That's how it was meant to work. The president didn't get to order wars like this until after the 1940s.
Congress should only allow the president to act alone only if the homeland is directly attacked by another nation. Not a terrorist from another country, bona fide military forces. And maybe a handful of limited exceptions that directly impact US soil.
Otherwise we should deliberate and take time to think before getting involved in foreign wars. We have no right to try to police the world and it's a massive waste of resources
Usually I agree when it's regular citizens critiquing other regular citizens for not starting an armed rebellion. I find that line of thinking disingenuous.
But we should have higher expectations of our elected officials. Congressmen have power and they are expected to use it to benefit their constituents.
If this was about affordable housing you could easily utilize limited parcels of land adjacent to towns and build a few high density apartments with priority housing for federal workers, since these land management agencies typically already do have employee housing. Allow HUD to manage it for non-employees.
Done, no need to sell anything and they'll likely make money.
This could be done using very little acreage and have a huge impact on affordability in rural communities. Even adding 100 new apartments could be a big help and have such a small footprint.
There are solutions, but these people just want more fossil fuels
Let's be fair only about 33% of the country gets erect.
An additional 15% support him because they are convinced democrats eat babies. This group goes back and forth on whether or not they like his policies, but ultimately support them.
Then about 5-10% cannot make up their mind, and flop back and forth. Typically if this group thinks the economy is good they side with the incumbent if they think it is bad they side with the other side.
I hard disagree with what you said, but you are also correct with the political situation.
A minority party in a normal world shouldn't only be obstructionist. They should ideally all work together to make the best outcomes for the constituents. This is a functional democracy.
Now that our democracy is in absolute decay on the path to a fascist takeover (if not already there), you are absolutely right.
Maybe pedantic, but I feel like it's important to remember how things should function.
It's amazing how you get so close to the issue and then push the blame down to the impoverished.
The reason not to address poverty is to make people desperate so they then join the military. Therefore they are now volunteers and "chose" this path. So "we" don't have to feel bad for them, instead the American people are generally thankful for their service or in your case angry with them. This is all intentional. Their deaths now becomes acceptable.
If the US government addressed cyclical poverty they would lose military recruitment. Then they could turn to conscription, but that would make their conflicts less tolerable to the general public.
So they dont address these issues. It's intentional, and by pushing blame down instead if up where it belongs you're just playing into their plan
You are seriously underestimating cyclical poverty. It's not just about "paying for college". There are a lot of places in this country where you'll struggle your whole life and will then statistically die much younger than your better off peers.
We as a society have generally failed to provide solutions to this kind of poverty. For many the military is the only choice. For many it's not even about college, it's about having a meal tomorrow.
You speak as someone that's never expirenced the worst of poverty.
I can agree it's not the best solution, but people will take it because our society offers little else. I won't critize them for taking it.
We should focus on the systematic issues that lead to this type of poverty and maybe adress all the other problems surrounding the military industrial complex before we critize poor kids
This exactly, if you believe the military only serves the interests of billionaires, instead of attacking those who enlist look at the systemic reasons why people join the military. It's usually poverty.
I still swallowed my pride and voted for her anyway, but I've never been so insulted as when I heard the "greatest economy ever" line over and over.