What might Republicans and Democrats agree on?

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Assuming the Trump impeachment ends without Trump leaving office, and assuming he gets re-elected and that the Democrat majority in the House remains along with the Republican majority in the senate . . .

What might Republicans and Democrats agree on that will actually get done in the next 4/5 years?

Tree-planting seems to have bi-partisan support, for example, but surely there are other things that could become common ground for bipartisan policy-making.

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[+3] - RABEL222 - 02/01/2020Nothing.

@livinglava,

Nothing.

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Nothing.

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@livinglava,

Actually there is quite a bit that Republicans and Democrats agree on. I suspect that in fact that there is more they agree upon than disagree. It is just that discussing agreement is rather boring.

1. We should pay our troops.
2. We should pay our police officers.
3. Laws against murder are good.
4. Public education should continue to be supported.
5. The government should respond to the opioid epidemic.
6. People should be free to go to church or synagogue.
7. People should be free to eat meat (or choose to be a vegetarian as they wish).

There are hundreds of thousands of these things that most Americans agree about, it is just boring to talk about them.

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@maxdancona,

maxdancona wrote:

Actually there is quite a bit that Republicans and Democrats agree on. I suspect that in fact that there is more they agree upon than disagree. It is just that discussing agreement is rather boring.

1. We should pay our troops.
2. We should pay our police officers.
3. Laws against murder are good.
4. Public education should continue to be supported.
5. The government should respond to the opioid epidemic.
6. People should be free to go to church or synagogue.
7. People should be free to eat meat (or choose to be a vegetarian as they wish).

There are hundreds of thousands of these things that most Americans agree about, it is just boring to talk about them.

I don't mean things they agree on generally but things they agree on as government policies and laws to legislate and execute/enforce.

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@livinglava,

Obviously... any law that is being debated is controversial. The laws that aren't controversial are already passed.

You are setting up a classic circular argument. Of the issues that Democrats and Republicans disagree about... which do they agree about.

That number is very low.... for obvious reasons.

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@maxdancona,

maxdancona wrote:

Obviously... any law that is being debated is controversial. The laws that aren't controversial are already passed.

You are setting up a classic circular argument. Of the issues that Democrats and Republicans disagree about... which do they agree about.

That number is very low.... for obvious reasons.

When there is dissent within a multiparty government, dissent is solved by discussing differences in perspective and reaching common ground.

Controversy, thus, should give way to commonly agreed-upon policies.

It's a question of listening to different POVs and understanding/respecting them.

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@livinglava,

Check out McConnals public statements and tell me how much he is listening to liberal opinion. Old turtle face is not listening to anyone but grab them by the pussy Trump.

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@RABEL222,

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Check out McConnals public statements and tell me how much he is listening to liberal opinion. Old turtle face is not listening to anyone but grab them by the pussy Trump.

As long as people are taking sides by blaming the other side for not listening, there won't be any steps toward common ground.

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Republicans and Democrats will always agree that there is no percentage in telling the truth to the electorate.

What might Republicans and Democrats agree on?

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