Hard to believe the GOP runs both Houses of Congress, plus the POTUS

[JohnnyApplesack]

and yet they can't pass a single piece of legislation, which translates to an utter failure of Trump's agenda

plus they screamed like banshees when Obama threatened to veto their various lame bills

now?.......no excuses, but the snowflakes continue their whining about the Dems

typical

 

[Manonthestreet]

and yet they can't pass a single piece of legislation, which translates to an utter failure of Trump's agenda

plus they screamed like banshees when Obama threatened to veto their various lame bills

now?.......no excuses, but the snowflakes continue their whining about the Dems

typical

Not at all if one accepts a uniparty construct and their desire to protect K street......,,,,

 

[BULLDOG]

They aren't running anything. They have been given the authority to run the house, the senate and the presidency, but they have no idea how to go about it. Kinda like someone who has been given a new car, but can't figure out how to get the door unlocked.

 

[Auld Phart]

Yup...

real shame they dont' march in lockstep, isn't it?

 

[JohnnyApplesack]

They aren't running anything. They have been given the authority to run the house, the senate and the presidency, but they have no idea how to go about it. Kinda like someone who has been given a new car, but can't figure out how to get the door unlocked.

major irony: the teabaggers were convinced they'd make America great again but ended up destroying their party's ability to govern, completely

there is a god afterall

 

[Manonthestreet]

The entire political and legislative apparatus is frozen, and it is genuinely impossible to predict what happens next. Where we stand is the outcome building a very targeted system over the course of three decades. The entities and institutions which assembled the system became functionally obsolescent overnight on November 8th 2016. Part IV – 2016 Prescient DC Lobbyists Talk Trump: “the end of life as we know it here”…

 

[Votto]

and yet they can't pass a single piece of legislation, which translates to an utter failure of Trump's agenda

plus they screamed like banshees when Obama threatened to veto their various lame bills

now?.......no excuses, but the snowflakes continue their whining about the Dems

typical

The GOP is a little different than the monolithic left.

There actually disagree with each other at times.

 

[toobfreak]

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 320 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House now? He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 320 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it is because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it is because they want it in the red.

If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it is because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it is because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...

 

[AntonToo]

Yup...

real shame they dont' march in lockstep, isn't it?

They certainly marched in lockstep when it came to spreading bullshit about Obamacare and voting 50 times to repeal it.

Now that reality is catching up to their feckless rhetoric they begin to have second thoughts.

 

[AntonToo]

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 320 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

You got it totally backwards.

It is not because of politicians ran astray of populism that we have debt and deficit problem, but rather because they continually cave to it.

Americans may say they want less debt, but they want to give up all the toys it buys EVEN LESS.

Passing more spending and more tax-cuts is ALWAYS more popular than politically perilous spending cuts and tax-raises.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Looking at the budget, you have to wonder if the Dims wrote it.
No defunding of Obamacare, no defunding of sanctuary cities, no border wall funding, no defunding of Planned Genocide.

Apparently these GOP lawmakers missed the part that Trump and his agenda defeated Hillary.

 

[Darkwind]

and yet they can't pass a single piece of legislation, which translates to an utter failure of Trump's agenda

plus they screamed like banshees when Obama threatened to veto their various lame bills

now?.......no excuses, but the snowflakes continue their whining about the Dems

typical

Trump has signed 28 pieces of legislation since his inauguration.

Perhaps you should branch out from MSNBC as your sole source of information.

 

[AntonToo]

and yet they can't pass a single piece of legislation, which translates to an utter failure of Trump's agenda

plus they screamed like banshees when Obama threatened to veto their various lame bills

now?.......no excuses, but the snowflakes continue their whining about the Dems

typical

Trump has signed 28 pieces of legislation since his inauguration.

Perhaps you should branch out from MSNBC as your sole source of information.

Executive Orders are not legislation silly.

 

[Votto]

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 320 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House now? He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 320 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it is because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it is because they want it in the red.

If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it is because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it is because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...

But...but...but....we the people.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

A full win for the Dimocrats.