Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says
by encoderer on Friday February 07, 2025 @12:12PM
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The last time democrats wielded this much power they created the new deal.
The last time republicans wielded this much power we became a global power.
Both Roosevelts.
Both hated by their opposition.
History looks kindly on both.
Trump is not a Roosevelt, but in a way neither were they in their day.
I’m a centrist. I believe the greatest living president is Clinton and it’s not even close. I hope leftsts become pragmatic again and choose a Clintonesque nominee next time.
Re:20k federal workers take "buyout" so far, official says
by transcriptase on Saturday February 08, 2025 @01:58AM
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Wait you believe the greatest living president is the one responsible for the whole concept of “if we make China rich they’ll become a friendly democracy”?
The policies that backfired so spectacularly that the working class voted in Trump for some degree of reversal?
Like most people on HN, I don't comment about politics here often, but I made my displeasure known at the time in other social circle. I'm here now, as I think most people are, because this is some next-level shit. Comparisons to anything Biden did are strained.
I generally don't find it hard to maintain a consistent view of executive power no matter who is wielding it, because it always comes back to: what if it was wielded against you? This is the question everyone who is in support of this right now needs to be asking themselves.