Both parties make the same $^$# mistake every time they get elected. This election was NOT a mandate for the GOP but they won't be smart enough to govern like it wasn't. The votes were basically 51% for Trump and 49% for Harris..... far from a mandate to me.
Electoral college, popular vote, senate, house, so media runs with mandate.
Two thirds of Americans think we are on the wrong track
Thst part I will completely agree with. However, the GOP will take it as the right to do what it wants and screw up everything by going too far.
And even with all those things Harris got 49% of the votes.
I wouldn’t read too much into that. The polling data shows the democrats are way in the minority on almost all issues, and the Harris campaign responded by not mentioning issues. She campaigned only on Trump hate and silly platitudes. I’m convinced she got millions of Aloha-type votes, not issues but Trump temperament.
Not only temperament. Don't forget he's aging, and I honestly believe he's mentally unstable. I still firmly believe that but hope his staff and cabinet can keep him in check when he's our President.
Anything the dying Republican party claims is wishful thinking.
Yep it does. It really doesn't matter what the truth is, what matters is what people believe.
Wouldn't argue, other than Haley.
When everyone wants to end DOE, do you want to end federal money going to universities? Will that drive up tuition even more?
usafacts.org
The actual GOP mandate is to take credit for inflation cooling, the border becoming less of a problem, the economy growing, and wage growth to outpace price growth...you know, things that are already happening.In Missouri this year, and Florida in 20, referendums have increased minimum wage. The GOP has resisted.
Almost every referendum that has expanded abortion rights has had a majority, even in red states like KS and FL .
ACA polls very well, both the President-elect and Speaker want to have it
Polling shows support for energy policies you hate. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-r...says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/
The infrastructure bill remains wildly popular https://navigatorresearch.org/the-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-remains-broadly-popular/
Only 46% of Republicans support gay marriage though it is above 60% nationally.
Public opinion of same-sex marriage in the United States - Wikipedia
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I’m not sure if it flows through the DOE or not. If it did, I’m for ending it.When everyone wants to end DOE, do you want to end federal money going to universities? Will that drive up tuition even more?
What do universities do with the billions they receive from the government?
Federal investments in universities affected over 3,000 schools including 17.5 million graduate and undergraduate students.
I do not know if the money described in the link flows through DOE so maybe this is a non-issue?
If I want my neighbor to teach me how to build a pergola, should the government be involved in, paying him to teach me, and then me paying them back?When everyone wants to end DOE, do you want to end federal money going to universities? Will that drive up tuition even more?
What do universities do with the billions they receive from the government?
Federal investments in universities affected over 3,000 schools including 17.5 million graduate and undergraduate students.
I do not know if the money described in the link flows through DOE so maybe this is a non-issue?
It's not about money. The attacks on the DOE are rooted in the perception that higher education is too left-wing, and that for some reason, it is the federal government's fault this is the case.When everyone wants to end DOE, do you want to end federal money going to universities? Will that drive up tuition even more?
What do universities do with the billions they receive from the government?
Federal investments in universities affected over 3,000 schools including 17.5 million graduate and undergraduate students.
I do not know if the money described in the link flows through DOE so maybe this is a non-issue?
I wouldn't say "fault", instead, casually forced a breading ground. A pet-re dish so to speak. which morphed Covid (for example) long ago.
and Thomas Sowell
I don’t think the federal research money goes through the DOE. It goes through the EPA, NIH, FDA, department of energy etc. That money will be there with or without the Department of Education.When everyone wants to end DOE, do you want to end federal money going to universities? Will that drive up tuition even more?
What do universities do with the billions they receive from the government?
Federal investments in universities affected over 3,000 schools including 17.5 million graduate and undergraduate students.
I do not know if the money described in the link flows through DOE so maybe this is a non-issue?
That’s not why I attack the DOE. Our K-12 education system was below standard for the “industrialized“ world when we created the DOE. K-12 is worse now. Like almost all of government, the DOE has become a political tool and as a result failed in its core function. The most conspicuous recent example is Obama’s attempt to break the school to prison pipeline with leniency and lack of school discipline for minorities using the DOE for that purpose. Those kids are now young adults and petty crime is so rampant in some places the cops don’t even investigate or report it.
That’s ridiculous, if true. Are you saying the GOP wouldn’t vote for Haley for some stupid reason? You sound like a never Trumper with that nonsense.
