It could be an effective political tactic too, the inverse of the "political football." That's this fake game both parties play where they claim they just need a majority to get anything done. Then when the finally get a majority they still don't seem to have enough votes to do more than a small gesture to their base while the other party fiercely resists, until the ball is back on their side. In this way nothing is ever really accomplished but they get votes on the promise of doing better next time.
The rule by fiat tactic works the opposite way. You force through impermanent change and get votes from your base realizing if you are voted out the other side will undo everything. I doubt Trump is doing this intentionally but it's always fascinating to see how he gets things accomplished in an entirely different way than politicians.
Except you forgot the part where they pretend to do the things they promised and go "Oh I guess it wasn't enough, we need more money" and meanwhile all the money spent pretending to do those things was being send to their corrupt friends and themselves
Good analysis, except that both sides don't play political football, just the Republicans. Democrats are good at ramming their shit through, like Obama care. Republicans are the Washington Generals, a pretend opponent that always loses in the end. The only time they pass laws are when they are terrible like the Patriot Act.
That is why Trump is so popular, he actually is getting shit done.
Regarding the fiat tactic, the dems also do this all the time. Might as well play their game in our favor.
Yep. Historically speaking, when you give the government an inch, they take a mile.
I imagine most citizens loved the Sedition Act to fight those “foreign spies”…when instead all they did was allow the government to openly circumvent the first amendment.
Granted it only happened over. 2 year period. But 2 years is a lot of time to prosecute and tuck away whistleblowers and political opponents. Not to mention it paved the way for the Patriot Act as well
The executive power exists whether it's used or not. This should be a wakeup call to liberals to show how Obama's advances in power going unchallenged was a bad idea. Not that they'll get the message.
Careful as that can be a monkey paw wish.
Last time they did that you got the patriot act, at best they should only pass what Trump or RFK Jr in terms of health says to pass.
Republicans are lame ducks when it comes to benefiting Americans. For Israel, they'll move heaven and earth
It could be an effective political tactic too, the inverse of the "political football." That's this fake game both parties play where they claim they just need a majority to get anything done. Then when the finally get a majority they still don't seem to have enough votes to do more than a small gesture to their base while the other party fiercely resists, until the ball is back on their side. In this way nothing is ever really accomplished but they get votes on the promise of doing better next time.
The rule by fiat tactic works the opposite way. You force through impermanent change and get votes from your base realizing if you are voted out the other side will undo everything. I doubt Trump is doing this intentionally but it's always fascinating to see how he gets things accomplished in an entirely different way than politicians.
Except you forgot the part where they pretend to do the things they promised and go "Oh I guess it wasn't enough, we need more money" and meanwhile all the money spent pretending to do those things was being send to their corrupt friends and themselves
Good analysis, except that both sides don't play political football, just the Republicans. Democrats are good at ramming their shit through, like Obama care. Republicans are the Washington Generals, a pretend opponent that always loses in the end. The only time they pass laws are when they are terrible like the Patriot Act.
That is why Trump is so popular, he actually is getting shit done.
Regarding the fiat tactic, the dems also do this all the time. Might as well play their game in our favor.
Yep. Historically speaking, when you give the government an inch, they take a mile.
I imagine most citizens loved the Sedition Act to fight those “foreign spies”…when instead all they did was allow the government to openly circumvent the first amendment.
Granted it only happened over. 2 year period. But 2 years is a lot of time to prosecute and tuck away whistleblowers and political opponents. Not to mention it paved the way for the Patriot Act as well
The executive power exists whether it's used or not. This should be a wakeup call to liberals to show how Obama's advances in power going unchallenged was a bad idea. Not that they'll get the message.
Really? Did Bush reverse a bunch of executive orders Clinton did and it led to the Patriot act? I didn't know that part