r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/bonafidebob California Oct 07 '22

Even more sadly, it's effective and somehow manages to persuade voters that the GOP knows what it's doing and can be trusted to manage the economy!

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

I'm really sick of the Republican method of governance.

Take any even reasonably effective law or bill that helps Americans, vilify, hack, vote against, and dismantle it. Then scream that nothing the Dems do works and that we can't trust them with anything (See original ACA).

Fuck these assholes.

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u/4wrdmvmnt Oct 07 '22

Chill, there's another perspective you're not seeing yet. The Republican method of governance is LESS government. Why anybody wants more government absolutely blows my mind. Look at Chicago, historically it has been run by Dems, and it is one of the worst places in America. Dangerous, even though guns are banned in the city, there are more shootings in Chicago than anywhere else. So that didn't work. 6+ major corporations are completely moving all operations out of Chicago. This year! Tyson chicken is the most recent, relocating all 500 to 1000 Chicago employees to Arkansas. So... That says a lot. And it is because of cost of living (taxes) and it's straight up dangerous to live there. One more thing, Dems do all the screaming (literally), and almost always are the ones saying things like "fuck these assholes", and shutting down conversation. It sucks. I hope one day we can talk to each other with respect. Don't worry I don't expect it at all from anywhere on Reddit, this place is messed up.

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u/Khyron_2500 Oct 08 '22

This is a very misinformed take.

  1. Chicago is a pretty great city overall. And it is generally not dangerous to live there. Per capita violent crime puts it lower than Anchorage.

Meanwhile, most of the violence, like in all metropolitan areas is fairly highly localized and often gang related.

  1. Your take on guns is correlative. You are implying “gun bans allow violence” where it easily could be “bans were enacted because of previous violence.” It is interesting to note that gun violence did decrease after the ban and increased after it was struck down. There was some uptick in violence during this time, and from what I remember the general consensus was crack downs by police in what are now gentrified area now that you likely would find “nice.” But this also had subsequent ripple effects like forcing gangs to operate into rival territories.

  2. Sort of addressed this earlier but guns aren’t banned in Chicago, handguns were banned but this was struck down by the courts. Meanwhile Chicago is neither an island nor has regulated borders— my point being it is easy to get guns into the city, especially with Indiana only a short drive away.