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The first year of President Barack Obama’s presidency, however well-intentioned, was a disaster. What should’ve been a quick move to pass the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became a painfully drawn out 14-month ordeal, with Republicans pretending to negotiate with the president while at the same time publicly and gleefully mocking those efforts, obstructing to the very end.
Apparently, then-Vice President Joe Biden was taking notes.
Not only did Biden dismiss the Republicans, he didn’t even bother to engage in negotiations. No, “Would $1.3 trillion work? No? $1 trillion? $800 billion?” Because we know that not only would that have dragged out this process for way too long, delaying critical work on election reform, immigration reform, and other Democratic priorities, but in the end, you know those assholes would’ve voted against the legislation anyway. It’s what Republicans have always done, and there was zero reason for Democrats to believe that this time, with a party beholden to Donald Trump of all people, that things would've ended up differently.
Not this time Republicans. You will spend the next 8 years playing catch up, and if HR 1 passes, there will be no catch up. Republicans will then actually have to split the party, and the part that works on legislation for the working class, is the only part that has any chance of keeping office.
The page has been turned of the failures of Reaganomics. There will never be trickle down economic policy of any kind that has any chance of passing ever again.
Apparently, then-Vice President Joe Biden was taking notes.
Not only did Biden dismiss the Republicans, he didn’t even bother to engage in negotiations. No, “Would $1.3 trillion work? No? $1 trillion? $800 billion?” Because we know that not only would that have dragged out this process for way too long, delaying critical work on election reform, immigration reform, and other Democratic priorities, but in the end, you know those assholes would’ve voted against the legislation anyway. It’s what Republicans have always done, and there was zero reason for Democrats to believe that this time, with a party beholden to Donald Trump of all people, that things would've ended up differently.
Biden threw away the old Democratic playbook, and Republicans can't adapt
The first year of President Barack Obama’s presidency, however well-intentioned, was a disaster. What should’ve been a quick move to pass the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became a painfully drawn out 14-month ordeal, with Republicans pretending to...
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Not this time Republicans. You will spend the next 8 years playing catch up, and if HR 1 passes, there will be no catch up. Republicans will then actually have to split the party, and the part that works on legislation for the working class, is the only part that has any chance of keeping office.
The page has been turned of the failures of Reaganomics. There will never be trickle down economic policy of any kind that has any chance of passing ever again.