Mnementh said:
Why do you assume he couldn't? If you ask for prior experience doing it, you effectively restrict politics to career politicians. But politics is about stuff that effects everyone, so it shouldn't be easily left to the career politicians. And the old and experienced politicians have created all the messes, why do you think they are best suited to fixing them? The reality is, that the US is still very bad in adressing income inequality, health care cost, drug addiction, education, child support and climate change. All these brokered deals have not solved these problems. So why do you think this is the right way going forward? Because it didn't work so far we try the same some more? Sounds like the perfect plan for downfall. |
Why is politics the only profession that people don’t want people to have a career in it?
Imagine that line of thinking for any other profession, “we don’t need career teachers at this school!”, “this hospital is filled with career doctors!”, “I bet this bridge was designed by career engineers!”
Biden being a congressman for decades did in fact help get meaningful legislation passed with a very slim majority in the House and tied Senate. Unfortunately, lunatics took over the House and that put an end to any meaningful legislation this term.
You’re asking why I think West can’t get major bills passed but I think the better question is, why do you think he can? If you like West’s proposals more than Biden’s, that’s fine, but if Biden had to fight tooth and nail to get these things passed in a very divided Congress, what makes you think someone far more left-leaning would be able to enact their agenda?
I looked at West’s Party Platform and how does he plan on “abolishing poverty” or “abolishing homelessness”. Biden couldn’t get Congress to pass a $15 minimum wage, how is West going to succeed in passing a $27 minimum wage? We needed a reconciliation bill that had zero Republican support to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, but somehow West is going to successfully “nationalize the healthcare industry”. Who in Congress is going to go along with his plan for reparations? Biden couldn’t get Congress to pass tuition free community college so how will West get them to pass tuition free admission to all state and community colleges? Biden’s student debt cancellation was blocked by the Supreme Court, how will West get it through? I could go on.
I like some of his ideas too but that’s all they are and will never come to pass.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
