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72% of Americans Say the Rich 'Have Too Much' as GOP Pursues Another Handout for Billionaires (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So contrary to democrats who usually don’t deliver in their promises Trump can at least says that he tries damn hard to deliver on his promises.

I know this will be conflated to me being supportive of what he does. So let me clarify that I’m not endorsing it, I’m just stating the fact that Trump goes so far as to break the law in order to deliver his promises, while democrats work really hard to maintain the status quo even while having legal and political power to make real change. This is part of his appeal, a detail which should not be lost on democrats.

We're pretty much in agreement here. I simply disagree that Democrats do the same things as Republicans when in office. While I may vehemently disagree with most of their strategy, the Democratic party isnt nearly as big of a threat as the GOP.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Same thing in terms of being bought by lobbyists (although Elon's influence is unprecedented).

Same thing in terms of refusing to reform one of the worst voting systems on the planet.

Same in terms of insider trading (Trump is more blatant and doesn't mind if he tanks the economy in the process).

Same in terms of ignoring https://patrioticmillionaires.org/

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They are literally not as bad as the GOP on all of those issues, and you even pointed that out on half of them.

I stand by my point.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I can't help but wonder if some thought it couldn't get worse for them personally so they wanted to see the whole system crash and burn.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Only Alaska has federal ranked choice voting and a Republican tried to repeal it., so I give you that one.

But check out the https://patrioticmillionaires.org/ site. I don't think either party are interested in that (except maybe for Bernie, AOC and Warren - which I admit would make Dems slightly better).