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paxys ◴[] No.40214410[source]
On one hand I'm very happy with all the recent policy changes coming down from different federal agencies, but on the other there's a very high likelihood that they will all be reversed a few months from now if/when a new administration takes over. That is always the downside of executive rule. With Congress unwilling/incapable of acting though I guess this is the best we'll get.
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colpabar ◴[] No.40214495[source]
What bothers me is that all these things are only happening because it's an election year and the incumbent doesn't have great polling numbers.
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paxys ◴[] No.40214539[source]
Well, politicians doing what people want in order to get reelected is kinda the point of democracy.
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dgunay ◴[] No.40216745[source]
Yeah, but based on the guiding principle of democracy (govt by the will of the people), you'd hope to see them do that immediately instead of waiting years and years to do it when it is most strategically advantageous. I know politics is gamey like that by nature, but it sucks to see. The lag time between a policy becoming overwhelmingly popular and it actually being implemented is often long enough to radically alter the course of millions of peoples' lives.
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1. paxys ◴[] No.40222087[source]
If doing it at the end of his term gets him more votes than the beginning, that means the voters want to see it done towards the end.