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sysadminbj t1_j61nunb wrote

Literally everyone that contracts for the federal government should bow to the master of wasting time and money.

Well played, JQA.

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iamveryDerp OP t1_j61psrr wrote

He took up gardening while serving as President, essentially because he was old school and believed the president should not be involved with legislation.

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Rock_man_bears_fan t1_j61tz3z wrote

I mean he was the 6th president. Is he really “old school” if you can count the number of previous presidents on one hand?

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iamveryDerp OP t1_j61v88f wrote

Compared to what A Jackson was bringing on, he was very old school at the time.

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Rock_man_bears_fan t1_j61vroc wrote

Forgot about the “damn the Supreme Court” president lol

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TacoS4Me-69-420 t1_j635rl2 wrote

the last good president 🤧

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Secret_Ad_1506 t1_j639b7v wrote

/s?

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TacoS4Me-69-420 t1_j63ag13 wrote

jackson destroyed the second bank of the united states, which was trying to turn the united states into the pseudo-monarchy that it is today.

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Secret_Ad_1506 t1_j63cas5 wrote

Hah, that’s actual lunacy. Andrew Jackson literally caused the panic of 1837 by ending the regulations the 2nd bank had.

Also, he kickstarted the trail of tears?

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TacoS4Me-69-420 t1_j63f6w8 wrote

> Andrew Jackson literally caused the panic of 1837 by ending the regulations the 2nd bank had.

this line of reasoning could be used very ably to justify keeping actual dictators in power, im pretty sure it having absolutely no congressional oversight and its supporters in congress electing to keep it that way was what cause the panic, not the guy getting rid of it.

> Also, he kickstarted the trail of tears?

helluva lot better than what they did to themselves

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EristicTrick t1_j6bu4nq wrote

Your worldview is fucked and your linked source is pathetic. Go defend genocide somewhere else.

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RandoCalrissian11 t1_j61r45y wrote

The President shouldn’t.

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bak3donh1gh t1_j626hhw wrote

Theres a ton of things your system should or shouldn't be doing. At this point the only way anything gets done is if the president does something along the way. Not including signing it, obviously.

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RandoCalrissian11 t1_j634a3v wrote

The President has no real say on the matter. It takes a literal act of Congress, and there’s no reason for it so don’t expect them to work on it.

Daylight savings though, which also requires congress to act, should be rectified immediately.

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bak3donh1gh t1_j64m5r1 wrote

No say yes, but sway he does have. As long as R have congress nothing gets done. D have it little gets done, half the reason is that not enough D have a seat, the other half is money.

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RandoCalrissian11 t1_j64sf0e wrote

You really don’t understand politics at all, do you? None of what you said is true in the slightest.

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bak3donh1gh t1_j658bto wrote

Umm, what US have you been watching? It's run by money, has been for a while, plenty of US oligarchs. The R whine and complain about the deficit when not in power, but run it up when they gain control, stonewall if they can any progress, so they can say the goverment doesn't work and then regulatory capture any agency they can, so they can privatize it and get kickbacks.

The democrats don't follow lock and step, so when they do get in control, very little gets done. Not to mention they are also all getting rich off insider information just like the R. Some of them care, one man in particular, but most of them just pay lip service. Not to mention all the gerrymandering that's fucking legal in the US.

The President doesn't have control over what laws get passed, yes, that is what I have said. But he can come out publicly for or against something. Influencing public opinion. He can also talk privately with senators and make deals, he obviously can wield power over what happens in the house and senate, but he certainly doesn't control either. Especially with more and more wackos being elected to the house.

Or do you think the United States of America has made a lot of progress in the last few decades? You're a fool if you do. It's one or two elections away from a dictatorship.

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RandoCalrissian11 t1_j65dsx8 wrote

Well, with your expanded explanation we agree more, but I do disagree that the Dems get anything done. They surely pretend to, then it silently goes away or gets completely dismantled because it’s unreasonable.

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HarryHacker42 t1_j65gv1b wrote

The President should be lobbying lawmakers to do things for the American people who elected him/her.

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Business-Emu-6923 t1_j634usi wrote

This isn’t true though.

Spending a lot of one man’s time figuring out it would be too much effort ultimately saves everyone the hassle. A lot of government work involves researching, in painful detail, exactly how much of a ball-ache a change will be, and often the answer is “don’t do it”, so the government don’t do it. It’s time we’ll spent.

Why they got the President to do the research I have no idea!

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