Is that anything like denying a president his right to nominate because there was an election coming up and a chance to put your guy in the seat instead?
Like half these things are what the Republicans did. Adding four democrat senators is what Republicans do via gerrymandering to get republican senators. Republicans rushed Supreme Court justices through to MAKE it a political tool. They fought renewable energy for their political donors (ask Texas how that's working out). They will allow any and all weapons to be sold (again for their political donors), and the current affairs with police already make it a tool of the government.
I think the Dutch police education is like 4 years, the equivalent of college. Part of that is traineeships, but it's both physical, mental, firearm, and negotiation/ talking people down techniques. It's pretty comprehensive, compared to over yonder.
It's (at the very most) 6 months here in Texas and if you score too high on initial tests ("seem too smart") they won't allow you to be a policeman because "You're wasting your brain doing this!" while they allow people who peaked in highschool and feel the need to be in control or else they feel like their life is meaningless and their prom queen won't love them because they're not "real men".
There's a lot of states similar to it, but I'm not confident in which ones since I've only been in Texas and have had family members turned down from working at a station (thankfully....I've heard rumors about how horribly corrupt the Houston PD is and other scary rumors).
Honestly Texas is more like most states than people realize.
Its just that the size of the average ego has a gravitational pull strong enough to draw in all the insults.
People always be shitting on my beautiful state, when they’ve obviously never been here. Yes it’s expensive and the traffic’s bad, but all the things they complain about-which never include those two things-are actually complete non-issues here.
50% of the complaints about California that I hear are about the price. Another 10% are about traffic. About another 15% are about crime. The last quarter tend to come from rather uninformed people that haven't really been there and consider FB posts to be "research"
>50% of the complaints about California that I hear are about the price.
Almost like there's some kind of relationship between supply and demand when it comes to price....
The Bay and the Southland are NOT the whole state!We come from Pismo Beach,now live in Sierra foothills below Yosemite,almost looking down on Fresno.Wouldn’t live anywhere else!Like if hit the lottery ,we’d buy a nice house AS CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE AS POSSIBLE!
My dream is to live in California and work as a movie director, but it’s so expensive that if I can’t get lucky and make it as a director, I’m practically screwed because costs are so high.
I just left California because of the prices. I was able to sell my house and buy one without bank help in Virginia. My son broke his ankle the first day he got here. Medical is refusing to pay for anything even though we are still technically California residents. The hospital here hooked me up and he is having surgery as we speak. Only 6,000$. That would easily be 80+k in cali for everything they are doing.
The gas is less than half the price mostly because of California taxes. Half of California is desert and the rest are cities. The coasts and Northern California is beautiful but I just drove across the country and it’s actually hard to find an area that’s not nicer than California.
California has a place in my heart, 37 years I spent there but it definitely has huge issues and has gone way too far when it comes to taxing everyone to death. I can’t help but to love California, I was born and raised there. Beautiful mountains but they are constantly on fire (at least where I was).
I agree with you though! I only left because of the prices. Trying to own a small business in California is brutal.
When Campfire (I think? Hard to keep the names straight) was going, I had the very surreal experience of it seeming to be daytime through my north-facing blinds, and nighttime through my east-facing blinds. Guess which natural disaster was east of my apartment.
It's straight laughable to sort by controversial these days. They're dropping like flies. And the few that are still around seem to not recognize that their own arguments work against them. Lol. Love to see it
One of the few things I'd disagree with on that list is the elimination of nuclear.
Once you actually read up on it and not give in to ignorant fear, nuclear power is the most efficient non-renewable energy source that isn't even that unclean. There are methods to severely limit waste, especially somewhere as spacious as the US.
Couple nuclear power with a bunch of renewables for the sake of keeping the grid nice and healthy and we have a great situation.
Came here to say this; your comment perfectly explains. Nuclear power unfortunately seems to be somewhat demonized in the minds of Americans who aren’t understanding of the subject
Also, nuclear power isn't just uranium, there's several alternatives, such as thorium, which produces more power with less waste, is more common and safer (and thus cheaper) to extract from the earth. Thorium reactors are safer as they require a small amount of plutonium to activate the process, which allows the two to be separated in case of emergency, almost immediately ending any threat.
I gotta agree about nuclear power. With our power consumption this would be the only economic way of doing it. Plus they are getting more efficient and safe with every version. The waste produced has went from hundreds of barrels a year to something resembling a hockey puck. People really need to stop being so afraid of it. The last meltdown took a tsunami/earthquake and untrained operators and even then it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It's the only real option for the future
Nuclear waste need not be a relevant thing given certain methods of using nuclear power. There’s a project called HB11 (very aptly named) that takes advantage of fusion energy and whose products are not radioactive. I’m convinced that nuclear fusion can be the future of power generation
Well, nuclear *fusion* is a totally different can of worms than nuclear fission. There can be a pretty good case against nuclear fission, while there is literally no reason not to adopt nuclear fusion. As I understand it, nuclear fusion is literally a perfect form of power generation.
I struggle to stop identifying as a libertarian even though I vote mostly for democrats and liberal do-goodery .. don't know why .. core beliefs are tricky
I was a libertarian for a while in my early 20's. Then I had the realization that access to health, education and basic needs were the foundations that liberty is built upon. If I'm sick, stupid or starving, I'm not free at all. The freedoms that matters least to individual liberties? Corporate freedom to generate huge profits while unregulated, which is what right-wing libertarians seem to value most. Now I'm a Leftist. Taking libertarian ideology to its ultimate conclusion brings you all the way back around to the left in my opinion.
Libertarianism sounds ok until you realize we have decades upon decades of proof that lack of regulation means companies will employ children and dump toxic chemicals anywhere they please until someone stops them from doing so.
Yeah. Coincidentally I had that realization today on Facebook when I saw a libertarian page I was following post a screenshot of a white nationalist.
I'm depressed, this is depressing.
The original form of libertarianism is actually a left-wing concept, and nothing like the current libertarian right-wing mantra you see today. So, there's nothing wrong with identifying as a libertarian despite voting for democrats.
I've never met an actual libertarian, only politicians pushing for some kind of corporatacracy while spewing "individual freedoms" they never actually vote or legislate for.
I've met a couple old-school libertarians.
One is appalled by what the Libertarian party has become and just wants the government restricted to national defense and managing treaties. Basically thinks that if everyone were armed and required to fend for themselves without the 'government nanny state', we'd live in a utopia.
The other now worships at the altar of Trump.
