2,470 tweets and 0 major legislative achievements: A year of Trump in numbers - Polidicks

I think it's sort of odd that this article focuses on things Trump has done that establish *new* policy. The President's job is to steer the enforcement of the law, not to set the legislative agenda. Most of what gets done by US Presidents is the little policy minutiae that help to change the direction of the administration from the previous office holder. For instance, here is a short list of little things that were put in place back around June: [QUOTE]*FHA mortgage insurance cut suspended *Rescinded moratorium on new coal ventures *Rescinded protections against high-interest collection on student loans *Lowered target refugee rate to 50k for 2017 *Executive trans bathroom rule rescinded *Two-for-one executive regulation regulation *Lead bullets re-instated *States allowed to defund local Planned Parenthood *States no longer forced to pay Title X to abortion clinics *Withdrew from Paris Climate Agreement [/QUOTE] You don't hear about these sort of things often, ultimately because the executive policy of the federal government doesn't often have any effect on your own personal life.

[QUOTE=Chonch;52873476]I think it's sort of odd that this article focuses on things Trump has done that establish *new* policy. The President's job is to steer the enforcement of the law, not to set the legislative agenda. Most of what gets done by US Presidents is the little policy minutiae that help to change the direction of the administration from the previous office holder. For instance, here is a short list of little things that were put in place back around June: You don't hear about these sort of things often, ultimately because the executive policy of the federal government doesn't often have any effect on your own personal life.[/QUOTE] I'm looking at this list and I think it would serve Trump and everyone else better if it didn't have anything in it...

[QUOTE=Chonch;52873476]I think it's sort of odd that this article focuses on things Trump has done that establish *new* policy. The President's job is to steer the enforcement of the law, not to set the legislative agenda. Most of what gets done by US Presidents is the little policy minutiae that help to change the direction of the administration from the previous office holder. For instance, here is a short list of little things that were put in place back around June: You don't hear about these sort of things often, ultimately because the executive policy of the federal government doesn't often have any effect on your own personal life.[/QUOTE] Alrighty then, cause you go "here's a list of things, must be good", lets go through it! [QUOTE]FHA Mortgage Insurance Cut Suspended.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-fha-cut-20170120-story.html[/url] Great, Trump made it harder for first time homebuyers to finance their first home. [QUOTE] Rescinded moratorium on new coal ventures[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trump-tosses-obama-s-clean-energy-plan-1.3343438[/url] Oh great, Trump is trying to prop up an economically un-viable energy source. [QUOTE]Rescinded protections against high-interest collection on student loans[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/03/trump-reverses-obama-era-protections-on-student-debt/520059/[/url] Oh look at that, Trump made it easier for Debt collectors to go after the most at risk group in the US. Fucking wonderful. [QUOTE]Lowered target refugee rate to 50k for 2017[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/us/politics/trump-refugee-quota.html[/url] Wow, what a nothing burger of an achievement for you to jump up and down about as if he's doing something! [QUOTE] Executive trans bathroom rule rescinded [/QUOTE] [url]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-lgbt/trump-revokes-obama-guidelines-on-transgender-bathrooms-idUSKBN161243[/url] Oh so the President who said he was FOR LGBT rights actually acted against them? Good job showing this as an "ACHIEVEMENT". [QUOTE]Two-for-one executive regulation regulation[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/trumps-regulation-eo/515007/[/url] Trump is making it easier to abuse the nation in literally every way by removing regulation. There is no logical defence of this, because it is anti government for the sake of it. But you're happy, aren't you? [url]http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/322058-interior-secretary-repeals-ban-on-lead-ammunition[/url] [QUOTE]Lead bullets re-instated[/QUOTE] [url]http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/322058-interior-secretary-repeals-ban-on-lead-ammunition[/url] I mean are you even fucking trying to come up with "Good" things? This is [B]objectively a negative for the environment.[/B] Lead is an objective toxin in the human body, and it destroys ones capability for intelligence. So, it's a good thing the republican party is fostering lead poisoning? [QUOTE]States allowed to defund local Planned Parenthood[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/13/523795052/trump-signs-law-giving-states-option-to-deny-funding-for-planned-parenthood[/url] Oh so a net negative is a good thing? No, this is factually bad for the states and counties and the citizens within them. [QUOTE]States no longer forced to pay Title X to abortion clinics[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/13/behind-closed-doors-trump-signs-bill-allowing-states-to-strip-federal-family-planning-dollars-from-abortion-providers/?utm_term=.118a7d277d68[/url] Oh Good! Trump doubled down on making it harder to have an abortion, something that can save society a shit ton in taxes, and is a necessity for a society as [B]inept and unschooled on things like sexuality as the US is.[/B] [QUOTE]Withdrew from Paris Climate Agreement[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/18/politics/gary-cohn-climate-paris-trump/index.html[/url] So the earth is FACTUALLY undering going Anthroprogenic climate change, and yet you'll tell me this is a good thing? No. No. I have no idea how you actually expect another human being to want to deal with you rationally when you have clearly chosen to fall in line with propaganda and nonsense and refuse to question a god damn thing. I genuinely CANNOT fathom why you would post that list like it's a fucking short list of victories. No. It is a short list of ways Donald J Trump has actively fucked you, and your country over. [editline]9th November 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Revenge282;52873544]I'm looking at this list and I think it would serve Trump and everyone else better if it didn't have anything in it...[/QUOTE] This is literally a list of things Trump has done to benefit himself, and Chonch is so indoctrinated that he says "LOOK HE'S DOING THINGS!"

