u/Constant_Potato_8709

I like Bill Clinton‘s personality a lot and he did do some good things for America like balancing the federal budget. But overall he did a lot of long term damage to the country and the Democratic Party because he was so pro corporate.

Dems in 1992 had lost 3 straight presidential elections and by embarrassing margins. Candidates like Mondale and Dukakis had fumbled pretty badly. And the reason was because at the time people still loved Reaganomics (they hadn’t seen the full effect yet). Bill Clinton came along and had a simple solution: turn the Democratic Party platform into a diet, watered down version of Reaganomics, court the Reagan democrats, and boom, Democrats can win elections again. Before 1992, a lot of democrats were fighting the corporate machine and attempting to regulate it. Clinton ended up being the greatest gift to Wall Street when he won in ‘92 and ‘96, especially when he cut Glass/Steagall. Now Reaganomics was and is effectively here to stay thanks to Clinton. Obama tried to get Reaganomics out of the Democratic Party but the consultants didn’t want to alienate Hillary Clinton’s base so he still kept a fair amount of the Clintonian policies. Clinton is the reason the party has become so pro corporate.

I am against Trump deporting U.S. citizens and any human rights violations which have been occurring at the detention centers. I also understand and believe that America should not be hostile to migrants and we do have a rich history of being welcoming.

Times have changed And we are not the same country that we were when Ellis island was around. back then we were still a growing country, we were expanding our west and there were an abundance of jobs and projects to do. nowadays the situation is completely different. we have a job shortage, increasing numbers of hardworking families having to work multiple jobs just to make rent for the month and social services which are beyond capacity. all this despite the fact that we are taxed to death, particularly in blue states. our infrastructure is crumbling, the infrastructure bill a few years ago is making some headway on it but it’s still largely in shambles. our nations debt has been skyrocketing because multiple presidents did fiscally irresponsible things and still are doing so. on top of that we have multiple years worth of backlog in terms of immigration paperwork.

under these circumstances I don’t really see a practical argument against slowing down immigration or possibly limiting it altogether. as in lowering quotas, requiring folks to apply for a visa/asylum status in their home country (like a remain in Mexico situation). dealing with those who are already here is a completely different ballgame but i think we have to be very limited in terms of new immigrants that we take in. I don’t think this is a racist take, I’m still arguing let folks in but we’re in a situation where we just do not have the capacity to fling open the gates like we did many years ago. on top of that we need major asylum reform in America. there needs to be thorough vetting, women and children from areas of active conflict need to be prioritized and there needs to be an ”expiration” of government benefits. Meaning the government will help you for x amount of months while you get acclimated but after that its on you. I also think this system needs to be scaled way back until we can get our debt and infrastructure and social services under control, prioritize areas of the most acute need. not because we don’t want to help folks but we are at a point where it is getting much more difficult and expensive for us to do so. I also think that it is not unreasonable to disallow people from entering the country who will likely be reliant on SNAP benefits, welfare etc. because these systems are barely financially solvent right now. Once we’re able to get those in a good spot absolutely let’s look into that. But nearly every other country has that same restriction and I fail to see why it is racist or xenophobic to suggest that we do that as well. Keep in mind I’m critical of both Trump and Biden’s immigration policies.

I have been backed up the last few days and having very small, pebble/pencil-like bowel movements. I get bouts of constipation frequently and they tend to last for long periods of time, often weeks of just small bowel movements. i think it is because i may be lactose intolerant or possibly just allergic to casein/cows milk altogether, as this started after I had ice cream. I am going to stick to just clear liquids the rest of today (broth, pedialyte, Gatorade etc.) and maybe try soft mushy bland solids tomorrow (toast, plain white rice, a banana, maybe some plain boiled chicken/turkey). Should I be doing that or go higher fiber to get the poo to pass? It feels like I’m very blocked up/slow colon. I don’t want to go to the doctor because I have United Healthcare so they’ll just make me pay out of pocket no matter what (my deductible is $9,000 anyways).