Those Evil Memes

[Benton]

(02-16-2016, 02:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But wasn't there a HUGE difference between the positions of the two parties?

That was my point.  It is ridiculous to claim there is not difference between the parties.

There is, but then again, there isn't .

The parties have 4-5 big issues. Arguably, right now, it's tax reform, abortion, healthcare, immigration. And, arguably, they aren't going to do anything about them. Talking about how broken the tax system is or how you feel about abortion gets you reelected. Honestly, I was stunned when HCR went forward. For most of the other issues (taxes and immigration), it's easy fixes but nobody wants to do them because it's too hard to get re-elected on the platform of "everything's fine, send me back for another four years!"

We've got an aging infrastructure in this country. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who has even mentioned that. We're still upside down in our trade deficit, getting every closer to $1 trillion; even when you factor in services and skills we export it's half a billion upside down. Nobody is putting forth a realistic plan to resolve that. Wage disparity is growing, neither side is touching it outside of saying they'll magically create jobs and somehow those will all be middle class. Criminal recidivism and violent crime are huge problems here, no candidates for high offices are dealing with that, outside of Rand Paul who is already gone. Pension reform, natural resources. It goes on. There's a long list of problems facing the country, but if you talk to any federal lawmaker, it's only the big four or five. Because when the rest of these come up, they don't have any answers.