I started a thread on this a while back. This is one of those issues where both-siderism bears out:
My thesis is this: the public overwhelmingly supports legislation to stop this, both R and D; but because there’s such broad agreement, it won’t happen. There’s no percentage in it; everything has to be zero-sum to create effective theater, raise money, and placate the base.
It’s funny: it’s one of the things (along with a real infrastructure bill) that Trump could have pushed for that was bipartisan, pragmatic, and supportable. He could have jammed up the Democrats. But bipartisan agreement now is almost entirely toxic. So in a roundabout way, we’re getting the government we deserve.
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