Chapter 19: The So-called Party (Thank You for Your Support)
"Sometimes, when something reaches a dead end and you can't think of a solution, you need to try to break the routine and think differently." Li Jie shook the wine glass in his hand and tilted his head to the two people who were meditating, which was a hint.
Both Flower and Tim were clearly drawn to Lee's words, and looked at him together, as if they were expecting what to come.
"You two are my brains, and if I had to figure out everything, it would be very disappointing for me."
Li Jie's gaze swept over the faces of the two, and he said lightly, then stood up and opened the humidor, and took out a few gausbar? Cohibabehike, who threw one to Flower. Only 4,000 of these limited editions were produced in 2006 and are now worth $100,000 per box, and they are still available at auction.
Flower stood up and helped him light his cigar, then his own. And Tim? The rabbi took a sip of water from his cup to hide his embarrassment.
"Even Maggie, who is in charge of cleaning my house, knows the three things Obama wants to do the most: health care reform, gun bans, and legalizing gay marriage. The only thing that really made him realize was the third, which of the first two can you help him do? Li Jie smoked the cigar in his mouth, poured a glass of whiskey into the glass, and sat down again, looking at his two men.
Flower and Tim glanced at each other, their noses, noses, mouths, mouths, mouths, and hearts, and they fell silent and did not answer. These two things are no joke.
Obama's campaign promise was health care reform, and despite his repeated efforts, the bill was finally passed, but it could not be implemented.
His idea for reform is simple: American health care is so inefficient. This is because medical institutions and insurance institutions are private for-profit institutions, and if some non-profit insurance companies and medical institutions are introduced to intervene and compete with existing private enterprises, it should be possible to reduce premiums and medical costs. As a result, where does the money come from? No money. The so-called bill is clearly a non-existent act. The gun ban bill was not passed at all. The self-proclaimed president of the most powerful country in the world legalized gay marriage after eight years in office.
Li Jie believes that this can no longer be described in words, and the only thing that succeeds is still anti-human. The other two things, if they can be solved for Obama, will require painstaking efforts to co-opt him into something.
Of course, Obama can't be blamed entirely for this. It's hard to say that he's a president who doesn't do anything and only talks about it. Because from the start, it was a difficult one, and Obama was like an athlete with all his hands and feet in the shot put, and the media, voters, aides, political opponents, autonomous states, and the opposing parties that filled Congress were desperately pulling him in all directions. Let him be powerful, take two steps back, and simply can't reach the finish line on time. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the best thing the U.S. government does is to do nothing.
"When you can't find a way out, try to turn around and find another way instead of hitting your head against the wall." For these two arms, Li Jie has always been more assured. Therefore, it was only a slight tap and did not mention it again. "If we can't win Obama's support, we should consider what else we can fight for."
"Liberate your minds and don't let habit lead you by the nose. Sometimes. When you get too close, you can't see the whole picture, you have to step back a little and look at it. Sheila thinks Obama can help a lot, so she puts together a lot of information on this. But we already know that this road is not going to work, or that it is better to pay than to return, and it is obvious that the gains outweigh the losses. This time. We should consider that there is something that Sheila did not think of. Or did you think of it but didn't have the right opportunity to do it? Li Jie lit it with his hand holding the cigar, and the ash was fluttering. Fall into a beautiful crystal ashtray.
"You mean, Republicans?" Tim? The rabbi had obviously heard what Li Jie meant, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, showing a thoughtful expression.
"What? Republican? "Flower is still a little uncomposed, but he'll soon be aware of it." Divide them from within? ”
In fact, it is not that they are too slow, but that they have different concepts. As native-born Americans, Flower and Tim? The rabbi had already formed a deep-seated impression in his mind that the Democrats and the Republicans were resolutely opposed! There are irreconcilable natural contradictions! It is the enemy of life and death!
Since 2011, nearly all of Obama's major reform agenda has been forcefully hampered by congressional Republicans, and every bill has had to be enacted through difficult negotiations. The Democratic and Republican parties have focused on accumulating electoral political capital, and in order to win over their base voters, they have frequently engaged in serious confrontations over issues such as raising the debt ceiling, reducing the fiscal deficit, and balancing the budget. Not only did Obama have no choice but to deal with domestic issues, but it also constrained the pace of economic recovery in the United States, and the public's approval rating for Congress once fell below 10%, the lowest in history.
This is the result of a long-term accumulation of intensification of party antagonism, and even now it is so serious that no Republican congressman wants to be seen with Democrats in public, and vice versa, which shows the degree of antagonism between the two parties.
Such sharp contradictions and antagonisms naturally formed an inherent impression in Flor's mind, and it was impossible for Democrats and Republicans to pee into the same pot.
Li Jie does not think so, there are no absolutes in the world, and there can be no truly unbreakable alliance, parents and children, husbands and wives and lovers will still quarrel and separate, and turn against each other, not to mention the so-called parties, and Flower They are just confused by the fierce confrontation between the two parties in the past 30 years.
"An interesting question -- how many parties do you think there are in the United States?" Li Jie pondered for a moment, and instead of answering the two directly, he asked a question that surprised Tim and Flor.
The whole world knows that there are Democrats and Republicans in the United States, and of course, small parties like the Greens, which are not even comparable to the Democrats and Republicans, automatically ignore them. If someone else had asked the question, Flower and Tim would have given him a look of disdain to answer. But in the face of Li Jie, the boss who has always been very majestic, they really began to think about the meaning of his question. (To be continued)