Trump proposes a budget, a batshit crazy one. Trump backs a health care plan that benefits nobody but the top %1 percent. Trump spends weeks threatening to bring the system to a screeching halt to get his stupid wall funded. And then...
... says fuck it. Don't get me wrong I'm glad they agreed to a budget which isn't completely retarded. But this is such a weird situation. Republicans have the Presidency, the Senate and the House and this is the budget they came up with? It almost looks like something the Democrats would have put out if they were the ones in control. It's like Trump is hindering the Republicans more than helping. My favorite part is where the budget explicitly forbids any border security funding to be used for construction of a wall.
For 8 years they have based their campaign on obstruction and vague promises. It turns out running a negative campaign doesn't necessarily qualify you to implement positive legislation.
Smash the state!! Anarchy 2020...
I don't think the democrats will fix everything personally.
Of course they won't. But let's not throw out the baby with the bath water.
Makes you think that what is happening would be happening regardless of who's the president.
The important thing is what
isn't happening. The government is a big, sluggish beast. It doesn't change quickly. This is generally a GOOD thing.
Quick, sweeping changes are risky. Relying on a flawed-but-proven system is less risky. We can probably survive a few more years of the the same system that has gotten us through the last 200+ years. What we might NOT survive is a moron that has the ability to make quick and sweeping changes. Ironically, this is the essence of conservatism.
Changes can, should, and do happen. But they usually happen slowly. One change that I am in favor of is electoral reform. Remove the electoral college. Change to a ranked voting system. Do something to kill political gerrymandering (districting done automatically with open source code or change how Congressional elections work). This would weaken the power of the two major parties, lead to less negative campaigns, and hopefully result in more agreeable candidates.