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otiswrath t1_it7uq25 wrote

As per usual the only leg Republicans can stand on is "Whataboutisms".

I think much of this is debatable but regardless my original question remains unanswered.

Can you give one policy initiative from the Republicans that helps the average American?

You could make the argument for the First Step Act as it was introduced by a Republican and signed by a Republican president but it is widely considered a bipartisan act and was only opposed by Republicans so that's a pretty soft argument.

Again, not a huge fan of Democrats but at least they are actually trying to make things better for people.

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BowTiedAgorist t1_it84utk wrote

>Again, not a huge fan of Democrats but at least they are actually trying to make things better for people

Yet you give them a pass on literally everything you accuse Republicans of? I'm of the opinion that its all one big uniparty for and by the kleptocracy - they just have different ways of attracting naïve voters. Republicans with nostalgia\Christian morality, Dems with hedonism\post-modern morality.

I'd be happy to give you a list of everything I think Republicans have done in the last 30 years that was beneficial, but being as you proved yourself disingenuous with your original comment - I figured it would be better to show you your own hypocrisy. IE Supporting some of the worst warcrimes in the last 20 years because a Dem did it.

Hey remember that time Joe Biden drone struck an innocent family of 10! For literally no reason...

Here is my short list though:

- Dole\Gingrich Deal with America - an example provided above you promptly ignored

- Bush funding Africa - reduced the spread of aids, increased malaria drugs, and access to water

- Trumps border policy - actively combatted sex trafficker's, took money from cartels coffers, and a whole host of human misery reduced - despite rhetoric about kids in cages

- Trump again - Historic levels of funding to black colleges, lowest black unemployment rate in fucking generations, only president in the last 50 years to not get us involved in a brand new shooting war. (your entire idea that dems are anit-MIC is sooo far off base)

- Energy Independence - Trump focusing on domestic\north american energy production has been something we've needed to do... since Eisenhower. better yet if we actually started working with south America to create energy independence for the entire western hemisphere so we can stop playing around in sandboxes with inbred saudi royals. We really needed to scale up our domestic refinement oil refinement to minimize the exportation of crude.

Progress that was promptly aborted by Pedo Peter in the name of climate change, despite the fact that we reduced emissions further than the kyoto\paris agreements would have required.

- Tax cuts - link already provided (you chose to ignore) that actually benefited the poor\middle class more than the rich - as proven by IRS data in the link provided. Less theft by government is inherently a good thing, I don't care if its from millionaires or people on food stamps.

In a sane world - less taxes would be less bombs dropped on children - but here we are.

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