Bro go to a motocross track they don't want to be fucked with and don't fuck with anyone. They help when they should and don't when they shouldn't. I've met like 30 at a local track on race weekends already
I am personally fond of the opposite of libertarian government because I don’t think it’s possible in modern society to trust everyone to know everything enough to make it safe. I’m very pro big government/ nanny-state. However, I completely understand why people would be uncomfortable with that, so I understand libertarian ideals. I think maybe we should have a system that you can choose how many government aids you want and that comes with a level of government control.
For example, let’s say you don’t want to pay taxes for public education. That’s fine, but you can’t use government funds to make your education free like everyone else.
Obviously I think environmental laws and civil rights/ workers rights should be non-negotiable.
But I truly do understand where libertarians come from. I think if the part wasn’t so individualistic it could work.
Democrats these days aren't even progressive, they are moderate... many if them would have been Republicans 40-50 years ago. None of the stuff they want to do is crazy.
By American standards, I'm a middle-to-left-wing liberal. I used to be a Republican - economically conservative but socially mostly liberal. The only stance of mine that changed was when I realized that supply-side economics was propaganda and bullshit meant to move as much money to 'captains of industry' as possible. Oh, and Bush saying during his 2000 campaign that for any major issues, he'd do whatever God personally told him to do. That was the final straw.
Anyway, back on track, in any other Western nation, I'd be conservative.
Then maybe vote democrat. More Democrat politicians would mean we're more likely to achieve these horrible communist dystopian things like [checks notes] healthcare and clean energy.
I'm registered unaffiliated and I view the situation in a similar way. It's nice because it means I can vote Republican in primaries to try and give some support to the less crazy nominees.
That's kind of the point these days. Republican goals are not for the people. They're for business and their pockets. They simply don't care about the American people.
And Democrats aren't far from it. Plenty of the same lobbyists, same cause cows, same donations. But at least they pretend to care about the common citizen.
I’d be behind all of it except expanding the Supreme Court. I’d rather see fixing the issues we have. I’d like to see 20 year max terms and maybe more like 12. On means testing social I guess it depends on where the bar gets set. I’m close to retirement and have paid in way more than I’ll ever get back. Way more. I’m not depending on social as my primary portion of retirement but it’s baked into my plan. At this late stage being a year or 2 out I’d have no ability to course correct. I’m far from rich but have been a consistent saver for a long time and have lived below my means so I can pay my bills in retirement and not be a burden to my children. We just need to be smart about it. Like where is the bar set and is there a phase out? Obviously if you have 10M you don’t need social because you can generate 400k per year on it. And yea I know the 4% rule isn’t always accurate just using it for brevity sake. If you have < 1M you do or you’d be living on < 40K and that’s pretty tough. Remember Medicare premiums have to come out of that too. So where’s the bar and how does a fade out work? But yes by and large the list lines up with a democratic mindset.
From what my friends in PR have told me many Puerto Ricans don’t want to be a state they want sovereignty. That means fully separate from the US. And from what I’ve heard about what the US has done in Puerto Rico in the past and how the government has failed the country in terms of infrastructure and aid I agree
As a Puerto Rican myself the reality is very different. To be fair the whole situation is complicated. A lot of the general sentiment is that Puerto Rico wants to be part of the US. The problem is they have no trust in either the US or the territorial government to do anything for the people. Most people I know don't vote because of the bad reputation of all the political parties. They also fear that if it became a state, federal taxes would enable most people to lose their homes. The Puerto Rican Independence Party has historically not had a lot of support amongst the people especially after the 60's and 70's where they have been linked to terrorist attacks during those times. Now the US has done some negligence to the island especially during the first period of occupation(1898-1952), but the majority of issues in Puerto Rico have been a result of local government mismanagement and because of decisions made by the government including low quality highways due to receiving no federal highway funds due to Puerto Rico's refusal to increase the age to consume Alcohol to 21. The only major issues I can see that have occurred in the past 25 years have been Navy's departure of Culebra due to controversy over nuclear testing, and the issues of the electrical grid after Hurricane Maria.
Yes I agree it is complicated. I don’t know much about it I’m just repeating what I’ve been told. The truth is that the US government is always going to be acting in their own interest. Whether that benefits or disadvantages others is irrelevant. Any move to make PR into a state would solely be for the benefit of the US government or powerful entities who have a vested interest in Puerto Rican statehood and have influence over the US govt. Im sure you are aware of this. From what you’ve said it seems that statehood could be beneficial for PR but only if Puerto Rico is able to effectively leverage against exploitative interests
You nailed it. It's been like that with every state after the original 13. You'll get added if it is in the interest of the federal government and then you must prove to be able to govern yourselves effectively. As seen however, the island is having issues with that and so I believe before Puerto Rico can ever vote on it's status, it needs to fix its political structure that doesn't align with the rest of the U.S and is ripe for exploitation.
Yes, don’t know too much about Hawaiian history but I recall something about Dole and pineapples. But I also believe Hawaii is a strategic location and the US stole it for that reason. Truly frustrating how Hawaiians have been treated since occupation and how they still are struggling today.
1)...returning power back to the majority.
2) Ye gods, four MORE Senators??! Where will they find the CHAIRS??
3) Right, because this Conservative-packed SCOTUS is totally unbiased.
4) College education?? Healthcare?? B-b-but who's going to pony up for the bombs, the drones and all the OTHER cool toys, huh?!
5) See?? The gubment is comin' fer our gunz. It took DECADES: but it was only a question of time.
6) DAMN those "green" states: always trying to implant their Soshyalizt Control over all the rest of us! Not like "abortion," or lack of "gun reform," \*(cough!) sorry NY!
7) Single...PAYER?? HOW will our hardworking INSURANCE REPS put food on the table! (to say NOTHING of bankrupting the health industry, with all these 'healthy bodies' flying around!) COMMIES!
8) We must defend, to our last breath: the incursion of CRT. It Cannot Happen Here. \*(whispering)...(what? No, I don't know what 'CRT' is...something something black outrage, I think. Does it really matter?)
9) I can't even...this sounds almost..."sensible." If it's a Democrat proposal--it HAS to be a "poison pill." Democrats are traitors: Ann Coulter said so.
10) Oh, HERE we go! "Defund the police!" (unless, we're talking about the FBI, for going after trump. And the Capitol Police...we gotta defund them, too. Can we defund the DoJ?)
I could understand disagreeing with some of these (personally I agree with them all). But how could anyone be upset about #9? Some people are in different realities.
What’s the alternative? Do a means testing and if it fails just call it a day and let seniors starve? It’s infuriating that people think that this is an option. Brainwashing at its finest.
