Subject: Re: Bill Maher on the far left,
Normal Americans want
...
Normal Americans don't want

I'm not sure you really want to open up policy discussions here.

First off, you need to define "Normal Americans." I suspect we have very different interpretations of what that is.

Look at what the democrats do when you give them power.

Let's see.

Improve the economy:
-Get unemployment down to the lowest levels in a generation.
-Get the stock market to all time highs.

Improved the US Government finances:
-Slowed the growth in the US debt. (Trump added twice as much debt as Biden)
-Both cut the deficit, but Biden cut it by 5 times as much ($450 billion for Trump vs. $1.9 trillion for Biden.)

Foreign relations:
-Repaired relationships that were strained under Trump, such as with the EU, NATO, and WHO.
-Supported Ukraine after it was invaded by Russia
-Supported Israel after it was attacked by Hamas


It's also important to look at what Trump did when we gave him power.

-Cut taxes on the wealthy, resulting in larger budget deficits
-Denigrated scientists and experts, culminating in a poor response to a global pandemic
-Spread lies and misinformation in furtherance of his personal financial gain and accumulation of power
-Broke with over 230 years of tradition and refused to recognize his loss in the 2020 election
-Attempted to remain in power after losing an election by filing baseless court cases and spreading fabricated stories of voting irregularities
-Fomented a riot on the US Capitol, then took more than 3 hours to do even the slightest thing to stop it.
-Was impeached twice for his irresponsible use of the powers of the office of the President
-Took actions that have resulted in over 90 criminal charges against him in 4 different courts, with one (so far) resulting in felony convictions on all 34 counts in that case.

So yeah, let's compare Biden and Trump, shall we?

--Peter