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Originally Posted by GrantDawg
Lol. The CBO says the added work requirements to SNAP actually adds to deficit. It will actually cost way more to enforce than any savings. The cruelty is the point.
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It's not really any different from the required drug tests red states were implementing. They get so obsessed with catching the people they think are cheating the system that they don't care about the cost. They just don't want someone getting someone they feel they don't deserve for free.
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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
The HFC are firebrands.
They are like the people on leftist twitter who argue that if President Biden would just liberal harder, then he'd force Mitch McConnell to agree to everything the Democrats want.
It's the same thing. The HFC wants everything they want and to give nothing in return. Which is fun to say.
McCarthy had to actually make a deal, so he had to actually give and take with the WH. It is unrealistic to say that if he'd just MAGAd harder, then Biden would have given him everything he wanted.
So the bill will pass. And then there will be lots of talk of a discharge petition. But nothing will get filed because on some level they have to know that they are better positioned with McCarthy as Speaker giving them a huge megaphone but able to actually legislate when needed.
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Yep, when you have a split government in this political climate, there really aren't going to be any clear cut winners. It's accepting a compromise that you can stomach.
Biden has done an excellent job, for the most part, handling things without trying to expand executive power. There are faults you can find and things you may not agree with, but "why hasn't he done XXXX far left thing" isn't a legit complaint. One of the furthest left things he's done on his own is partially wiping out student debt, which is very likely getting shot down by the supreme court. Yet, he was constantly knocked for not doing it quick enough and then not wiping out more debt.
What it comes down to is the same thing that's been said for the past few election cycles. If the progressives want a more progressive government then they need to treat every single election like it's the most important of their lifetimes.