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| Say goodbye to the filibuster... |
For some reason that I can't quite comprehend, there seems to be some angst on the left over whether or not republicans are going to nuke the legislative filibuster as well. I mean, I understand the desire to stop bad legislation, but let's face it: the Senate is broken (as witnessed by the obstructionism of republicans all through President Obama's two terms) and if we intend to pass any legislation of substance again, the filibuster needs to go. It's bad enough that that Wyoming, with all of a half million people, still gets the same two votes as California and its forty million--there's no need for letting a minority of Americans kill good legislation as well.
My guess is republicans will eventually kill it (and I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if TrumpShitcare is the legislation that they do it over). Mitch McConnell has proven himself over and over to be little more than a waterboy for the wealthy and if it means more money for them, he'll bend over backwards to give the rich even more than they already have.
And in four years--if Trump continues his historically bad approval ratings there's a good chance we'll control all three branches again--we can move forward without a bullshit sixty vote threshold on such legislation as single payer healthcare, a $15 minimum wage, a significant and job creating infrastructure plan, among many others, and only need fifty-one votes to pass all of them. The best part? When republicans complain, we can tell them to look in the mirror--they'll be the ones who created the Democratic monster.
The filibuster? Goodbye and good riddance.
Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee
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