Re:California Dam Crisis Could Have Been Averted
by lettergram on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @12:36PM
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Thats definitely true. However, there were things he could have done to try and fix it. For example, he passed Obamacare through without any regard for Republican thoughts. He could have done the same for infrastructure, in fact, i'd argue the infrastructure spending would have been more in line legally and he would have had less fighting.
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Re:California Dam Crisis Could Have Been Averted
by ForrestN on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @02:24PM
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This is simply not accurate. The ACA is a deep, deep compromise compared to what liberals wanted, and was in fact largely modeled on the Republican plan crafted by Mitt Romney in Massachusetts. If Obama had crafted Obamacare without any regard for Republican thoughts, we would have government provided universal healthcare. The fact that obstructionist Republicans decided to oppose the bill in the end does not reflect the fact that it was passed after much consultation with the right and is, indeed, a compromise.
Re:California Dam Crisis Could Have Been Averted
by maxerickson on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @12:42PM
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They did a $100 billion infrastructure package right at the start of the term, before ACA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvest...