FlashMobOfOne , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

and made a little progress on welfare

He famously cut welfare, and did a great service to furthering fascism via the '94 crime bill and ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’. He also used the the White House has his own personal pleasure house and gave out nights in the Lincoln bedroom in exchange for campaign donations, when he wasn’t taking trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane.

Obama passed the ACA, which was pretty meaningful to the middle class

The ACA only matters if you have the money to withstand being price-gouged. Most people don’t, sadly. What’s even worse is Obama had the power in Congress to make real change, but opted against single-payer in return for lobbyist contributions. Obama made big promises and then pretended to be powerless, but the rich were rewarded beyond measure while the rest of us lived through the foreclosure crisis.

without congressional support

The Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the Affordable Care Act were passed with simple majorities. It stands to reason that when the president has Congress, they can do what they want if they’re actually willing to make change.

That is why I don’t have any hope for the future of this country. The two previous Democratic presidents both had Congress for half of their terms, and the poor and middle classes got poorer.

No president has ever been or will ever be perfect

True but the definition of ‘imperfect’ has changed vastly over the last 50 years, which is why fascism is a reality rather than the specter most Americans seem to think it is.

Two weeks ago 99% of the country was arguing with each other in support of two candidates in clear cognitive decline, and it took a very public cognitive meltdown to change that.