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• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m really struggling to comprehend some of these.

  “Life sure is tough nowadays. I feel like the American dream is dead and I’m struggling to get by. If only the government could help.”

  “Don’t worry! I hear the government just [removed gun restrictions / made prison sentences longer / gave everyone an ID / outlawed abortion / outlawed puberty blockers / made showing gay things on tv illegal]!”

  “Finally! My life is sure to improve for the better!”

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  • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Life sure is tough nowadays. I feel like the American dream is dead and I’m struggling to get by. If only the government could help

    You’re aware that not everyone shares your point of view, and political opinions about what should be done, right? Because it just seems stupid to cry about a political party you don’t support anyway representing what people who disagree with you want the government to be doing.

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    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “What policy do you think would improve people’s lives?”

      “Make the national anthem death metal”

      “Uhh alright that’s a weird one. I’m really not seeing how that would improve people’s lives”

      “Look man, not everyone shares your opinions”

      Yeah I get that, but that really doesn’t help me understand! I do understand some of the responses. Immigration policy changes? Sure. Not everyone’s going to agree on it, but I can see how it can effect the lives of the average person.

      How is banning puberty blockers going to improve the life of the average person? No judgement, I really honestly truly don’t understand. Everyone has more guns? What improves? I don’t get it!

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Theres more than just the economy, but securing the border, deporting illegals, and raising tariffs will make things better for American workers. Hard to compete with cheap 3rd world countries.

    Hell you could go further and slow down the worker visa programs, although I’m not sure how many agree with me on that.

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    • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s a trade-off you have to make with tariffs.

      By raising tariffs, you protect the industry from foreign competition. Sure, workers might have relatively more secure jobs than they would otherwise, but the product of their work is also more expensive and would cost consumers more. Without the tariffs, the industry would be required to produce lower cost goods to compete with foreign counterparts, workers have more precarious jobs, but consumers spend less over all.

      The thing is workers are consumers in other areas of their life. The Libertarian justification for eliminating tariffs is that, without tariffs, people have more economic liberty through lower costs to make optimal choices in their lives. Their rejection of tariffs derives from the inefficiencies tariffs introduce into the market that raise costs and hamper economic liberty. So, if, as you say, we raise tariffs to protect American workers, we’re cutting off our hand to save our fingers.

      Naturally, Cato Institute is also in favor of increasing immigration.

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      • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        True, there is a balance. Personally I think we can get more protective without cutting off our hand.

        Hell, look at the chicken tax. Pickups have a big tariff on them, theyre made here, and theyre still very popular.

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• PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We have. Secure the border.

  You guys shot that down, because preventing Biden from having a win was more important.

  You guys pretty much admitted the panic over the border is not a priority. It’s just political theater.

  Repeal the NFA. Go hard on crime. Voter ID. Outlaw Abortion (Among some of us, we arent a monolith) Outlaw Puberty Blockers (Again, among some).

  Those are restrictions/undoing things, not actually building anything. Nor do they actually help people.

  Parental rights

  That’s some PR bullshit. All you guys are doing is outing LGBTQ youth, and destroying public education all under the guise of parental rights.

  EVs (Among some)

  What do you mean EVs?

  Enshrine the right to repair.

  coloradopols.com/…/republicans-celebrate-right-to…

  Hell, even culture war shit

  Culture war bullshit is not an example of the GOP building something up to help the average American. If you think that was a good example, no wonder the GOP never gets anything real done.

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  • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You guys shot that down, because preventing Biden from having a win was more important.

    Just parroting the line doesn’t make it true. The bill was shot down because it was fucking abysmal and wouldn’t actually accomplish anything. It was the bare minimum democrats had to do to try and shift the blame for problems they caused and refuse to fix. Not an actual solution.

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    • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The bill was shot down because it was fucking abysmal and wouldn’t actually accomplish anything.

      Right. Republicans were demanding it go through until the moment Trump said it was bad. But it was actually the result of it not accomplishing enough. /s

      Quit fooling yourself.

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      • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Up until a week ago nobody knew what was in it, dems were only releasing bullet points. Once people read it they opposed it.

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You guys shot that down, because preventing Biden from having a win was more important.

    That bill would have made it worse.

    What do you mean EVs?

    Electruc vehicles. A lot of conservatives hate them and think we shouldnt be subsidizing them.

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    • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That bill would have made it worse.

      Zero explanation given, thanks. Really convincing.

      ElectrIc vehicles. A lot of conservatives hate them and think we shouldnt be subsidizing them.

      So hatred of electric vehicles makes the average american better off? What the fuck are you talking about?

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      • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We webt over this in an earlier post, didnt we?

        Also Im not going to pretend to fully understand ev hate, other than when assholes chop up classics to put in an ev drivetrain. I just put it in there because its usually conservatves who do it

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