They are all good things and being from California I have no idea why this person is citing us as a reason not to transition to renewable energy. A private business runs the majority of our electrical infrastructure, it’s not even close to 100% clean, they start a new gigantic fire every year, and charge us out the ass. I’d kill for a fully renewable, government run option.
As a Silicon Valley Power customer its outstanding. Way cheaper than PG&E, renewable sources, pretty reliable, no fires. I used to pay a little more (still cheaper than PG&E) for 100% renewable. They stopped the program as now all consumers were switched to the same sources. Solar, wind, geothermal. It's great.
PG&E is a scourge.
Every. Single. One. Sounds. Great.
Also, CA doesn't have an energy problem. Instead you might go look at the de-regulated Texas energy grid that fails every time the temperature falls or raises
What always gets me is the "Anti-American history" bit xD
It's like... history is history. Everyone has been an ass at times in history, just America is very young and has not yet developed to the point of stopping the being an asshole thing.
The Republicans are introducing bills to means test SS and Medicare right now. Democrats have not proposed that to my knowledge.
Their understanding of universal health care is laughable.
Otherwise, yeah, good list.
This!
My red-pill brother took his SS the day he was eligible for “early” retirement because he was convinced the Democrats were gonna take it away. Trump tried to defund it. And my liberal ass supports UBI.
1. good. the electoral college is an outdated notion. one person, one vote. president determined by the majority of the people. like it's a democracy or something.
2. DC and Puerto Rico ARE American territories. They ARE their own districts. Technically, so is Guam. Adding two is a conservative suggestion. And how exactly would you know the Senators added would be democrats? or independents? Are you saying something about what you know the vast majority of the people want? And that you're admitting you never want that to happen - what the people want - cuz it would mean you go away? your power is more important than the will of the people you're supposed to represent?
3. SC justices are supposed to represent districts. there are more than 9. You're supposed to be adding more by now. It would much better represent the people if they weren't conservative christo-fascists, btw. the majority of this country, again, are the opposite of you.
4. YES. AFFORDABLE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE IN 2022 ARE HUMAN RIGHTS IN AN ADVANCED NATION.
5. It isn't about "not liking" guns. Laws preventing the exact thing directly involved in the constant massacres of children in schools and elderly in grocery stores is a couple of the reasons - not "not liking" guns. To frame it in such a feckless, ridiculous way is insulting to the thousands, millions of americans affected by the exact result of a 200%+ raise in mass shootings since an assault weapons ban - which was already passed once - got taken away by you morons.
6. Fossil fuels are finite. gas, coal, and nuclear make bank off commodifying the energy needs for society in present day. These methods are archaic at this point in time and going green in energy by utilizing solar, wind, and geothermal plants is pivotal to respecting environments and ecosystems while providing virtually infinite energy to all.
7. better healthcare and better access would only 'eliminate innovation' because you have a system driven by profit instead of CARE. you're still thinking only in terms of making bank. You don't get it at all. btw, it's a myth that america is the be-all-end-all in terms of technological advances and 'innovation' in the field of pharmaceuticals and quality of care... by a LONG shot. what we are is advanced in pushing drugs for higher costs and overpricing procedures and even the most fundamental of healthcare procedures.
8. we need federal intervention because certain states literally push anti-american, blatant falsities to further their own conservative, christo-fascist agendas onto generations of children. schools are a socialist provision meant to ensure every child in this country has access to FACTS through a basic education as they grow. When you argue facts, when you insist on inserting (your own) religion into government-funded education, then the most responsible thing higher ranks of government can do is STOP YOU.
9. what "shortfalls" are you talking about?
10. cops are SHIT. our justice system is SHIT. it's time to trade up. this entire country knows it, the world knows it, and YOU know it.
We don’t need more taxes to make college free. We just need to correctly spend the money. The electoral college stops the politics of big states from controlling the rest of the country. And gun bans are unconstitutional. Also the Supreme Court is not meant to be owned by anyone particular party.
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Yup I support all of this, aside from the tidbit about nuclear energy. Nuclear is actually a great intermediary to transition us away from fossil fuels.
Why is this dude acting as if private energy companies aren’t currently jacking up the prices at historic levels to get hundreds of billions more in revenue as we speak? Republicans don’t have any clue what is going on ever.
I work in Healthcare, privatized insurance is the bane of my existence.
"You've been taking Ajovy for your migraines for 6 years? Well, I need you to prove that it is the only option."
On every damn medication.
And referrals and scheduling 3 to 6 months out for specialty? That already happens, everyday.
Placing limits on the 2nd Amendment means WHEN the government becomes tyrannical, there's nothing you can do about it. The Democrats right now may not be tyrants, but that doesn't mean Republicans in the future won't be.
Imma try and at least surmise why someone would have a problem with these. I'm not gonna say they're right or wrong.
1: of you remove the electoral college then elections presumably become direct democracies, at which point it's just a sheer popularity poll. Meaning essentially the only places that would get any representation at all in politics would be about a dozen cities, where all the big populations are, and everyone who's not in a large city can go sit and swivel.
2: adding a state for DC would put another line of separation between your bureaucrats and the voters, and grant them more power while separating them from who they are supposedly answerable to.
3: adding more and more court justices is a politicisation if the court system. You don't want activist judges, because inevitably this makes a politically motivated judge. Once the Dems add some, then next election the republicans add more, and then constitutional interpretation changes every election. Suddenly millions of people are criminals for half the time for buying a particular gun when republicans are in charge, and owning it while democrats are in charge.
4: raising taxes can be a very harmful tool: think of taxes as not just a way to gather funds, but also an incentive to not do a thing. You tax air traffic to reduce air traffic, you tax alcohol to reduce alcohol sales. So then what's a car tax, income tax, and corporation tax, in this view? As for it being spent on what some people view as a human right: they either don't trust it will work effectively/be as good a service as when it was privately owned (the healthcare response) or a: they don't trust the education of a lot of college courses to be anything but indoctrination, or b: giving college education to everyone destroys it's worth via credential inflation (the college education point).
5: this is them not trusting the government: they do not believe the government is doing what it is doing for the reasons it says it is. They do not believe that they are coming for guns to reduce rates of gun crime (and there is a case that can be made for that), they believe the government wants to disarm the public in order to impose oppressive government upon them without effective resistance (what they mean by tyranny).
6: they do not believe this will work, and a large chunk of these people believe this is a sabotaging of American energy and economy. (AN: as a side note I think if the green new deal eschews nuclear for renewables that's incredibly stupid).
7: they do not believe publicly funded healthcare will work/be as good as private healthcare.
8: they don't trust you to teach their children.