Sure everything Trumps doing is terrible and bad for the country. But at least he's doing something I guess! #MAGA

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;52873560]Alrighty then, cause you go "here's a list of things, must be good", lets go through it! [snipped for page stretch] I genuinely CANNOT fathom why you would post that list like it's a fucking short list of victories. No. It is a short list of ways Donald J Trump has actively fucked you, and your country over. [editline]9th November 2017[/editline] This is literally a list of things Trump has done to benefit himself, and Chonch is so indoctrinated that he says "LOOK HE'S DOING THINGS!"[/QUOTE] It isn't a short list of victories, it's a short list of things that have been done. Nowhere in that post did I pass any sort of political judgement. This presumptuous, senselessly vindictive attitude is becoming a worrying trend in your replies; you need to calm down and read more critically before preparing them in the future.

[QUOTE=Chonch;52873662]It isn't a short list of victories, it's a short list of things that have been done. Nowhere in that post did I imply any of these things were good or bad. This presumptuous attitude is becoming a worrying trend in your replies; you need to calm down and read more critically before preparing them in the future.[/QUOTE] Okay, so you have a list of ten minor things the government has accomplished in over ten months. Ten small things, most of them objectively bad for at least half the country. To do: - Fund the US government past the end of the year - Tax "reform" (giving the 1% a massively-disproportionate tax cut) - Health care "reform" (if shredding is a reform) - Draining the swamp (swamp has been growing exponentially in depth and diameter) - Building the wall (or is it a fence or merely a metaphor now?) - Renegotiate NAFTA (good fucking luck) - Decide what to do with DACA one way or another :thinking:

[QUOTE=Chonch;52873662]It isn't a short list of victories, it's a short list of things that have been done. Nowhere in that post did I pass any sort of political judgement. This presumptuous, needlessly vindictive attitude is becoming a worrying trend in your replies; you need to calm down and read more critically before preparing them in the future.[/QUOTE] So you literally posted a list of things he did just as proof he wasn't doing literally nothing, with no motive, reasoning, or other form of behaviour that would fall in line with your previous actions? You don't get to use my personality as an attack vector, when your own personality is responsible for why the list you posted is seen as a cop out.

[QUOTE]Executive trans bathroom rule rescinded[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]States allowed to defund local Planned Parenthood States no longer forced to pay Title X to abortion clinics[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]You don't hear about these sort of things often, ultimately because the executive policy of the federal government doesn't often have any effect on [B]your own personal life.[/B][/QUOTE] :thinking: These will all affect people's personal lives.

[QUOTE=Chonch;52873662]It isn't a short list of victories, it's a short list of things that have been done. Nowhere in that post did I pass any sort of political judgement. This presumptuous, senselessly vindictive attitude is becoming a worrying trend in your replies; you need to calm down and read more critically before preparing them in the future.[/QUOTE] So your reason for posting that list was that we shouldn't focus on only his new policies, but we should judge him on his "little policy minutiae". Then you proceed to tell us that the posted list of things he has accomplished are not victories, simply things that he has done. So by these actions, can we assume that you do not support Trump's current policy?