Old trick. In Canada, in the 1980’s, The Conservatives under PM Mulroney started cutting funding in what was considered a global model of universal health care. This created longer wait times for care. Then, the conservatives relentlessly talked about the need to ‘fix’(privatize) healthcare.
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it's almost like nobody has ever heard of PJ O'Rourke
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.
This is their standard playbook. They break everything then complain about it. They have broken Amtrak, gun legislation, mental healthcare, healthcare, the post office... The list goes on and on then they complain that it is broken, blame Democrats, and use propaganda to gain power.
Republicans are under the spell of a PROFESSED PREDATOR incapable of empathy (without a capacity for shame, an even less regard for godliness.) He’s the cold GOP standard bearer for Republicans.
Evil is the new norm.
Better angels must keep speaking out. There’s more good in us than doom in them.
Republican propaganda, it’s broken but we’ll fix it. I’ve heard this in every election cycle I can remember and they never seem to fix the problems. Somehow the rich get richer but we poorer but still have the problems! Something ain’t right here folks!
Like their plan to defund public schools. They've been planning this for a long time. They want an uneducated peasant class working for the 1%. That's their plan and it's been their plan for as long as I can remember. I taught college from 2006-2019 and saw the steep decline in literacy. It worked.
That is exactly what happened in this past election. Republicans ran on "Biden's inflation and high prices", which were both caused by tRump's catastrophic mishandling of COVID and the smashed economy that followed. Biden gave us the best economic recovery in US history.
Months ago I read something that referred to the GOP as the party of breaking things. I wish I could remember who said it because I would like to credit them. It has stuck with me ever since.
It’s so frustrating because the “things” they’re breaking are American lives.Trump and Elon are trying to make the government sound like there are no humans involved.
Actually quite surprised at how many people did not figure this out sooner. This has been the entire platform of the Tea Party since Gingrich and that just devolved into Maga party.
Texas Republicans trot out the "x thing is broken and only we can fix it" line every election and I'm like "y'all have been in control of the levers of state power since I moved here 25yrs ago, if it's still broken, who's fault is it now, hmm?"
Republicans "break" things and then campaign of fixing them, without ever intending to, because if they actually fixed them, what could they campaign on in the next election?
The Tories have done this for decades with the National Health Service in the UK.
Break it and then say privatisation is the only solution, then give the money to their cronies.
Sadder still is a public that seriously backs the unserious proposition that govt itself is the danger. To solve for this ‘unproblem’ they elect instead profligate opportunists who run to be elected to bodies they claim to hate and wish to dismantle while simultaneously living off of them.
That's how insurgencies operate. Welcome to grey-zone warfare, folks. You finally made it, America. Part of the club. Now get busy defending yourselves!!!
Only half true. They break things, the citizens notice, and they then vote Dem, because Democrats always, always FIX THE BROKEN SHIT. Then the morons forget and vote the Republicans back in. I wish they'd wise the hell up! Vote all Republicans out FOREVER.
Look at the USPS that republican postmaster completely messed it told for years to resign he refused waiting out for trump and elon to help finosh the job after he completely destroyed it now he wants to resign because his job is done they all need to be in jail. Every betrayal is purposely done.
"That’s the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital." - Noam Chomsky
Exactly. Is the same with the felon making enemies, provoking war and then after a terrorist attack on US soil, they present themselves as saviors and try to unite the people against a common enemy invented by them. Bush's father and son did that in the past. Both Republicans
The Bush's actions were more sinister. They wanted to up the amount of money given to the military industrial complex. Especially Bush 2.0, all his pals worked for them.
Really, Tennessee constituents, I bet, want a lot of change. Their republican leaders provide absolutely nothing for them. But the repubs have a super majority in that state. Tennessee is historically gerrymandered. So you see, the voters have little choice. This has to change for them.
In my county I think there are only a handful that want change. This is all they've known and they believe Tennesseans have it better than most other states. People are still relocating to TN for the "freedom".
Remember Sen James Langford’s border security bill?
It had wide bipartisan support in the Senate, and was expected to pass in the House until Trump convinced House Republicans to kill it.
Biggest example of breaking govt was not privatization (except for the prisons involved), but shooting down the bipartisan immigration bill. Trump wanted that issue for the election and also for the post election ‘emergency’. Seems it worked.
The GOP has long held the position that only wealthy, white men s/b allowed to run the country, & benefit from the tenets of democracy. They have gaslit us for centuries into believing only they can “fix” what they intentionally destroy. Once elected, they further their assault. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
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It's quite SIMPLE if you LISTEN.
The ONLY thing Republicans do is BITCH about SHIT.
&
They've never FIXED SHIT, EVER! (Name 1 time)
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They're responsible for it being BROKE.
To SUMMARIZE;
Republicans BITCH about ALL the SHIT they broke.
But..,
REFUSE to FIX any of the their BROKEN SHIT!💩🤬
I've been saying that for literally decades. Ever since I was first eligible to vote in 2008. When I voted for Barack Obama even though I was absolutely positive that John McCain was going to win simply because he was a veteran and American love having Veterans as president of the United States.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.
Evil is the new norm.
Better angels must keep speaking out. There’s more good in us than doom in them.
Reagan to break functioning services ready for today.
DEMOCRATS NEED MESSAGING.
Immigration. Sending people up to states and then making a stink about who they sent up. So they can deport them.
It’s all for show !
We are witnessing the destruction of our country on the orders of our main enemy because our rulers have dirt they don't want revealed.
And apparently there is enough strength on the enemies side to make most of our politicians and media go along.
That's the ultimate idea.
It's by far the worst American state, lowest wages, worst education, worst healthcare.
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Break it and then say privatisation is the only solution, then give the money to their cronies.
Cunning stunts, eh?
The Republicans are destroying everything that makes America Great
Prepare yourselves for dire economic times ahead
We need to name the upcoming The Republican Depression as The Great Depression has been used
The Great Trump GOP Depression of 2026
It had wide bipartisan support in the Senate, and was expected to pass in the House until Trump convinced House Republicans to kill it.
Why?
So Trump could campaign on “open borders”.
Republican candidate: politics are broken and government doesn't work.
Elect me and I'll show you.
They don’t care if their voters are hurt as long as their opposition is hurt.
It's quite SIMPLE if you LISTEN.
The ONLY thing Republicans do is BITCH about SHIT.
&
They've never FIXED SHIT, EVER! (Name 1 time)
&
They're responsible for it being BROKE.
To SUMMARIZE;
Republicans BITCH about ALL the SHIT they broke.
But..,
REFUSE to FIX any of the their BROKEN SHIT!💩🤬
Y e a r s….
Also Trump: proceeds to destroy everything he said needs fixing so he can say it was broken.