Party over country
One of the things we expect of a politician in a civilized country is that they put their country first. That is, they put the good of the country ahead of other concerns, including personal gain. In this, my second not political post on the state of our country, I’m going to point out that, shockingly, that’s not happening, and no one is even trying to hide it.
It is a despicable state of affairs. These posts are not political because they take no stand on policy goals.
The first time this happened was when the former president killed a bipartisan bill on border security. (See Senate Republicans block border security bill as they campaign on border chaos, GOP senators seethe as Trump blows up delicate immigration compromise, or Harris Slams Trump For Killing Border Bill In Debate: Here Are The Facts.) The simple answer is we had a bill that would improve things now, it had support from both parties, and rather than improving things today and then more tomorrow, we have chaos at the border.
The second example is the child tax credit. See Senate GOP blocks bipartisan bill to expand child tax credit. “The Wyden-Smith bill stalled out in the Senate because Republicans feared it could provide a big win for Democrats ahead of the election.“
Some of this was nominally hidden under shallow critiques like “it was a bad bill.” And perhaps it was. But each of these had bipartisan support and represented a compromise that would have improved people’s lives. There’s nothing (except political dysfunction) preventing us from doing better in six months. Passing a bill today doesn’t change that. Really, the only way these were bad, as the headline says, is they solved problems.
These are the examples where someone ‘says the quiet part out loud.’ But more, they’re places where we people putting their hopes for an election above their devotion to their country.
This is not partisan: These critiques would apply to any candidate who puts themselves or their party over the country.