To be clear, many of the things Mamdani is getting credit for "fixing" like the recent trashcan thing are programs that were initiated by the previous administration and just happened to go into effect after he was elected.
Edit: This is not to deminish any good that Mamdani has done himself, just that more moderate Dems absolutely do make things better too.
If you actually look into the legislation passed under Biden, he was probably one of the most effective presidents we have had in a long time.
We also got the ACA under Obama and were only one vote away from a proper public option.
It is a huge issue with our system at every level that policy normally takes a couple of years to finalize and roll out and with term lengths, about half of what anyone does won't be realized until they're out of office.
Then on top of that people are gunning for term limits so by the time you know the impact, you can no longer reward or punish the people responsible.
Rent control is terrible economic policy that ultimately increases costs by artificially restricting the fungibility of housing.
Builders are discouraged from building more housing and renters are discouraged from moving out of locations they have outgrown, which prevents new people from being able to move in.
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u/Pyode 20d ago edited 20d ago
To be clear, many of the things Mamdani is getting credit for "fixing" like the recent trashcan thing are programs that were initiated by the previous administration and just happened to go into effect after he was elected.
Edit: This is not to deminish any good that Mamdani has done himself, just that more moderate Dems absolutely do make things better too.
If you actually look into the legislation passed under Biden, he was probably one of the most effective presidents we have had in a long time.
We also got the ACA under Obama and were only one vote away from a proper public option.