9-12-19 Democrat Debate

[FoxtArt]

Eh, what a presidential candidate promises and what they actually accomplish is as accurate as seeing New York by taking a picture in front of the statute of liberty in Las Vegas. They are all pandering for headlines in their own way.

The most concerning, to me, is Yang doing "raffles" for "universal income" e.g. taking the YouTube strategy and trying to do "giveaways" of money to pander for "views" and especially headlines. Our process is already screwed up, but taking it in that direction will take our country completely dark-mode if it ever begins to appear successful... essentially he's saying "elect me" on the sole premise of he promises to directly give you money if you do.

That's really what is going on though, each has a strategy to try to grab click-bait headlines. Beto's is just the least successful (and dumbest) take of the lot.

ETA: E.g. even if Ol' Beetle got elected, the necessary legislation wouldn't ever cross his desk and he'd distance himself from his election rhetoric in the interest of a second term.