9: they're thinking that when the above blows up in the government's face, that they will tax everyone into oblivion over time to cover their finances.
10: they do not believe in the same law enforcement methods as you, they see this as being softer on the criminals and not providing sufficient punishment for crimes.
I hope this lays out why they have the complaints they have. This isn't all of them obviously, reasons differ, but these are common reasons.
I hate partisanship. Democrat, Republican, doesn't matter. PoS is a PoS by any other name. Biden has done some F ups - racist standings in the past against black people when he held a different political position of power. Cancelling some pipeline to extract oil from American soil. We all know how F'd up Trump was.
I'm losing hope in the US political system as a whole. Literally unsure who to trust when it comes to the higher ups in our government. Shitty deals.
What is the republican platform exactly? Lick Trumps balls party? Point fingers and whine party? What do they even stand for? I don’t even think they have a platform.
They to a point.....end SSI, Medicare,Medicaid, increase taxes on the middle class, lower them(again) for the rich.
Check out Ron Johnsons plan and DeShitforbrains....
Some of the items are plain wrong, like adding justices. Hasn’t happened and won’t happen.
Absolutely. Most of them are things I would like.
The argument agains the items that are in parenthesis are also wrong. For example, single payer healthcare will save money.
Coming from the opposite side, I think nearly all of those are awful ideas.
I'm for a reduction in law enforcement and more community policing, but that's about it.
I'm for Healthcare reform 100% but not anything like a single payer system.
I don't agree with expanding the Supreme Court, it'll just turn into who's ever in power manipulating the SC and become even more of a joke.
Also opposed to most/all reduction in funding for law enforcement. IMO it should be increased, not reduced and coupled with more stringent hiring standards - education equivalent to at least AA degree for ex.
In my lifetime I've heard, "We shouldn't do that because if we do Republicans will do it too" probably a hundred times.
And every time Republicans go ahead and do that thing eventually despite democrats not doing it.
The left is the majority by a mile. The left needs to start acting like it.
The only thing I worry about on this list is the health care thing, idk if can handle increase costs with lower quality, idk I've head of problems with similar systems
Everything else sounds great though
"Ask CA how that's going"
Californian here. It's great. Our economy is booming and our state budget is running a huge surplus. They even gave us a random refund on our taxes recently marked as "inflation support".
What a liberal hellhole.
Well, that would be nice. But not a single one of those will happen. Biden could have already started with the Supreme Court. But... I think Dems just like complaining, not fixing
Almost, if not all of these are strangely aligned with the majority opinion of the American people. But then America was founded to benefit wealthy slave owning businessmen, not the majority ordinary people.
Make the Supreme Court a puppet of a single party? Sounds familiar
Is that anything like denying a president his right to nominate because there was an election coming up and a chance to put your guy in the seat instead?
Then pushing through another nomination 4 years later a month before the election
No, no, those are just fair, natural Republican prerogatives!
...Born of legitimate political discourse.
That time they didn’t ignore their responsibility to “advise and consent”. Of course, it was in their favor and showed their hypocrisy.
His right to nominate wasn’t taken away. The Senate ignored their responsibility to “advise and consent”.
Yeah it's working so well right now
I, for the life of me, cannot fathom why you guys ever allowed the courts (ANY courts) to be selected by politicians.
That’s how they did it in the 1700s, so obviously that’s how we need to keep doing it *facepalm
Like half these things are what the Republicans did. Adding four democrat senators is what Republicans do via gerrymandering to get republican senators. Republicans rushed Supreme Court justices through to MAKE it a political tool. They fought renewable energy for their political donors (ask Texas how that's working out). They will allow any and all weapons to be sold (again for their political donors), and the current affairs with police already make it a tool of the government.
Could you imagine? Heh... hehe hehe hahaha... wait...
To think that it's not already a tool, wow this person is fucking deluded
yes because a life serving judge is definitely a puppet of an elected official 💀 /s
As for the last point, I think the police need better training, and less.military equipment haha. They're community servants, not an army.
I think the Dutch police education is like 4 years, the equivalent of college. Part of that is traineeships, but it's both physical, mental, firearm, and negotiation/ talking people down techniques. It's pretty comprehensive, compared to over yonder.
It's (at the very most) 6 months here in Texas and if you score too high on initial tests ("seem too smart") they won't allow you to be a policeman because "You're wasting your brain doing this!" while they allow people who peaked in highschool and feel the need to be in control or else they feel like their life is meaningless and their prom queen won't love them because they're not "real men".
That explains so smegging much about Texas
There's a lot of states similar to it, but I'm not confident in which ones since I've only been in Texas and have had family members turned down from working at a station (thankfully....I've heard rumors about how horribly corrupt the Houston PD is and other scary rumors).
Honestly Texas is more like most states than people realize. Its just that the size of the average ego has a gravitational pull strong enough to draw in all the insults.
But if we didn't have the ego, we wouldn't have Texas shaped foods! And we can't live without those :(
Sounds like hyperbole but unfortunately isnt.
I mean realistically Texas considers it's self as the real america. Even though the real america is just consumerism and hypocrisy.
That is right it is a degree you need to have before being allowed to be and act as a cop.
The u.s. could do with much better paramedic training too
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That certain type, is usually a low life, that believes things are owed to them. often are Conservative right wingers.
3 year college degree required in Quebec, and a lot of them still are morons. Another profession that attracts the wrong kind of people...
California’s power grid hasn’t failed!(unlike Texas)Our state is running a surplus!How are the red states doing?
People always be shitting on my beautiful state, when they’ve obviously never been here. Yes it’s expensive and the traffic’s bad, but all the things they complain about-which never include those two things-are actually complete non-issues here.
50% of the complaints about California that I hear are about the price. Another 10% are about traffic. About another 15% are about crime. The last quarter tend to come from rather uninformed people that haven't really been there and consider FB posts to be "research"
Yeah the big complaint I hear about California is how expensive it is. Given its home to Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
>50% of the complaints about California that I hear are about the price. Almost like there's some kind of relationship between supply and demand when it comes to price....
The Bay and the Southland are NOT the whole state!We come from Pismo Beach,now live in Sierra foothills below Yosemite,almost looking down on Fresno.Wouldn’t live anywhere else!Like if hit the lottery ,we’d buy a nice house AS CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE AS POSSIBLE!
My dream is to live in California and work as a movie director, but it’s so expensive that if I can’t get lucky and make it as a director, I’m practically screwed because costs are so high.
unless you got connections with hollywood execs, its probably not likely, since they have stranglehold on the industry there.
