05-16-2018, 11:14 AM
(05-16-2018, 10:33 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Regulations and enforcing immigration laws are in fact popular with most Americans.
When Americans have an easier time getting home loans they feel it.
You know what else is popular with most Americans?
-Universal background checks
-Marijuana legalization
-The Affordable Care Act
-Freedom to choose abortion
-A path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the country right now
-Focusing research and development on alternative energy sources to help combat climate change
I could go on and on. There are a lot of domestic policies where the popular policy mood is much more liberal than the mood of our elected officials. If you're going to use that for justification for policy initiatives, just know what you're going to be getting yourself into.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
