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baltimorened said:

I don't know if this is good or bad...but which of the parties has a campaign platform that addresses what IMO are the key issues facing us...immigration reform, healthcare, deficits and debt, inflation, prices of just about everything?

I guess it's still early...4 weeks to go, but it seems to me that our politicians are just dealing in generalities

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baltimorened said:

well my point is that nobody is running on a campaign of " we will propose a reform bill that does this or that"

Just an example, In Florida we have a governor candidate that is running (partially) on a platform that proposes setting up a sovereign fund to pay out hurricane costs there by saving $$ for residents....it may nor may not be a good idea but at least he's saying what he would do.

Just on affordability for example..candidates run on making things more affordable..but what does that mean? Democrats, or republicans, could propose ending tariffs, put a cap on credit card rates, propose some form of mortgage rates credit (note that I think any are good ideas). Same with healthcare...no proposals to fix what we know is a real problem for Americans...

The fact that Trump would veto everything is real. But democrats, or republicans, would be sitting the stage for 2028 platforms.

just some thoughts. Politicians just don't seem to be focusing on "real" problems....

don't forget, we had divided government the last time we balanced the budget. Parties can work together.

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baltimorened said:

I don't know if this is good or bad...but which of the parties has a campaign platform that addresses what IMO are the key issues facing us...immigration reform, healthcare, deficits and debt, inflation, prices of just about everything?

I guess it's still early...4 weeks to go, but it seems to me that our politicians are just dealing in generalities

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fatpiggy said:

Disagree again.

Trump was laser focused on inflation and immigration. They were the two biggest issues last election. You can't say, with a straight face, that nothing was done about immigration. Perhaps you should give Trump recognition for quickly and efficiently solving one of the two biggest issues in the election (within a couple months i might add).

Same with inflation. Inflation was much lower than the previous admin before the Iran war. Does the Iran war have overall inflation higher? Yes. Is that the whole story? Absolutely not. Trump has inflation in most categories below target. Trump is addressing the second biggest issue last election, and while it's not where we want it to be it is signifigantly better than where the previous admin was.

There are several other "real issues" that have been tackled as well. DEI is dying a slow death. Drug prices are down. Housing inflation has come down to almost 0%.

You point out Healthcare, yes that is a very tough issue that neither party has been able to make much progress on. Buffet and friends set out to "bend the cost of healthcare" but failed. So maybe there is an opportunity there for someone to come up with a grand plan that works. Will robotics be able to bend the curve of healthcare costs? What happens when in 3 years you can buy a robot for $30,000 that is better than any of your local doctors?

Maybe those aren't real issues to you, but they are to mainstream America.

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baltimorened said:

I don't know if this is good or bad...but which of the parties has a campaign platform that addresses what IMO are the key issues facing us...immigration reform, healthcare, deficits and debt, inflation, prices of just about everything?

I guess it's still early...4 weeks to go, but it seems to me that our politicians are just dealing in generalities

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scotchtiger said:

Trump advanced on immigration and inflation, but made unforced errors with each that hurt optics and . The optics around ICE aren’t good and hurt the republicans with moderates. Broad tariffs were unnecessary and hurt inflation. The Iran war has seemed disorganized without a clear exit and hurt energy costs and inflation metrics.

All could have been avoided, aside from maybe the stuff with Iran. We just don’t know how real the nuclear threat actually was.

It’s typical Trump. Some good policy mixed with unforced errors mixed with abrasive messaging that turns off moderates.

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FLaw47 said:

Politicians will start running on hard policies as soon as voters stop punishing them from being specific. To be fair, you pot shot every single Democratic policy there is. What's the advantage to being specific?

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