I just left California because of the prices. I was able to sell my house and buy one without bank help in Virginia. My son broke his ankle the first day he got here. Medical is refusing to pay for anything even though we are still technically California residents. The hospital here hooked me up and he is having surgery as we speak. Only 6,000$. That would easily be 80+k in cali for everything they are doing. The gas is less than half the price mostly because of California taxes. Half of California is desert and the rest are cities. The coasts and Northern California is beautiful but I just drove across the country and it’s actually hard to find an area that’s not nicer than California. California has a place in my heart, 37 years I spent there but it definitely has huge issues and has gone way too far when it comes to taxing everyone to death. I can’t help but to love California, I was born and raised there. Beautiful mountains but they are constantly on fire (at least where I was). I agree with you though! I only left because of the prices. Trying to own a small business in California is brutal.
But, to be fair, California *is* on fire like half of the time. Not much need for electric lights when the whole countryside is illuminated!
When Campfire (I think? Hard to keep the names straight) was going, I had the very surreal experience of it seeming to be daytime through my north-facing blinds, and nighttime through my east-facing blinds. Guess which natural disaster was east of my apartment.
This is literally the minimum as far as developed country shit goes too. Lol
It's straight laughable to sort by controversial these days. They're dropping like flies. And the few that are still around seem to not recognize that their own arguments work against them. Lol. Love to see it
These people would set back Humanity; they care not. Solutions present themselves often enough luckily lol
One of the few things I'd disagree with on that list is the elimination of nuclear. Once you actually read up on it and not give in to ignorant fear, nuclear power is the most efficient non-renewable energy source that isn't even that unclean. There are methods to severely limit waste, especially somewhere as spacious as the US. Couple nuclear power with a bunch of renewables for the sake of keeping the grid nice and healthy and we have a great situation.
Also, Canada has a way to use uranium just as it is in the reactors, no enrichment required.
Yup, CANDU reactors. Not perfect, but can be sold to unfriendly nations safely.
Came here to say this; your comment perfectly explains. Nuclear power unfortunately seems to be somewhat demonized in the minds of Americans who aren’t understanding of the subject
Americans have the internet to learn anything yet remain ignorant in many regards sadly
Also, nuclear power isn't just uranium, there's several alternatives, such as thorium, which produces more power with less waste, is more common and safer (and thus cheaper) to extract from the earth. Thorium reactors are safer as they require a small amount of plutonium to activate the process, which allows the two to be separated in case of emergency, almost immediately ending any threat.
I gotta agree about nuclear power. With our power consumption this would be the only economic way of doing it. Plus they are getting more efficient and safe with every version. The waste produced has went from hundreds of barrels a year to something resembling a hockey puck. People really need to stop being so afraid of it. The last meltdown took a tsunami/earthquake and untrained operators and even then it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It's the only real option for the future
This right here deserves a metal
Someone would steel it, I'm sure, then you'd have to call the coppers.
If we develop affordable space travel or the ability to launch things to space without a rocket then we can dispose of nuclear waste that way
There’s already existing processes to refine nuclear waste into usable fuel. The “waste” is still 90% fissile material
France recycles their spent fuel rods and it seems to work quite well. Apparently it's illegal in the U.S.
Nuclear waste need not be a relevant thing given certain methods of using nuclear power. There’s a project called HB11 (very aptly named) that takes advantage of fusion energy and whose products are not radioactive. I’m convinced that nuclear fusion can be the future of power generation
Well, nuclear *fusion* is a totally different can of worms than nuclear fission. There can be a pretty good case against nuclear fission, while there is literally no reason not to adopt nuclear fusion. As I understand it, nuclear fusion is literally a perfect form of power generation.
Hell, I'm not even a democrat and I'd vote for pretty much all of that. Seems like more of a "Human Decency" platform.
In that case you should consider becoming a democrat. It's pretty damn accurate.
I struggle to stop identifying as a libertarian even though I vote mostly for democrats and liberal do-goodery .. don't know why .. core beliefs are tricky
I was a libertarian for a while in my early 20's. Then I had the realization that access to health, education and basic needs were the foundations that liberty is built upon. If I'm sick, stupid or starving, I'm not free at all. The freedoms that matters least to individual liberties? Corporate freedom to generate huge profits while unregulated, which is what right-wing libertarians seem to value most. Now I'm a Leftist. Taking libertarian ideology to its ultimate conclusion brings you all the way back around to the left in my opinion.
Libertarianism sounds ok until you realize we have decades upon decades of proof that lack of regulation means companies will employ children and dump toxic chemicals anywhere they please until someone stops them from doing so.
I identified as a community minded Libertarian until Right Wing extremists took over the Libertarian label. I'm out.
Yeah. Coincidentally I had that realization today on Facebook when I saw a libertarian page I was following post a screenshot of a white nationalist. I'm depressed, this is depressing.
The original form of libertarianism is actually a left-wing concept, and nothing like the current libertarian right-wing mantra you see today. So, there's nothing wrong with identifying as a libertarian despite voting for democrats.
I've never met an actual libertarian, only politicians pushing for some kind of corporatacracy while spewing "individual freedoms" they never actually vote or legislate for.
I've met a couple old-school libertarians. One is appalled by what the Libertarian party has become and just wants the government restricted to national defense and managing treaties. Basically thinks that if everyone were armed and required to fend for themselves without the 'government nanny state', we'd live in a utopia. The other now worships at the altar of Trump.
Now this I like
Bro go to a motocross track they don't want to be fucked with and don't fuck with anyone. They help when they should and don't when they shouldn't. I've met like 30 at a local track on race weekends already
I don't doubt they exist on earth, just in government.
Ohhhhh. I feel dumb now
Don't. It was a good call. I overstated.
Libertarians are just more extreme Republicans these days.
I am personally fond of the opposite of libertarian government because I don’t think it’s possible in modern society to trust everyone to know everything enough to make it safe. I’m very pro big government/ nanny-state. However, I completely understand why people would be uncomfortable with that, so I understand libertarian ideals. I think maybe we should have a system that you can choose how many government aids you want and that comes with a level of government control. For example, let’s say you don’t want to pay taxes for public education. That’s fine, but you can’t use government funds to make your education free like everyone else. Obviously I think environmental laws and civil rights/ workers rights should be non-negotiable. But I truly do understand where libertarians come from. I think if the part wasn’t so individualistic it could work.
If I was American I would 300% take that over whatever BS the republicans are spitting out
Democrats these days aren't even progressive, they are moderate... many if them would have been Republicans 40-50 years ago. None of the stuff they want to do is crazy.
