Dude, why is everything a big fuckin argument with you. Here’s what I said:
what Biden could possibly have done aside from pardoning all federal convictions for possession, requesting the DEA to reschedule marijuana, and introducing a bill for full federal legalization
I actually learned since then that it’s a little more complex – it actually seems like maybe Biden was opposed to the full legalization bill that Schumer was pushing, and there was definitely some level of Democratic opposition in the senate. So maybe that piece of the criticism is legit, IDK, but OP never brought that stuff up to me when I asked what Biden should do.
That’s my opinion on the federal level. There are little breadcrumbs of things in there like “the full legalization bill that Schumer was pushing” that you can look up if you want to learn more about the facts behind it. You can form your own opinions, and I’m fine with that.
If you’re not interested in learning, and just interested in us shouting “YES IT IS” “NO IT ISN’T” “YES IT IS” at each other, I’ll pass.
(Actually - if you want to learn about the different legalization / decriminalization bills, and what the differences between them were / how they each fared and which ones if any Biden actually supported / things like that, and then tell me, then that’d be great, because I started reading but it was complex and I didn’t completely sort it out. But if it’s all going to be colored by this axiom you seem to operate under that everything Biden does is automatically a betrayal and there’s no need to learn anything more then I am not interested.)
I think what my attitude boils down to is that the Democratic Party has fundamentally earned my distrust, and that has only worsened since Biden took office.
After Biden didn’t fire the parliamentarian in order to get the minimum wage hike passed, I cannot trust that his hands are tied when his supporters say they are. As far as I’m concerned, Democrats tie their own hands. When it’s something that centrist Democrats want to do, his hands are utterly free.
You are taking Democrats at their word when they say they are powerless. I don’t do that.
Why, what happened with the minimum wage hike? Why do you say that firing the parliamentarian would have led to it passing?
You are taking Democrats at their word when they say they are powerless. I don’t do that.
Did you miss the part up above where I specifically said that I agree with your assessment, as applied to most of the Democrats (the Nancy Pelosi brand)?
Why do you say that firing the parliamentarian would have led to it passing?
The parliamentarian could have been replaced with one that would have accepted that the minimum wage could be raised via reconciliation.
Did you miss the part up above where I specifically said that I agree with your assessment, as applied to most of the Democrats (the Nancy Pelosi brand)?
I didn’t miss the bit where you acted like Biden has done all he can do about cannabis.
