Re:Return of the city-state
by guelo on Thursday September 07, 2017 @02:53AM
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The stated objective of the Republican congress during their 6 Obama years was obstruction. For the 2 years before that Obama was able to get the stimulus and Obamacare. Before that Bush was able to get huge legislation around medicare and taxes as well as his wars. Clinton before him was also able to get through a bunch of legislation. Trump is pretty incompetent and is wasting his window to get big things done but he'll probably get something through. My point is that the last 6 years of total gridlock is a historical aberration.
On the other hand, conservatives have wanted the destruction of the federal government for a long time, maybe they've won and we're entering a new era.
Re:Return of the city-state
by viridian on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:11AM
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The Dems seem to have take up that role now, so I think you may be right on Obama's presidency opening up a new era of sorts wherein the minority party just tells the majority party to pound sand.
On the other hand, conservatives have wanted the destruction of the federal government for a long time, maybe they've won and we're entering a new era.