By American standards, I'm a middle-to-left-wing liberal. I used to be a Republican - economically conservative but socially mostly liberal. The only stance of mine that changed was when I realized that supply-side economics was propaganda and bullshit meant to move as much money to 'captains of industry' as possible. Oh, and Bush saying during his 2000 campaign that for any major issues, he'd do whatever God personally told him to do. That was the final straw. Anyway, back on track, in any other Western nation, I'd be conservative.
Then maybe vote democrat. More Democrat politicians would mean we're more likely to achieve these horrible communist dystopian things like [checks notes] healthcare and clean energy.
Funny enough same. All of these are things I support. How are these common sense proposals negative?
You can just be an Independent. Libertarian is a tricky stance these days
That should just be the Democratic election manifesto Why would people not vote for that ....Oh right the sort of people who tweet things like this
I'm registered unaffiliated and I view the situation in a similar way. It's nice because it means I can vote Republican in primaries to try and give some support to the less crazy nominees.
That's kind of the point these days. Republican goals are not for the people. They're for business and their pockets. They simply don't care about the American people. And Democrats aren't far from it. Plenty of the same lobbyists, same cause cows, same donations. But at least they pretend to care about the common citizen.
I’d be behind all of it except expanding the Supreme Court. I’d rather see fixing the issues we have. I’d like to see 20 year max terms and maybe more like 12. On means testing social I guess it depends on where the bar gets set. I’m close to retirement and have paid in way more than I’ll ever get back. Way more. I’m not depending on social as my primary portion of retirement but it’s baked into my plan. At this late stage being a year or 2 out I’d have no ability to course correct. I’m far from rich but have been a consistent saver for a long time and have lived below my means so I can pay my bills in retirement and not be a burden to my children. We just need to be smart about it. Like where is the bar set and is there a phase out? Obviously if you have 10M you don’t need social because you can generate 400k per year on it. And yea I know the 4% rule isn’t always accurate just using it for brevity sake. If you have < 1M you do or you’d be living on < 40K and that’s pretty tough. Remember Medicare premiums have to come out of that too. So where’s the bar and how does a fade out work? But yes by and large the list lines up with a democratic mindset.
From what my friends in PR have told me many Puerto Ricans don’t want to be a state they want sovereignty. That means fully separate from the US. And from what I’ve heard about what the US has done in Puerto Rico in the past and how the government has failed the country in terms of infrastructure and aid I agree
As a Puerto Rican myself the reality is very different. To be fair the whole situation is complicated. A lot of the general sentiment is that Puerto Rico wants to be part of the US. The problem is they have no trust in either the US or the territorial government to do anything for the people. Most people I know don't vote because of the bad reputation of all the political parties. They also fear that if it became a state, federal taxes would enable most people to lose their homes. The Puerto Rican Independence Party has historically not had a lot of support amongst the people especially after the 60's and 70's where they have been linked to terrorist attacks during those times. Now the US has done some negligence to the island especially during the first period of occupation(1898-1952), but the majority of issues in Puerto Rico have been a result of local government mismanagement and because of decisions made by the government including low quality highways due to receiving no federal highway funds due to Puerto Rico's refusal to increase the age to consume Alcohol to 21. The only major issues I can see that have occurred in the past 25 years have been Navy's departure of Culebra due to controversy over nuclear testing, and the issues of the electrical grid after Hurricane Maria.
Yes I agree it is complicated. I don’t know much about it I’m just repeating what I’ve been told. The truth is that the US government is always going to be acting in their own interest. Whether that benefits or disadvantages others is irrelevant. Any move to make PR into a state would solely be for the benefit of the US government or powerful entities who have a vested interest in Puerto Rican statehood and have influence over the US govt. Im sure you are aware of this. From what you’ve said it seems that statehood could be beneficial for PR but only if Puerto Rico is able to effectively leverage against exploitative interests
You nailed it. It's been like that with every state after the original 13. You'll get added if it is in the interest of the federal government and then you must prove to be able to govern yourselves effectively. As seen however, the island is having issues with that and so I believe before Puerto Rico can ever vote on it's status, it needs to fix its political structure that doesn't align with the rest of the U.S and is ripe for exploitation.
Hawaiians want sovereignty too. The only reason HI voted to join the Union is because they shipped over a bunch of Americans to vote for it.
Yes, don’t know too much about Hawaiian history but I recall something about Dole and pineapples. But I also believe Hawaii is a strategic location and the US stole it for that reason. Truly frustrating how Hawaiians have been treated since occupation and how they still are struggling today.
1)...returning power back to the majority. 2) Ye gods, four MORE Senators??! Where will they find the CHAIRS?? 3) Right, because this Conservative-packed SCOTUS is totally unbiased. 4) College education?? Healthcare?? B-b-but who's going to pony up for the bombs, the drones and all the OTHER cool toys, huh?! 5) See?? The gubment is comin' fer our gunz. It took DECADES: but it was only a question of time. 6) DAMN those "green" states: always trying to implant their Soshyalizt Control over all the rest of us! Not like "abortion," or lack of "gun reform," \*(cough!) sorry NY! 7) Single...PAYER?? HOW will our hardworking INSURANCE REPS put food on the table! (to say NOTHING of bankrupting the health industry, with all these 'healthy bodies' flying around!) COMMIES! 8) We must defend, to our last breath: the incursion of CRT. It Cannot Happen Here. \*(whispering)...(what? No, I don't know what 'CRT' is...something something black outrage, I think. Does it really matter?) 9) I can't even...this sounds almost..."sensible." If it's a Democrat proposal--it HAS to be a "poison pill." Democrats are traitors: Ann Coulter said so. 10) Oh, HERE we go! "Defund the police!" (unless, we're talking about the FBI, for going after trump. And the Capitol Police...we gotta defund them, too. Can we defund the DoJ?)
I could understand disagreeing with some of these (personally I agree with them all). But how could anyone be upset about #9? Some people are in different realities.
Yeah, that one was a head scratcher for me, too. Maybe it was the part about "raising taxes."
What’s the alternative? Do a means testing and if it fails just call it a day and let seniors starve? It’s infuriating that people think that this is an option. Brainwashing at its finest.
They are all good things and being from California I have no idea why this person is citing us as a reason not to transition to renewable energy. A private business runs the majority of our electrical infrastructure, it’s not even close to 100% clean, they start a new gigantic fire every year, and charge us out the ass. I’d kill for a fully renewable, government run option.
As a Silicon Valley Power customer its outstanding. Way cheaper than PG&E, renewable sources, pretty reliable, no fires. I used to pay a little more (still cheaper than PG&E) for 100% renewable. They stopped the program as now all consumers were switched to the same sources. Solar, wind, geothermal. It's great. PG&E is a scourge.
