The System Basically Works

[CitizenZero]

The federal government is not perfect and could always be improved, but it basically works. Slashing it arbitrarily on a whim with no plan is foolish and destructive. The Trump Musk economy is going to be terrible, between tariffs and federal job cuts. One example is the intent to cut Medicaid. Millions of people, including children, depend on the program for health care. Furthermore, many doctors and hospitals depend on Medicaid and Medicare as a major source of revenue. Cutting these programs will not just harm the patients, it will also harm the economy.

I know a guy who owns a small fleet of non-emergency medical transportation taxis. These vehicles take Medicaid patients, often with mobility problems, to and from essential doctor appointments. The trips are funded by Medicaid. So if Medicaid is slashed, not only will patients suffer, this man and his company will be out of business. His drivers will lose their jobs. Multiply that over millions of Medicaid recipients and you have a big economic problem. So the system basically works, and slashing it will do nothing positive but will bring destruction to people's lives and livelihoods. Killing essential services so billionaires can have even more tax cuts is just evil.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The system does not work when it can be completely destroyed so quickly.

And no one can or will stop the destruction.

[Bluethroughu]

4. I'm just waiting for trump to put Senator Rick Scott on a plane to

El Salvador for the medicaid/care fraud.

The system does not work because people like eloonitic get 10s of billions from the government for his waste and fraud, like Rick Scott, then they pay a small fine and become Senators and defacto presidents, and continue the grift.

All the while they send gay hairdressers and dads with autistic kids to gulags in foreign adversary prisons with more of our millions of tax dollars.

There is no consequences for these scumbags.

[Irish_Dem]

5. People with money can get away with all their crimes.

[Bluethroughu]

7. That's the problem with the system.

Not the workers
Not the services
Not the salaries
Not the benefits
Just the greedy rich slopping at the trough, it's never enough.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yep, all paths lead back to the greedy, corrupt rich.

[brush]

6. It used to work before trump got reelected and let musk and his clown car cabinet loose.

trump 2.0 doesn't have any of the generals like Kelly, Matis, Espel and Milley who were the adults in that first trump admin who protected the nation from his foolish power impulses.

Instead we haven Patel, Gabbard, Hegseth, Bondi and Vance.

We're so screwed.

[central scrutinizer]

12. I never thought I'd be nostalgic for Mike Pence

But here we are

[Irish_Dem]

14. We have found the system is only held together by gentlemen's agreement and the honor system.

There is really no other structure.
The checks and balances are worthless.

All it takes is one psychopath to destroy it all, no one will stop him.

[brush]

18. Yep, the Constitution, a great document of high ideals, but is worthless if a...

a psychopath like trump who ignores it and has cowed the rethugs in the House, the Senate, and owns the corrupt SCOTUS 6.

There is much doubt that the federal district and circuit courts can stop trump's lawlessness because we know him and his cabal are going to appeal, appeal to get everything to SCOTUS, which gave the fucker immunity.

[CitizenZero]

13. The System

When I say "the system basically works", I mean the federal government, not the electoral system. There is a persistent right wing myth that government bureaucracy does not work. That is just a lie and a pretext for cutting vital programs so the rich can have a tax giveaway.

I agree with you that there is a problem with our electoral system though. When a billionaire can buy the presidency, that is a problem. When someone convicted of multiple felonies can become President, that is a problem also.

Trump should have been stopped with a court conviction and imprisonment prior to the election of 2024. And there should be an amendment to the Constitution. No convicted felon should be able to be President.

Frankly, Trump should have been found guilty of insurrection, and that would have disqualified him from ever being President again. So the electoral system is flawed and that is a problem. But when I said "the system basically works", I meant the federal government and federal workers, not the electoral system.

[walkingman]

2. Nope - If you look at US history going back to it's founding and see the system

that was designed to discriminate against anyone other than white land owners, then consider the cruelty against Native Americans, Slaves, Women, anyone that stood in the way of those in power or control - how can you say the system works?

To bring everything to current times - after the corruption and disgusting things that Trump did and he was never held accountable....excused....re-elected...the system does not work.

[CitizenZero]

15. I Agree

I agree with your point about the history of the country. I need to clarify- when I said "the system basically works", I meant federal programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Those systems are not perfect, but they are good and they work. I also meant that federal workers are effective as well, despite right wing talking points to the contrary. But your point about the historical shortcomings of the American way is well taken.

[walkingman]

16. I also agree - not only do those programs work but most are more efficient than

than private competitors. The danger we now face is will they continue to work. After all,, we all know that the right has been trying since their implementation to stop them in an effort to privatize everything in America.

For whatever reason, the people do not support solutions that put citizens interests above profit - seems strange to me?

[delisen]

3. We have the evidence in real time. Dictatorships are Disastrous

A strong democracy is what we need going forward… and it needs a lot of strengthening.A

[Bluethroughu]

8. The strengthing comes from equal justice FOR ALL

And Accoutability.

[delisen]

10. I fully agree. nt

[Lawjo]

11. Me too ... just not so well put

[Meowmee]

17. Those agencies worked fine but there was no protection for them in the system

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However the system of government has put an insane mass murderer in charge again and there was no way to stop him from running again or to hold him accountable. The system also lets an unbalanced electoral college decide who wins the election. And much more.