Also, not even sure what you are talking about. My point specifically was about the congress, where the Republicans have stonewalled legislation, stolen SCOTUS seats, and shut down the government the vast majority of shutdowns since it became a "legitimate"(?) tactic. > Democrats have also pushed the slider further and further toward executive power every chance they get for example...?
- fwip 2mo agoOkay, you can scroll back up and see that the thread is about the erosion of checks and balances. After that, you can do a web search to read either about the Clinton administration's increased partisan direction of federal agencies, or Obama's increase in both scope and number of executive orders. Presidential powers have been ratcheting up for at lest thirty years. And neither party seems particularly interested in turning the dial back once they're in power.
- toofy 2mo agoindeed. cause the problem then complain the problem exists. that’s been their intentional platform for years and years.