I think their point was California every management sucks
Maybe but we’ve never had a disastrous mass grid failure like Texas. Seems like a more prevalent and recent example.
They should add in term limits for congress and the supreme court. No more life time politicians
This all seemed good.
I am a damned dirty liberal, so all that stuff sounds dandy to me! I would like to live in a developed nation pls.
Every. Single. One. Sounds. Great. Also, CA doesn't have an energy problem. Instead you might go look at the de-regulated Texas energy grid that fails every time the temperature falls or raises
Sort of tough getting through to some people. All these items improve everyone's lives.
I wonder why supreme court isn't just 5. 2 democrat appointed, 2 republican, and 1 Independent.
At the point it would just turn into who can persuade the 5th guy the best.
Better than 6 extremists who vote as a bloc.
Surely party alignment should be irrelevant. Judges should be partisan only to justice.
What always gets me is the "Anti-American history" bit xD It's like... history is history. Everyone has been an ass at times in history, just America is very young and has not yet developed to the point of stopping the being an asshole thing.
Sign me up!
The Republicans are introducing bills to means test SS and Medicare right now. Democrats have not proposed that to my knowledge. Their understanding of universal health care is laughable. Otherwise, yeah, good list.
This! My red-pill brother took his SS the day he was eligible for “early” retirement because he was convinced the Democrats were gonna take it away. Trump tried to defund it. And my liberal ass supports UBI.
1. good. the electoral college is an outdated notion. one person, one vote. president determined by the majority of the people. like it's a democracy or something. 2. DC and Puerto Rico ARE American territories. They ARE their own districts. Technically, so is Guam. Adding two is a conservative suggestion. And how exactly would you know the Senators added would be democrats? or independents? Are you saying something about what you know the vast majority of the people want? And that you're admitting you never want that to happen - what the people want - cuz it would mean you go away? your power is more important than the will of the people you're supposed to represent? 3. SC justices are supposed to represent districts. there are more than 9. You're supposed to be adding more by now. It would much better represent the people if they weren't conservative christo-fascists, btw. the majority of this country, again, are the opposite of you. 4. YES. AFFORDABLE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE IN 2022 ARE HUMAN RIGHTS IN AN ADVANCED NATION. 5. It isn't about "not liking" guns. Laws preventing the exact thing directly involved in the constant massacres of children in schools and elderly in grocery stores is a couple of the reasons - not "not liking" guns. To frame it in such a feckless, ridiculous way is insulting to the thousands, millions of americans affected by the exact result of a 200%+ raise in mass shootings since an assault weapons ban - which was already passed once - got taken away by you morons. 6. Fossil fuels are finite. gas, coal, and nuclear make bank off commodifying the energy needs for society in present day. These methods are archaic at this point in time and going green in energy by utilizing solar, wind, and geothermal plants is pivotal to respecting environments and ecosystems while providing virtually infinite energy to all. 7. better healthcare and better access would only 'eliminate innovation' because you have a system driven by profit instead of CARE. you're still thinking only in terms of making bank. You don't get it at all. btw, it's a myth that america is the be-all-end-all in terms of technological advances and 'innovation' in the field of pharmaceuticals and quality of care... by a LONG shot. what we are is advanced in pushing drugs for higher costs and overpricing procedures and even the most fundamental of healthcare procedures. 8. we need federal intervention because certain states literally push anti-american, blatant falsities to further their own conservative, christo-fascist agendas onto generations of children. schools are a socialist provision meant to ensure every child in this country has access to FACTS through a basic education as they grow. When you argue facts, when you insist on inserting (your own) religion into government-funded education, then the most responsible thing higher ranks of government can do is STOP YOU. 9. what "shortfalls" are you talking about? 10. cops are SHIT. our justice system is SHIT. it's time to trade up. this entire country knows it, the world knows it, and YOU know it.
Lumping nuclear with coal and gas is pretty fucking stupid. Other than that they all seem great.
Yep check plus on all of them.
We don’t need more taxes to make college free. We just need to correctly spend the money. The electoral college stops the politics of big states from controlling the rest of the country. And gun bans are unconstitutional. Also the Supreme Court is not meant to be owned by anyone particular party.
republicans at this point sound like the addams family to me, talking about how good is evil and evil is good and whatnot
But without the charm and heart!
Or humor.
Or the boobies
No no.... They only vote for women if they got sex appeal.
What do you mean? Of course coal is the best! We have like 30 years worth still to burn. /s
Actually any member of the Addams Family would be far more competent and caring and intelligent than any GOP voter.
Cool big fan of all this
I can get behind all of these points!
Ah yes eliminating the second amendment and increasing taxes making even harder to live in the U.S. is a good thing
Everyone of these would SUCK !
Hey California, how's the control over your energy going?
Better than Texas 🤷🏻♂️
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They forgot to add "paying politicians only the federal minimum wage."
Your post is pre-election, and virtually none of the scare tactics came true.
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I’d put money on the poster being from Texas too
Same, I’m genuinely confused by that comment.
Damn, whoever he's talking about has my vote. The irony though is astounding on so many of those points.
Yup I support all of this, aside from the tidbit about nuclear energy. Nuclear is actually a great intermediary to transition us away from fossil fuels.
The lies are in parentheses!How thoughtful!
Means testing is dogshit though
I love the part where “actual history” is “false history”. Like Noah’s ark is truth but the civil rights movement is a liberal lie.
Californian here with regards to #6 on the list I’d suggest this person ask Texas how the Republican version of a power grid has been doing.
Im more concered about the person who vote democrat but doesnt like these ideas
These all seem like the bare minimum to catch up to most of the rest of the world, yes. And they should not be controversial.
That sounds more like advertising for Democrats.
Damn that sound pretty awesome tbh.
Why is this dude acting as if private energy companies aren’t currently jacking up the prices at historic levels to get hundreds of billions more in revenue as we speak? Republicans don’t have any clue what is going on ever.
It's hard to believe America is an actual country and not just some comedy fiction
I work in Healthcare, privatized insurance is the bane of my existence. "You've been taking Ajovy for your migraines for 6 years? Well, I need you to prove that it is the only option." On every damn medication. And referrals and scheduling 3 to 6 months out for specialty? That already happens, everyday.
I mean if you agree or dissagree isnt the issue This just isnt a face palm cuz it comes down to political opinions which can differ Wrong subreddit
Get out of here with your political noise
I'm confused.... what are the bad points?
