r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/Searchlights New Hampshire 1d ago edited 1d ago

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.

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u/Jolly-Knowledge8704 1d ago

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

And give you your safe legal rare abortions?

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u/undercided 1d ago

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.