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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by cmdrfred on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:19PM (#13487534)
What other form of government do you propose?
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by basicplus2 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:23PM (#13487566)
One where one person in power, president or not, can not do pretty much what ever they like
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by scrollaway on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:29PM (#13487624)
This isn't just Trump's work, though. He can do "whatever he likes" because both houses and the senate are all red. If he changes his mind halfway through and becomes a liberal, watch him become somebody who cannot do whatever he likes.

This just makes it worse because I've seen so many people defending Trump, or adopting a "what's the worst that could happen?" attitude because they are used to a president who, for 7 years, 10 months and 2 weeks didn't have an ounce of power in congress.

Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by dragontamer on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:38PM (#13487698)
Trump can do what he wants because his party now has control of the Presidency, the Senate, the House, AND the Supreme Court.

It was a huge, overarching win granting Republicans unprecedented power. Much like Obama's 2009 win which gave Democrats a ton of power.

There's nothing "single person" about Trump's victory. The fact of the matter is that Republicans won more States, Representatives, and Senators in local elections across the country. So yeah, the Democracy is working fine, as long as you sorta ignore the electoral college stuff.

Believe it or not, that's what people "wanted". The Democrats IMO were just too lazy with the get-out-to-vote attempts and support Clinton. The Republicans wanted victory more, and managed to pull it off.

Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by serge2k on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:44PM (#13487743)
How about a parliamentary system? How about just fixing the problems of presidential elections?