Truth and Reconcilliation
Not feeling very good about continued divided government in the U.S.A. Given the last few days of this campaign the country will have spent a lot of time nominating these two candidates. The amount of money spent on the elections may be a billion dollars or more and one of the candidates spouses and the other party's nominee are being compared for their piggish behavior when it comes to women. One was disbarred and the other should never have been nominated as his party's candidate.
Which leads me to the legislative branch of government that isn't exactly doing its job very well either. Senator McConnell should be held responsible for the actual wasting time while the 2016 presidential race has occurred.
What about the Supreme Court vacancy? Fixing Obamacare, fixing medicare which will being broke should be part of the debate. How about funding a highway bill properly? How about discussing a bipartisan foreign policy. Combating cyber warfare might be a worthy topic for discussion. How about lowering the cost of higher education so college doesn't sink students deeply in debt. How about fixing the tax code so it is more fair and more progressive. How much should we spend on the defense budget? What might be a responsible immigration policy?
All I'm seeing is the partisan crap. Republicans can't stand Democratic proposals and vice versa.
And the latest contretemps is bitching about work/study/ job search requirements for single able bodied adults to continue to receive food stamps. As the unemployment rate has gone down this isn't a bad policy and can be adjusted to reflect local conditions. Relatively small potatoes but a good example of the level of disagreement.
I hope the November election will resolve the current impasses but there are no guarantees?
Which leads me to the legislative branch of government that isn't exactly doing its job very well either. Senator McConnell should be held responsible for the actual wasting time while the 2016 presidential race has occurred.
What about the Supreme Court vacancy? Fixing Obamacare, fixing medicare which will being broke should be part of the debate. How about funding a highway bill properly? How about discussing a bipartisan foreign policy. Combating cyber warfare might be a worthy topic for discussion. How about lowering the cost of higher education so college doesn't sink students deeply in debt. How about fixing the tax code so it is more fair and more progressive. How much should we spend on the defense budget? What might be a responsible immigration policy?
All I'm seeing is the partisan crap. Republicans can't stand Democratic proposals and vice versa.
And the latest contretemps is bitching about work/study/ job search requirements for single able bodied adults to continue to receive food stamps. As the unemployment rate has gone down this isn't a bad policy and can be adjusted to reflect local conditions. Relatively small potatoes but a good example of the level of disagreement.
I hope the November election will resolve the current impasses but there are no guarantees?
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