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Originally Posted by Robbie
Crockett, I think you're wrong on that.
From everything I've seen about politics as practiced by lifetime/career bureaucrats...politics is ALSO about a single goal: Making your cronies back home money.
That's it. End of story.
And the only reason there are "2 sides" is because the Republican has one company that they are trying to funnel money to and the Democrat has another company that they are trying to funnel money to.
Trump would easily swim in those waters. He's a professional. These bureaucrats are all amateurs who would never last a minute in the real world of negotiations.
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To an extent money is also a common issues in politics but you are forgetting that both parties have diffrent thoughts on key items which make or break big business.
Example Democrats often want to cut military spending, while Republicans often want to expand it. The diffrence is billions of dollars in military contracts. There are countless differences like this between both parties where one side is for expanding g something while the other side is against it. Each of these things has millions and millions of dollars to be won or lost.
So it's not quite as easy as business where two parties sitting at the table are only there so they can both win.. In politics there is always a loser sitting at the table..
Also there is the pure party politics which goes well beyond money.. Example, look at what the Republicans did during the budget talks.. They cost both the govt and big business millions with their sequester and shut downs.. Just because they wanted to say no to Obama and we're trying to kill ACA.
Why do you think Democrats won't now return the very same favor if a Republican is elected? That is the can of warms Republicans opened up by turning the budget into party politics against ACA..
Added to this even the Republican Party is splintered and the GOP can not really control their own. The infighting which goes on inside the GOP it's self now days is almost as bad as Republicans and Democrats fighting with each other. trump will further split up the GOP because he's already hated on his own side.
Honestly I really wish he would have come out as a middle man, I think his pandering to the far right is what has already lost him the election. He had the potential to bring both sides together but instead he opted to play the role of the great divider..