@seawolf575 Most Democratic policies remain the same. Protect voter rights, protect women’s rights, Protect the weak and powerless, increase jobs, set policies for greener nation, help with education, and help businesses flourish, protect SS and help build our infrastructure so that businesses can prosper and people can go to work and the nation can function. The list is long. At this juncture in history it’s more about protecting what we have and trying to have a healthy environment for the future.
Now, what people want is a magical wand that can suddenly make the nation prosperous and give everyone a home and get rid of crime and make medical cost disappear without some sort of give and take and to never have to pay taxes and for food prices to go back to what they were in the 1920s.
My point is that it really doesn’t matter what Dems want to do because it’s never going to be enough for the people for left leaners and for the right, they just want the wand to work on their taxes and to have complete power over anyone they consider is less than them and to have the nation work without taxes.
In the end the only thing I see is both sides agreeing on never having to pay taxes which is unrealistic. I mean where would those congressmen get their pay bumps from without taxes.
@Zaku I agree with you. I use to answer polls as well but they are a load of crap. Their questions are often to narrow with a yes or no and the question about whether the country is headed in the right direction is too broad. Overall I don’t think the country is headed in the right direction and that’s because I see the current political climate and I fear we are headed into a dictatorship. Which has nothing to do with the current person sitting in the White House. I’m also seeing the current Supreme Court eroding our national laws. When they do questions like this they don’t ask whom do you think is to blame or what, or what specifically you think is wrong. Yes and nos and many fall in between or need more clarification. It’s why I don’t put much faith in polls. I stopped when I realized my choice for answers was too broad. Its like asking. Do you agree 100 percent or 0 percent.
There is also the perception of what is in a Presidents power to actually change by himself. Anything to do with money has to run through congress. They control the purse strings. Presidents are often like housewives who depend on their husbands to make all the financial decisions. Only its a bunch of husbands and half at any time will hate the wife. So most things don’t get carried out. There often has to be a ton of compromise before anything can be accomplished. It’s a game where mostly the people are the ones who suffer, but not the people on the top.
Though not perfect, it’s better than having absolutely no choices. I certainly don’t want to become North Korea.