https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/18/republicans-endorse-harris-over-trump.html
Kamala Harris' campaign has netted Republican endorsements from numerous Trump administration officials as well as from figures such as Dick Cheney.
The modern democratic party has adopted the positions of 2005 republicans. They might as well adopt the personnel of 2005 republicans too.
Democrats have kept the Trump tax cut scheme where the wealthy pay less, and the working class tax cuts expire. This is the ratchet effect, where republicans move the country right, then democrats normalize the rightward shift instead of pushing back.
Kamala has lowered her desired capital gains tax rate to a pathetic 28%.
They are advocating for defunding public education and setting up private religious charter schools?
Well this is a bit outside of our scope, since most of the education defunding was done pre-2005 under Reagan and Clinton.
But yea, democrats have failed to re-fund public education. Our schools look like prisons and our teachers are paid like slaves, and you can see it in our failing test scores.
Yeah, look at what they did to Bernie and Medicare for All. They are explicitly against healthcare reform.
edit: or if Bernie is too polarizing of an example, look at how candidate Biden's #1 policy proposal was the public option, and once elected he completely dropped it.
Who did what to Bernie? Be specific. Explain, one last time, you understand how basic legislation is passed in the United States of America. Be specific please.
I’m 100 in for blue up and down the ticket this year in a non-battleground red state.
Debbie Wassermann-Schultz, former DNC chair is largely responsible for tipping the scales to Hillary Clinton and away from Bernie. Had Bernie been the candidate, I believe that we would never have had Trump in the first place. I’m still pretty pissed off about her specificity.
Thank you. We can address DWS and Bernies ability to secure the nomination but I want Kronos to engage first. I'm not forking out of this discussion yet but I will come back.
Yes the infrastructure package passed by Biden is barely enough funds to handle the backlog of maintenance issues in our failing infrastructure.
We are the richest country on earth, we should be building high speed rail like china. We should be investing and making the infrastructure of the future. Instead we can hardly keep our 80 year old rails running without our trains exploding.
the infrastructure package passed by Biden is barely enough funds to handle the backlog of maintenance issues in our failing infrastructure
I notice you only talk in buzzwords and never give out specifics. You say a lot without saying anything. In none of your comments do you actually give specific examples of anything or explain cause effect. It's pure buzzwords and vibes. Do you have a specific example of anything?
I gave many specific examples you have ignored. I tried to engage with you in good faith but it's obvious that sentiment is one sided. Have a good day.
You haven't given a specific thing. You called general topics such as Biden Infrastructure Package. And then you tied it to some kind of gap I funding. But you never explained where and how.
You never give specific. You talk a lot in generalities. In all your comments. All of them.
Give me one specific cause and effect tied to democratic 'policy. Just one.
1sh Edit: to all the downvowers:
Saying broad general things like "Biden s infrastructure package fell short in funding" is an empty statement without specifics. It doesn't tell us anything. It's a feeling. It doesnt tell us how or why. It's a feeling. And people like Kronos keep up the narrative propped up thanks to these declarations based in.... Nothing. Give us clear examples.
Not asking for the moon here. If this is too much, then what even is there to discuss?
For almost a year, we nearly eliminated child hunger and child poverty in this country. This was under the child tax credits under Trump's covid policies.
I think we can both agree that Trump is the worse evil, so what does it say about Democrats that they increased child poverty compared to Trump? Why didn't they push to make the Trump child tax credits permanent?
Where, who and how?
I need specific details not vibes. You are just giving me opinion.
You make a lot of statements but never provide specific details. A lot. Like, all your comments are identical. Why are you like this?
Yes they let a procedural hurdle (the senate parliamentarian) stop them lmao.
When the republicans get stopped by the parliamentarian, they just replace the parliamentarian. When democrats get stopped by the parliamentarian, they cry and give up.
who stopped what?
Be specific. Show us you understand what actually happened.
What parliamentarian stopped which policy and why. Be specific and walk us through the details. No more buzzwords and catchphrases, Kronos.
Be specific please.
"Alleviating" doing a lot of work here. They forgave PPP loans (which went mostly to the wealthy) but didn't forgive student loans like they said they would. Biden also helped create the problem in the first place by arbitrarily making making such loans ineligible for bankruptcy forgiveness
Why couldn't they forgive student loans? Explain to the rest of Lemmy what happened so we know you have a basic understanding of civics before we proceed with a full back and forth discussion. I'm done arguing with people who operate in buzzwords and have no clue what they are talking about. First demonstrate you understand the basics and what PPP loans even are.
You don't even know the right debate bro terms. Did I overwhelm you with arguments by asking that you show us you understand what you are talking about? Oh my god. Im so sorry that was so overwhelming for you.
