{"id":4056,"date":"2021-03-09T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2021-03-09T09:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:06:03","slug":"where-have-all-the-issues-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/03\/09\/where-have-all-the-issues-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All the Issues Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZgXNVA9ngx8\"><em>Where Have All the Flowers Gone<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;\u2013 Peter, Paul and Mary<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reason<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was writing Monday\u2019s essay on the Democrats in the Senate (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/dont-blame-joe\/\">Don\u2019t Blame Joe<\/a><\/em>) I had an underlying question.\u00a0\u00a0Why, if 79% of the US population are in favor of another COVID relief package (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/01\/19\/most-americans-say-another-round-of-covid-19-economic-relief-will-be-needed\/\">Pew<\/a>), would any reasonable politician vote against it?\u00a0\u00a0Even 65% of Republicans are in favor of relief.\u00a0\u00a0So why would the Republicans in the House and Senate allow this to become a partisan issue, with them on the \u201cwrong\u201d side,\u00a0\u00a0when almost everyone is in favor it?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, the Democrats did just the opposite last year, when it was Donald Trump\u2019s COVID relief packages.&nbsp;&nbsp;The December 2020 vote in the Senate, 92 for the package, 6 against.&nbsp;&nbsp;The April 2020 vote \u2013 96 to 0.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COVID Relief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One answer is that Republicans believe they can somehow brand this Relief Package as a \u201cRadical Democratic Spending Spree\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;If they get that done, they might cut into the 65% of Republicans who favor the \u201cspree\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;But that also seems to be a stretch.&nbsp;&nbsp;We can argue about how Republican \u201cthought\u201d is dominated by right-wing media.&nbsp;&nbsp;We can talk about the influence that Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity have on what Republicans believe is true.&nbsp;&nbsp;(That\u2019s a lot by the way, Carlson is still pushing the \u201cstolen election\u201d baloney, and a whole lot of folks still believe it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there are some Republicans (and former Republicans) who legitimately believe that the $1.9 Trillion endangers the economy but putting \u201ctoo much gas on the fire\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;The worry about inflation, and express concern about the impact of the debt on future generations.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, as I see it, as long as they voiced the same concerns about the trillion-dollar tax cut, then I respect their view.&nbsp;&nbsp;As I understand the economics, I think they are mistaken, but I respect it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But COVID relief isn\u2019t some \u201cpolicy\u201d that doesn\u2019t directly impact lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s money in the pocket, $1400 for many taxpaying Americans, with more for dependent kids.&nbsp;&nbsp;A family of four earning less than $150,000 a year will get $5600.&nbsp;&nbsp;That\u2019s real money for almost everybody, whatever Carlson and Hannity say.&nbsp;&nbsp;And that doesn\u2019t include the support for state and local governments, saving jobs in schools, police departments (more funding not less) and firehouses.&nbsp;&nbsp;And then there\u2019s the \u201cshot\u201d:&nbsp;&nbsp;no matter where you stand on COVID \u2013 most people are looking forward to FREEDOM \u2013 and freedom means the \u201cshot\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;You don\u2019t even have to turn \u201cblue\u201d, or lift your kilt (vague&nbsp;<em>Braveheart&nbsp;<\/em>reference).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issues Aren\u2019t Important<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So how does Republican stonewalling make political sense?&nbsp;&nbsp;How does the stunt pulled by Senator Ron Johnson, making the poor Senate clerks read seven hundred pages of the bill into the record, work in his favor?&nbsp;&nbsp;How can Senate Republicans in marginal states, like Marco Rubio and Ron Johnson himself, vote against what even 65% of their own supporters want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It just doesn\u2019t matter.&nbsp;&nbsp;The voters aren\u2019t voting on the issues, they are voting on the labels.&nbsp;&nbsp;Think of it this way:&nbsp;&nbsp;if Marco Rubio voted for the Relief Package, no Democrat is going to switch and vote for him.&nbsp;&nbsp;And there are plenty of Republican voters who would see his vote as a \u201csell out\u201d:&nbsp;&nbsp;abandoning Trumpian support to give-in to the Democrats.&nbsp;&nbsp;The fact that the package will benefit them isn\u2019t the point.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is a simple outcome of Trumpism, you\u2019re either for or against.&nbsp;&nbsp;The issue doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republicans Richard Shelby (AL), Roy Blount (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Rob Portman (OH), and Pat Toomey (PA) have already figured it out.&nbsp;&nbsp;They\u2019re retiring.&nbsp;&nbsp;Chuck Grassley of Iowa may join them. He\u2019s 87, and while he hasn\u2019t announced yet, it might be his time.&nbsp;&nbsp;But retirement hasn\u2019t stopped them from \u201cstanding\u201d with their Party, it just takes the pressure off of having to please their voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Both Sides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>And in all honesty, Democrats aren\u2019t very different either.&nbsp;&nbsp;Look at the \u201cheat\u201d that Joe Manchin is taking for not toeing the Party line.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are polarized to the point that right and wrong, good and bad, progressing the United States forward isn\u2019t the issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s simply about partisanship, votes \u201con the barrel head\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I look at Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio as a classic example.\u00a0\u00a0He is a Republican, and on most issues follows the Republican line.\u00a0\u00a0But he has attempted to govern through the COVID crisis, making many of the unpopular calls to restrict businesses and life to control the virus.\u00a0\u00a0But he\u2019s also realistic.\u00a0\u00a0The Democrats, like me, who praise his work on COVID, still aren\u2019t likely to vote for him in the 2022 Gubernatorial race.\u00a0\u00a0And his own Republicans are likely to put a COVID denier on the ballot in the primary against him, say, Congressman Jim Jordan.\u00a0\u00a0And, looking at the Republican electorate in Ohio, Jordan might well win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post-Issue Era<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past four years we talked about the \u201cpost-truth era\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Looking at politics today, we are in a \u201cpost-issue\u201d era as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;For all but the \u201cwedge\u201d issues like abortion and gun control and COVID controls, the topic really doesn\u2019t matter.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s simply which side wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when we look forward to the rest of the next Congressional two-year term until the 2022 elections, don\u2019t expect reasonable discussion of issues and policies, at least in public.\u00a0\u00a0Every issue will be contested on partisan rather than practical ones.\u00a0\u00a0And the cost\/benefit analysis of political reasons is clear.\u00a0\u00a0Both sides voters are demanding absolute adherence to their party, or risk \u201cprimarying\u201d from some more \u201cdedicated to the cause\u201d soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is little benefit in speaking reason, or taking the \u201cmiddle ground\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where Have All the Flowers Gone&nbsp;\u2013 Peter, Paul and Mary Reason As I was writing Monday\u2019s essay on the Democrats in the Senate (Don\u2019t Blame Joe) I had an underlying question.\u00a0\u00a0Why, if 79% of the US population are in favor of another COVID relief package (Pew), would any reasonable politician vote against it?\u00a0\u00a0Even 65% of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2021\/03\/09\/where-have-all-the-issues-gone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Where Have All the Issues Gone?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Where Have All the Issues Gone? : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What seems like reasonable COVID relief became a partisan vote. 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