Treczoks@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAmericans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 Germanymessage-squaremessage-square884fedilinkarrow-up11.99Karrow-down178file-text
arrow-up11.91Karrow-down1message-squareAmericans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 GermanyTreczoks@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square884fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealcoholicornlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day ago not good enough That’s the way it’s interpreted when we say <policy that was compromised until the base doesn’t care and republicans still oppose it> is a bad policy. There is no median voter who wants means-tested tax-breaks for new families, but would oppose checks for new families. When we say “not good enough”, we’re saying it’s a stupid way of spending political capital that doesn’t actually gain you any votes.
That’s the way it’s interpreted when we say <policy that was compromised until the base doesn’t care and republicans still oppose it> is a bad policy.
There is no median voter who wants means-tested tax-breaks for new families, but would oppose checks for new families.
When we say “not good enough”, we’re saying it’s a stupid way of spending political capital that doesn’t actually gain you any votes.