The problem with this virus, is it is a health care problem that requires a more socialistic bent to resolve, as in everybody sharing the responsibility for battling it. That's why the Democratic party does better at this. They are more inclined towards socialism, not as a form of government, but as an aspect of capitalism. I'm not talking about the present day state of the party, but the party as a whole, over the past century. That goes for spending the money to battle it, whether it is with money for a vaccine, or money for treatment, or money to get the people through shutdowns, etc. But it also goes for simply getting each individual to invest in a mask, and to wear it. There is a reason countries with a more socialist government, or a more socialist tendency have succeeded much better at battling this than the rest of the world.
Yes there are aspects that one party is good at, and another is not. The republican party is most definitely better at economic aspects of the country as a whole.
For the longest time the Democrats and Republicans have been the Yin and Yang of our country operating in a way that worked towards the benefit of the peoples of this country as a whole. The Republicans have always reigned in Democrats spending on social institutions/programs. But at the same time the Democrats have been successfully pushing at the least, a modicum of spending on those social programs.
It has always worked well to have each party pushing and pulling. It is not just our rights that have made us a success as a country. Those social programs have helped this country serve it's people as well as the protection of the rights we all have.
The solution today is not to get rid of one party or the other, even though large sects of each parties voters would do so if given the power. Both parties have kept the American Dream as a shining beacon to the world. Neither one would have succeeded on it's own, if the nation had been drawn over fully to one of them, and the other party faded from existence. This country would not have been a better country if that had been the case. If the Democrats had operated on their own, this country would have gone broke a long time ago. If the Republicans had been the only party, there probably would have been a rebellion by the lower classes a long time back.
Now that they have been drawn so far to the left and right, it will test our system to keep it whole. I still have faith in those institutions, despite how far apart they have swung. I realize I am speaking in generalities & it is not all as black & white as I have professed it as being. But I am speaking on a macro, macro level here, and generalities get the valid point across much easier in this instance.(Yes, intended to say macro, macro.)
I started talking on one subject, and meandered to another one unintentionally, but I think to two topics are complimentary to each other. So I will leave them together in a single post.
Yes there are aspects that one party is good at, and another is not. The republican party is most definitely better at economic aspects of the country as a whole.
For the longest time the Democrats and Republicans have been the Yin and Yang of our country operating in a way that worked towards the benefit of the peoples of this country as a whole. The Republicans have always reigned in Democrats spending on social institutions/programs. But at the same time the Democrats have been successfully pushing at the least, a modicum of spending on those social programs.
It has always worked well to have each party pushing and pulling. It is not just our rights that have made us a success as a country. Those social programs have helped this country serve it's people as well as the protection of the rights we all have.
The solution today is not to get rid of one party or the other, even though large sects of each parties voters would do so if given the power. Both parties have kept the American Dream as a shining beacon to the world. Neither one would have succeeded on it's own, if the nation had been drawn over fully to one of them, and the other party faded from existence. This country would not have been a better country if that had been the case. If the Democrats had operated on their own, this country would have gone broke a long time ago. If the Republicans had been the only party, there probably would have been a rebellion by the lower classes a long time back.
Now that they have been drawn so far to the left and right, it will test our system to keep it whole. I still have faith in those institutions, despite how far apart they have swung. I realize I am speaking in generalities & it is not all as black & white as I have professed it as being. But I am speaking on a macro, macro level here, and generalities get the valid point across much easier in this instance.(Yes, intended to say macro, macro.)
I started talking on one subject, and meandered to another one unintentionally, but I think to two topics are complimentary to each other. So I will leave them together in a single post.