The Gish gallop (/ˈɡɪʃ ˈɡæləp/) is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by presenting an excessive number of arguments, with no regard for their accuracy or strength
Yes, congratulations, that is what the term means. And that's exactly what you're doing. You post a whole bunch of one line comments and expect anyone who challenges them to write up a whole effortpost on each. The amount of effort it takes to just spew a bunch of bullshit is much less than the amount of effort required to refute each point of bullshit.
I'm sorry if asking you to explain the fundamentals of something before continuing a conversation is too overwhelming for you. It's clear you don't know what PPP loans are because you already jumped to comparing them to student debt - that was my first clue.
You don't know what you're talking about but you are very comfortable repeating buzzwords and catchphrases.
Why should I argue with someone who clearly has no idea what they are talking about? It's pretty clear you don't because if you did you could have proved it a long time ago.
Wow, I just want to say you're operating so clearly in good faith that I don't know which of your good faith behaviors to praise first.
As I already pointed out, you spewed out a bunch of low effort bullshit that would take much more effort to refute, which is again, a textbook example of a gish gallop. You then demanded to control the terms of the debate by subjecting me to some sort of test of knowledge which I obviously refused to engage in, since that's a ridiculous thing to do. Then, you took a word from the definition of gish gallop and completely removed it of context, and accused me of saying I was "overwhelmed" by your test of knowledge, which I never said. You then interpreted my refusal to engage with your terms as an admission of ignorance. So that's at least four points of bad faith, just right off the bat.
You don't get to randomly subject me to tests any more than I get to randomly subject you to tests. That's not how conversation or debate works. If you're afraid of engaging me on even terms and want to pull a bunch of bullshit, you do you, but it doesn't change the reality of the situation, which are the things I pointed out.
When they campaign, they say they will codify abortion rights.
After they are elected, they dont even try.
For them, it is better if abortion rights are not secured, because it is such a great issue to motivate voters.
Explain to us how and where the process of codifying abortion rights happens federally. Walk us through the process and explain where the Democrats failed.
Holy shit you are absolutely relentless. I dunno how I feel about it, but damn.
Stop, stop! He's already dead!
I'm tired of all the pseudo intellectuals hijacking every conversation with feels and never providing concrete examples of anything. They'll dance and dance around general topics and never give us specifics because they know they can get away with saying anything. It's an effective way to build up narratives without having to be held responsible for anything.
They'll never give a clear context or path to how / why / where because they know they can talk in generalities and move on. They're here to stay and either we can all roll over into the post-modern "truth is just a construct world" or we can push back.
Yes, under the Biden administration we set a new record for fossil fuel extraction. Biden is giving out so many drilling permits, there are thousands that are unfilled.
We are on pace to make earth uninhabitable.
Oh wow. An entire economic system based on a particular source of energy cannot be course corrected over night. Oh wow... Policy change is not easy, is. It? Huh. Who knew?
Give the whole stance. What else is tied into that policy? If you want to talk policy, let's go. But first you have to prove you know what the full policy or statement is. I'm waiting.
Do I really need to? Because increasing gas production is not a good thing for the climate, and bragging about doing something that's damaging the climate seems like a pretty clear indication that you're not really committed to addressing climate change. The fact that she says whatever nice words about it doesn't matter, talk is cheap.
But her whole statement is here
I didn't ask for her debate statement. I asked for her full policy. Yes, you really need to understand how American policy and legislation is formed before we can continue the conversation.
I understand how American policy is formed well enough to know that policy statements on the campaign trail rarely actually manifest into anything. But here's her statement from the campaign website, just for you:
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As Attorney General, Kamala Harris won tens of millions in settlements against Big Oil and held polluters accountable. As Vice President, she cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in history. This historic work is lowering household energy costs, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and building a thriving clean energy economy, all while ensuring America’s energy security and independence with record energy production. As President, she will unite Americans to tackle the climate crisis as she builds on this historic work, advances environmental justice, protects public lands and public health, increases resilience to climate disasters, lowers household energy costs, creates millions of new jobs, and continues to hold polluters accountable to secure clean air and water for all. As the Vice President said at the international climate conference, COP28, she knows that meeting this global challenge will require global cooperation and she is committed to continuing and building upon the United States’ international climate leadership. She and Governor Walz will always fight for the freedom to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.
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Yes, politicians have to run on policies and positions. They have to espouse those positions on the campaign trail.
Do you understand the president does not enact legislation? I need you to address this before we go any further. I need you to explain what the difference is between the presidency and congress.
I will, but first I need you to explain something to me to prove that you're qualified to have a conversation with me. Explain the difference between peepee and poopoo. Otherwise it will prove you don't know the difference, this conversation will be over, and I will declare victory.