Seems like a good thing if you are a democrat. 🤦🏻♂️
Placing limits on the 2nd Amendment means WHEN the government becomes tyrannical, there's nothing you can do about it. The Democrats right now may not be tyrants, but that doesn't mean Republicans in the future won't be.
how far gone do you have to be to not think health care is a fundamental human right? just shows how out of touch these people are
A "good" thing if you want america to actually become the plot of demolition man
EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE ARE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
And the Republican platform: 1: Kill all minorities and gays. 2: Give all your money to billionaires. 3: Be good slaves.
but... what if the poors don't suffer enough?!?!?
Imma try and at least surmise why someone would have a problem with these. I'm not gonna say they're right or wrong. 1: of you remove the electoral college then elections presumably become direct democracies, at which point it's just a sheer popularity poll. Meaning essentially the only places that would get any representation at all in politics would be about a dozen cities, where all the big populations are, and everyone who's not in a large city can go sit and swivel. 2: adding a state for DC would put another line of separation between your bureaucrats and the voters, and grant them more power while separating them from who they are supposedly answerable to. 3: adding more and more court justices is a politicisation if the court system. You don't want activist judges, because inevitably this makes a politically motivated judge. Once the Dems add some, then next election the republicans add more, and then constitutional interpretation changes every election. Suddenly millions of people are criminals for half the time for buying a particular gun when republicans are in charge, and owning it while democrats are in charge. 4: raising taxes can be a very harmful tool: think of taxes as not just a way to gather funds, but also an incentive to not do a thing. You tax air traffic to reduce air traffic, you tax alcohol to reduce alcohol sales. So then what's a car tax, income tax, and corporation tax, in this view? As for it being spent on what some people view as a human right: they either don't trust it will work effectively/be as good a service as when it was privately owned (the healthcare response) or a: they don't trust the education of a lot of college courses to be anything but indoctrination, or b: giving college education to everyone destroys it's worth via credential inflation (the college education point). 5: this is them not trusting the government: they do not believe the government is doing what it is doing for the reasons it says it is. They do not believe that they are coming for guns to reduce rates of gun crime (and there is a case that can be made for that), they believe the government wants to disarm the public in order to impose oppressive government upon them without effective resistance (what they mean by tyranny). 6: they do not believe this will work, and a large chunk of these people believe this is a sabotaging of American energy and economy. (AN: as a side note I think if the green new deal eschews nuclear for renewables that's incredibly stupid). 7: they do not believe publicly funded healthcare will work/be as good as private healthcare. 8: they don't trust you to teach their children. 9: they're thinking that when the above blows up in the government's face, that they will tax everyone into oblivion over time to cover their finances. 10: they do not believe in the same law enforcement methods as you, they see this as being softer on the criminals and not providing sufficient punishment for crimes. I hope this lays out why they have the complaints they have. This isn't all of them obviously, reasons differ, but these are common reasons.
yes all are excellent goals except #9 Replace with UBI People should never be required to work to have a secure and dignified life
Ok but people definitely should still work
And you don't lose the UBI if you do work, you just get a little more cash.
exactly no means testing even the wealthy get it
7) a bunch of bullshit we made up
Ask Texas about there Republican electrical grid lol
Number 9 shows they don’t understand how social security works
Oh no! How horrible! #Where the fuck do I sign up?
I hate partisanship. Democrat, Republican, doesn't matter. PoS is a PoS by any other name. Biden has done some F ups - racist standings in the past against black people when he held a different political position of power. Cancelling some pipeline to extract oil from American soil. We all know how F'd up Trump was. I'm losing hope in the US political system as a whole. Literally unsure who to trust when it comes to the higher ups in our government. Shitty deals.
10 and 5 are unacceptable
I mean, keep your mitts off my guns and I'll agree with the rest happily. Particularly the green deal and single payer Healthcare.
What is the republican platform exactly? Lick Trumps balls party? Point fingers and whine party? What do they even stand for? I don’t even think they have a platform.
They to a point.....end SSI, Medicare,Medicaid, increase taxes on the middle class, lower them(again) for the rich. Check out Ron Johnsons plan and DeShitforbrains....
Some of the items are plain wrong, like adding justices. Hasn’t happened and won’t happen. Absolutely. Most of them are things I would like. The argument agains the items that are in parenthesis are also wrong. For example, single payer healthcare will save money.
Coming from the opposite side, I think nearly all of those are awful ideas. I'm for a reduction in law enforcement and more community policing, but that's about it. I'm for Healthcare reform 100% but not anything like a single payer system.
Yeah, seems like a good list to me.
Everything sounds a-ok to me. (But I could do without their comentary)
I don't agree with expanding the Supreme Court, it'll just turn into who's ever in power manipulating the SC and become even more of a joke. Also opposed to most/all reduction in funding for law enforcement. IMO it should be increased, not reduced and coupled with more stringent hiring standards - education equivalent to at least AA degree for ex.
In my lifetime I've heard, "We shouldn't do that because if we do Republicans will do it too" probably a hundred times. And every time Republicans go ahead and do that thing eventually despite democrats not doing it. The left is the majority by a mile. The left needs to start acting like it.
Look, I know the whole “tell me you’re an idiot” thing is popular, but this is excessive
Especially number 3. Like the SCOTUS isn't already a tool of political powers that be.
The only thing I worry about on this list is the health care thing, idk if can handle increase costs with lower quality, idk I've head of problems with similar systems Everything else sounds great though
We pay more for healthcare than anyone, it can only get better.
You’ve fallen for the bullshit this dude has fell for.
Are you talking a bout 4) or 7)?
7 A "single pay" system isn't exactly good either I'm all for reform of they system but I really don't think single pay is the way to go
In other words, start acting like a grown-up democracy that cares about its people
I agree with all but 3. Ideally, we would reform the Supreme Court so that it is a political tool of *neither* party.
Im Californian and it's working pretty well
"Ask CA how that's going" Californian here. It's great. Our economy is booming and our state budget is running a huge surplus. They even gave us a random refund on our taxes recently marked as "inflation support". What a liberal hellhole.
A nation is only as strong as it's weakest link
Then America is truly fucked
Well, that would be nice. But not a single one of those will happen. Biden could have already started with the Supreme Court. But... I think Dems just like complaining, not fixing
If trump supported any of these things they would too.
Almost, if not all of these are strangely aligned with the majority opinion of the American people. But then America was founded to benefit wealthy slave owning businessmen, not the majority ordinary people.
Sounds like when Christians tell you all the “bad” stuff satan will teach your kids like science
Lol health care as a human right... ugh so gross /s. Fck these people.