Biden is rejecting common-sense center on everything from schools to securing border

[Counselor706]

All of which has encouraged Central American migrants to rush for the US border: Already, the number of children who cross over this year is on pace to break the all-time record by 45 percent. And he’s had to resort to the notorious “cages” to detain kids who crossed without their families, and it’s only going to get worse as summer hits.

And even as he embraces open borders, he’s passively letting schools stay closed. Abandoning his pledges to get most open in his first 100 days, he’s now pretending that it can’t be done without vast new federal spending contained in his “relief” bill — even though the nation’s schools have billions left from last year’s relief measures, and his proposed outlays are mainly for years in the future.

He’s also gone extreme-green on energy policy. Though most Americans support moderate efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, that doesn’t cover his multi-trillion-dollar plans to decarbonize the entire country. With one action alone, killing the Keystone XL pipeline, he killed thousands of good US jobs and slapped America’s good friend, Canada — while actually harming the environment, since the Canadians will simply ship their oil by rail and truck (meaning more pollution and greater risk of spills) to consumers who will still burn it, probably in dirtier plants than the ones here.

Whether he fears the power of the left, or has no real idea how extreme his administration is proving, the president is rejecting the sensible center across the board. He’s not only being foolish, he’s doing the exact opposite of his inaugural vow to unify the nation.

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[PaxNurgle]

While his intentions are good I agree that Biden should use more common sense approaches to these problems that are not so one-sided. Like most people I voted for him by virture of the fact that he wasn't Trump, and I certainly don't regret doing so- but I certainly hoped he would be more pragmatic as a leader and less partisan.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

While his intentions are good I agree that Biden should use more common sense approaches to these problems that are not so one-sided. Like most people I voted for him by virture of the fact that he wasn't Trump, and I certainly don't regret doing so- but I certainly hoped he would be more pragmatic as a leader and less partisan.

Biden is senile. He's not in charge. Even the Democrats know it. The lunatic left is running the show, and it's obvious.

 

[missyunderstanding]

Common-sense

One would assume that the term "common-sense" pertains to the intellectual capacity that is typical or common in a given area or era. Considering that a vast percentage of people on a global scale appear to be void of clear thinking and given to irrational views based on propaganda the "common-sense" of the day is in fact non-sense. In that regard Joe seems to be on target.

 

[PaxNurgle]

it means an ability to deal with the problems facing a country in a way that benefits everyone (not one group at the expense of another group) and not simply burying their head in the sand. This was the main problem with the Trump administration- either 1) ignore a problem by pretending it didnt exist (and blaming "the liberal media" for pointing out that yes, the problem exists) or 2) "Solving" it in a way that either outright exacerbates the problem or enriches the economic elite (ie. the wealthy) at the expense of the middle and working class, or the environment. One of Biden's solutions in this case had good intentions- protecting the environnent, but at the expense of causing job losses.

 

[RobDownSouth]

it means an ability to deal with the problems facing a country in a way that benefits everyone (not one group at the expense of another group) and not simply burying their head in the sand. This was the main problem with the Trump administration- either 1) ignore a problem by pretending it didnt exist (and blaming "the liberal media" for pointing out that yes, the problem exists) or 2) "Solving" it in a way that either outright exacerbates the problem or enriches the economic elite (ie. the wealthy) at the expense of the middle and working class, or the environment.

Good summary.

One of Biden's solutions in this case had good intentions- protecting the environnent, but at the expense of causing job losses.

What sort of "jobs" are sacrosanct? Things like strip mining destroys the environment but employs people. In my mind, that's not necessarily a good thing.