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In reply to the discussion: Why aren't we hearing this over, and over, and over? [View all]pat_k
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... have generally concluded they don't care about those crimes. Yes, it needs to be said, but putting front and center, and connecting to the simple explanation of why it is a crime for a president or the people who work for them to single-handedly end programs passed by Congress is more likely to get lumped in as "oh, they are just accusing him of more crimes that don't mean shit to me and my life."
I believe the more effective thing to directly connect to a simple statement like "The president promises to carry out the laws passed by Congress, whether they like them or not. If a president doesn't like a law, they work with congress to change it. It's a crime forl a president or the people who work for them to single-handedly end a program created by Congress. That's not how our government works." are the consequences. Specifically:
These crimes are destroying the economy. They are putting people out of work by the hundreds of thousands: They
1) Have directly fired tens of thousands of civil service workers and have told us they plan to fire at least 500,000 more.
2) As they Illegally end programs created by laws passed by our Congress, they are putting hundreds of thousands out of work in industries that receive grants or in businesses that count on the programs they are illegally ending -- programs the Americans losing their jobs were right to count on because in America, our presidents promise to carry out the laws passed by Congress, whether they like those laws or not.
For those who want the instant changes seen n countries run by dictators in America, be careful what you wish for. Instant change creates chaos that destroys an economy. The fact that our system is designed to make changes in an orderly way protects us against the type of chaos that causes economies to collapse.