• Krono@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    When Biden was elected, Dems controlled both houses of congress. What stopped him from pushing his public option plan then?

    What is stopping him from pushing to deschedule cannabis completely? Even if congress gets in his way, people would give him massive credit for actually trying.

    You say we need to elect more Democrats to make bigger steps, but we did that in 2008 and 2020 and still we get baby steps. Why?

    If the president is so powerless, then why are people worried about project 2025 and “dictator on day 1” Trump? Surely they must be confused, because the adults in the room like you know that the president is actually unable to pass meaningful legislation.

    Please educate me since I’m completely unaware how our government works.

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      2 months ago

      Dems controlled both houses of congress. What stopped him from pushing his public option plan then?

      Manchin and Sinema, mainly, but also the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Forgot already?

      then why are people worried about project 2025 and “dictator on day 1” Trump?

      Because reasonable people don’t want the president to attempt authoritarian rule in order to progress his agenda. The fact that it is possible to do that is a big fucking issue and yet here we are, watching it happen with Trump. That doesn’t mean Biden should do it. It should not [and cannot be allowed to] happen at all.