Me and some brehs from college had lunch to catch up while he was in town.
Put it this way, a shyt ton of bills will be sponsored over the next 2 years specifically around gutting our healthcare system to save money
Both parties will try and cut in literally every area BUT military spending to address the 37 TRILLION dollar debt this country is in.
He confirmed that protests don't work and, if anything, piss off reps into voting against what people protest. They also get pissed off when you blow up their phones and email. So the Gaza protests were never going to change anything, especially because the Israel lobby basically paid hundreds of millions for bills that favor Israel.
Essentially, if you aren't a lobby group or know lobbies, you are fukked. The bills that get enough steam in the house will not be killed no matter what; they will only get enough amendments that satisfy opposing lobbies. Nothing in any of this exchange has consideration for constituents. So for example, when, #StopAsianHate was signed by Biden, it was because the bill was sponsored by rich Asian lobby groups that made sure it got enough steam that it wouldn't die in the House or Senate. The optics looked good for the Dems who would rely on minority group votes during the mid terms for a "blue wave" as a bonus. But really, it was the money that made it move so quickly. We didn't even get into the Republicans because all he had to say was "NRA" and we got the message.
I got home about 20 mins ago and have just been staring at my TV with nothing but disbelief. This system is so fukking corrupt and broken; I still can't believe how naive I am and many people are
Put it this way, a shyt ton of bills will be sponsored over the next 2 years specifically around gutting our healthcare system to save money
Both parties will try and cut in literally every area BUT military spending to address the 37 TRILLION dollar debt this country is in.
He confirmed that protests don't work and, if anything, piss off reps into voting against what people protest. They also get pissed off when you blow up their phones and email. So the Gaza protests were never going to change anything, especially because the Israel lobby basically paid hundreds of millions for bills that favor Israel.
Essentially, if you aren't a lobby group or know lobbies, you are fukked. The bills that get enough steam in the house will not be killed no matter what; they will only get enough amendments that satisfy opposing lobbies. Nothing in any of this exchange has consideration for constituents. So for example, when, #StopAsianHate was signed by Biden, it was because the bill was sponsored by rich Asian lobby groups that made sure it got enough steam that it wouldn't die in the House or Senate. The optics looked good for the Dems who would rely on minority group votes during the mid terms for a "blue wave" as a bonus. But really, it was the money that made it move so quickly. We didn't even get into the Republicans because all he had to say was "NRA" and we got the message.
I got home about 20 mins ago and have just been staring at my TV with nothing but disbelief. This system is so fukking corrupt and broken; I still can't believe how naive I am and many people are
