MPR Scott Rasmussen says our tradition of pragmatic problem-solving still works today
I heard a little of this at noon and it was pretty interesting.
I heard a little of this at noon and it was pretty interesting.
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It's always a question of which problem is solved pragmatically.
--Hiram
However his view seems to be that often throughout history, good ideas are created /implemented at the Local / State level and once they have a critical mass they are adopted at the National level.
Where as to me it seems that often DEMs are impatient and want to create / implement questionable policies at the National level and force the Local / States to comply.
Which of course leads to a lot of strife and discord.
Does anyone know how many Blue States had an ACA equivalent before it was implemented Nationally?
Or did it just sound like a good idea to force on every States?
My question would be: In how many States was such a thing attempted, but scuttled by Republicans?
I don't know the answer to yours or mine.
Moose
"However his view seems to be that often throughout history, good ideas are created /implemented at the Local / State level and once they have a critical mass they are adopted at the National level."
This is a pleasant-enough sounding sentiment, but it is in fact ridiculous if you think about it critically for more than five seconds or so.
I think should listen to the presentation. How women got the right to vote was very informative.
And how would "Republicans Scuttle" anything in Blue States?
Especially in the area of State provide services. With that in mind why is California such a disaster for the working poor and poor?
All that money and such a mess.
I listened to the whole thing, and was not persuaded. The fact that he had to dig back a century for an example of how this country literally took decades to stop discrimination against half the population is not a "yippee America" story.
Yes you are impatient... But in terms of human history, decades is just a moment in time.
The reality is that social norms and governmental laws are all tied together in our representative democracy. To say otherwise would be naïve.
A more recent example is LGBT rights... If half our society and a large number of States had not supported LGBT Marriage, it never would have made it SCOTUS or gotten passed.
And since it still was a very controversial decision, it may have helped Trump win in 2016. Which has led to the court shifting a bit right.
Another example would be all of these climate change laws and regulations, even though a large group is still fighting those "Federal Over Reaches"...
The States, Private Industry and citizens are still working the issues. And working to maybe make a "carbon tax" palatable someday.
If the states are to be the source of solutions, then they need to be allowed to solve. The Trump Administration, for instance, is trying to stomp on California's enhanced emission regulations. It seems they prefer to have these laws at the federal level.
That is an interesting situation.
I am not sure why Trump is fighting what seems to be a pointless battle.
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