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pokoko said: Maybe, but the truth is that most of Trump's plans were vague enough to get him elected but don't really give us enough to think they'll have much impact. For instance, he said he would "replace Obamacare with something terrific" but what? He's only mentioned small scale stuff. He's going to force manufacturers to abandon billion dollar plants in other countries with tariffs? Good luck with that. If they come back, they'd just replace expensive American workers with robotics, anyway. The truth is, most of the problems aren't going to be fixed because there really isn't a magic bullet that would please everyone. The President will still be held responsible, however. Hell, the best way to be regarded as a great President is to use short term solutions where those that come after have to deal with the fallout. The results from Regan's policies all crashed into Bush I. When people talk about Obama's debt numbers, they often include the amount inherited from Bush II. I'm cynical about politics for a reason. |
It isn't as much an end game, but a mentality I think can be addressed. For example, getting money out of politics is about impossible, but if you hammer that cause home over and over and point out "we want to end corruption, they don't!" I do think that is a path to office and if they do somehow manage to come through with it be a landmark victory can point to for years after. If you start out settling for half measures you end with quarter or less measures self full filling the notion that can't get things done, because they are hard to get done, so they don't get done.
