California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

[u/sweatycat]

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414

[u/Searchlights]

A President should not have the authority single-handedly to disrupt the entire economy with gigantic taxes. I'm not addressing whether he's legally allowed. I know that he's legally allowed. I'm saying it is wrong. It violates the social contract.

No taxation without representation.

[u/Jolly-Knowledge8704 → u/Searchlights]

Then why didn’t Obama use his 60 senators for 180 to address this?

And give you your safe legal rare abortions?

[u/Historical-Night9330 → u/Jolly-Knowledge8704]

Whats the point youre trying to make exactly? How does that justify this at all? Just saying democrats suck?

[u/Top-Government-4996 → u/Historical-Night9330]

They have no point, your third question contains the answer.

[u/Top-Government-4996 → u/Jolly-Knowledge8704]

This is a self-own, I’m sorry that your support system didn’t care more about your intellectual development as a young person. I’m sorry because their negligence in educating you has produced an individual that views critical thought as optional. Admitting you don’t know answers to extremely simple questions only serves to undermine the notion that you actually care about any of these issues. It reveals you have a political affiliation that you presuppose is correct, and that you care little to inform yourself about whether this presumption may be misinformed.

Obama used the tariff power himself against China during his own presidency, so it’s probably safe to assume it wasn’t a power he or his party felt needed taken from the office of President. As for abortion, it’s easy to forget that 2008 was 17 years ago. The Democratic Party was far more divided on social issues at that time like abortion and same-sex marriage, and there were definitely not 60 senators that would have been willing to put their names on an abortion codification. Obama himself was not supportive of same-sex marriage in his first term. I found all of this in a quick google search, you could have done the same if you were actually interested in the questions you asked. 

This is why it’s easy to conclude that you are an incurious person that thinks you have learned all that you need to learn, and now it is your responsibility to educate others on “the truth.” It’s like asking “isn’t it weird you can’t see the Earth’s curve when looking out over the ocean?” If you were genuinely curious about that, you’d do some research and try to learn about why Earth has been considered round before we even knew what it looked like from a photo. However, most people asking this share your aversion for curiosity and have already concluded that the Earth is flat, so this “question” is nothing more than a rhetorical device to allow this person to evangelize their ideas to unbelievers. This reply is for anyone that encounters simpletons like the user I am replying to: When they’re “just asking a question” they are telling on the fact that they are entirely driven by ideology, and engagement with their ideas is pointless. 

A simpleton like you does not have ideas, just memorized slogans and talking points from whatever alternative media outlet is making money off of ad revenue from your viewership. You can deny it, but the only people that will take you seriously are those that have fallen victim to the same grift as you.

[u/undercided → u/Jolly-Knowledge8704]

He decided to try to address healthcare first. The ACA was passed with bipartisan support even after Leiberman famously stalled for removal of a public option and Nelson required removal of abortion terms. The passing of ACA legislation took up the first 15 months of Obama's term. Then Congress pivoted to thinking about the midterms, where Obama lost the House from the resulting rightwing backblast of "big government" and the rise of the Tea Party. Without the House, Obama couldn't get any kind of abortion legislation support in his second half of the first term.